I wanted to install SeaMonkey on Ubuntu 13.04, but was surprised to see that it was nowhere to be found.
Am I missing something? How can I install it?
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It's been gone quite a while :( – user25656 Dec 29 '13 at 16:21
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You can get seamonkey in a ppa ubuntuupdates.org/ppa/ubuntuzilla?dist=all – Panther Dec 29 '13 at 16:32
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SeaMonkey was removed of the repositories, seen in the publishing history, for the following reason:
requested by micahg; unsupportable for five years without dedicated maintenance, contact #ubuntu-mozillateam to help; LP: #987713
This means, that since Ubuntu can't offer support for 5 years to the package they decided to remove it. Looking at the bug report we see more details:
Since we have no one stepping up at the moment to maintain this for 5 years, I think it makes the most sense to remove it from precise. We can always backport from later releases if someone volunteers to help with this.
For volunteers, please join #ubuntu-mozillateam on irc.ubuntu.com to discuss.
They offer a way to still installing the package, but in this case there's no support from Ubuntu:
SeaMonkey package is available in Ubuntuzilla depot (tested successfully on Ubuntu 13.04):
To install, type the following commands:
echo -e "\ndeb http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/ubuntuzilla/mozilla/apt all main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list > /dev/null sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com C1289A29 sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install seamonkey-mozilla-build
More info: SourceForge.net: ubuntuzilla
Alternatively, you may use Joe Lesko's PPA ( Seamonkey Development )but it doesn't support Raring Ringtail yet.
I really hope that someone will step up to maintain this high profile software. I wish I had the time to do it... :-/
If you really wants this package again in the main repositories, you should join and see what you can do to help.
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Would someone like me to take this project? I may or may not be too lazy to do it. =] – Kaz Wolfe Dec 30 '13 at 18:11
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@pacificfils the links are there for all. Or just drop in the irc channel – Braiam Dec 30 '13 at 18:13
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The problem with this is, if you do it you also get Firefox from that PPA, as far as I can see. – Reinier Post May 12 '17 at 6:54
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It was probably removed from the Ubuntu default PPAs.
To get it back, open a terminal and type
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:joe-nationnet/seamonkey-dev
Type your password, there will be no characters.
When (if) prompted, hit ENTER.
When that's done,
sudo apt-get update
After THAT is done,
sudo apt-get install seamonkey-dev
And you'll have SeaMonkey installed. Look for it in your Dash.
DISCLAIMER:
While this PPA is a trusted one, some PPAs have dangerous malware disguised as benign packages. I have tested this PPA and it has resulted "safe". You can see the PPA details here: launchpad.net/seamonkey-dev
answered Dec 29 '13 at 17:16
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Unfortunately I wasn't able to install it, as the package was not found. But I did run across Ubuntuzilla (sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/ubuntuzilla/…), and that worked. – motang Dec 29 '13 at 18:59
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