On 07/12/2016 23:12, David H. Durgee wrote: > Mason83 wrote: >> On 06/12/2016 15:01, David H. Durgee wrote: >> >>> I am currently running 2.40 x64 on linux mint x64 installed from the >>> ubuntuzilla repository. I have a local repository set up on my system >>> and could install your unofficial build from a .deb by adding it there >>> and using the update tools. Looking at your directory noted above I see >>> no .deb available. >>> >>> I am not sufficiently versed in this area to work with your build as it >>> stands in this directory. Can you prepare a .deb as well to stand in >>> for that which will be available via ubuntuzilla once an official build >>> is available? If not, is there someone else who can do so? I am sure I >>> am not the only one who would welcome a version that could be installed >>> in this manner. >> >> A compressed archive (tgz) is more general than a deb package. >> Just uncompress the archive to e.g. /opt and run from there. >> (uncompress as root, but run as you) >> > > I don't see a .tgz file in Adrian's server, but I do see a .tar.bz2 file > which I downloaded to inspect from the *release-linux64 directory. > > Looking at the contents of the .tar.bz2 and comparing it with > /opt/seamonkey does show a good correspondence of files with a few > missing or added files. Checking the Synaptic package manager shows > that in addition to the /opt/seamonkey directory there are a few other > files: > > /usr/bin/seamonkey > /usr/share/applications/seamonkey-mozilla-build.desktop > /usr/share/pixmaps/seamonkey-mozilla-build.png > > The first of these is a link to the executable, so I assume I would > likely need to recreate this if I were to install the unofficial version > over 2.40 here. The other two files define the desktop interface and I > would expect them to continue without problems. > > Thank you for your suggestion. I am going to consider this option.
What I did was 1) rename /opt/seamonkey to /opt/seamonkey-2.40 (to keep a backup in case of trouble) 2) uncompress Adrian's tarball to /opt => creates /opt/seamonkey That way, all the desktop gizmos you mention point to the new version, and still work. Regards. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
