On 09/12/2016 02:17, David H. Durgee wrote: > Mason83 wrote: >> 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. > > I followed your example and am now running 2.47 here. This appears to > be working properly, but I have only been using it for a few hours at > this point. Thank you for your guidance in this area.
Always glad to assist a fellow Linux user ;-) One thing to watch out for is when Ubuntuzilla eventually puts out a new release. This is likely to overwrite your "custom" SM package. I don't have a good solution for that. Regards. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
