How can I install Seamonkey on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS?

Question

I got a tar.bz2 file but the help I found didn't help so I thought I'd ask here.

I downloaded the linux 32-bit file on their main site. My system is 64-bit.

The link on that site downloaded these files:

Answer 1

I can recommend to install SeaMonkey browser using UbuntuZilla APT repository. This package will be updated on every apt upgrade.

You need to execute the following commands to add repository, its key and package installation:

cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mozilla.list
deb http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/ubuntuzilla/mozilla/apt all main
EOF

sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 2667CA5C
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install seamonkey-mozilla-build

You will get SeaMonkey 2.53.2 with this method.

Answer 2

The version of The Mozilla browser that I have just installed on my Debian based Zorin computer is called seamonkey-mozilla-build

"This tutorial will be showing you how to install SeaMonkey on Ubuntu 16.04. SeaMonkey, formerly known as Mozilla Suite, is an open-source, community-driven Internet application suite. The latest stable release is SeaMonkey 2.46 at the time of this writing." https://www.linuxbabe.com/ubuntu/how-to-install-seamonkey-on-ubuntu-16-04

Following the instructions here, I ended up with a working version of SeaMonkey 2.53.1 that gets installed with apt and is launched properly from the main menu system.

The steps are;

Add the repository to your sources list. repository

deb http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/ubuntuzilla/mozilla/apt all main

Sources List

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

Get the GPG key.

sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 2667CA5C

do an update.

sudo apt-get update

install the program.

sudo apt-get install seamonkey-mozilla-build

Okay so here is all the seamonkey .deb archive files at sourceforge. https://sourceforge.net/projects/ubuntuzilla/files/mozilla/apt/pool/main/s/seamonkey-mozilla-build/

Hope this helps.