On 24/07/2014, Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote: > Bret Busby wrote: >> On Wed, 23 Jul 2014, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: >> >>> >>> On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 11:58:44AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: >>>> Hello. >>>> >>>> Is a .deb package of iceape or seamonky, available for Debian >>>> 7.x (amd64)? >>>> >>>> I have not been able to find one. >>>> >>>> Thank you in anticipation. >>>> >>> >>> I'm fairly sure the whole package was removed as no longer >>> supported upstream. >>> >>> Checking the package tracking ssytem, looks as if it was >>> removed in February 2014 >>> >>> https://packages.qa.debian.org/iceape.html >>> >>> [Found by Googling "Debian iceape removal" ] >>> >>> Al the best, >>> >>> AndyC >>> >>> >> >> Thank you for that. >> >> It sounds like the Zeroth Law Of Thermodynamics, if I remember it >> correctly. >> >> Looks like I'll have to try to install Seamonkey using the >> tarball method, which used to cause problems, when it was the >> Netscape suite. >> > > CAVEAT LECTOR: > I'm a newbie who hasn't yet worried about details of internet > issues. > I do not see me using other than Seamonkey (or 'clone' thereof) > > This morning when I saw your post, I did a preliminary cursory > search for "seamonkey deb download" [WO quotes]. > I got many hits to Ubuntu related sites. > > Which set of problems would be easier to deal with: > 1. mixed Debian and Ubuntu repositories > 2. Seamonkey's generic Linux solution > > I suspect the answer depends HEAVILY on which type of problem you > are used to dealing with. > > P.S. #1 I've observed two things > a. A philosophical difference resulted in Debian not > having permission to > use label "Seamonkey" > b. Underlying cause of Ice*** being removed - lack of > volunteers > #2 Asking related questions on mozilla.support.seamonkey > [server news.mozilla.org] > #3 I suspect my eventual response will be use generic Linux > version of Seamonkey > >
The problems that I encountered, many years ago, now, were with the using of the tarball system. With updates and the way that it was handled, I ended up with something like 7-10 layers of directories and subdirectories, as each update had to be put in a new subdirectory, and it got very messy. That was before I encountered the package management system, and, simply installing and upgrading, using iceape (and, I also had iceweasel, installed) .deb files and Debian package management (I generally use(d) Synaptic), which made it all much simpler and cleaner. Whilst I have iceape installed on this Debian 6 workstation, I am progressively trying to build the Debian 7.5 system, and I doubt that the iceape version for Debian 6, would install and run on Debian 7.x. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 .................................................... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CACX6j8M5_pP4wnnTuPPSiYezoAk5ijt39NN3vMgZU8_viZ=t...@mail.gmail.com
