Seamonkey Addons

[Leonard Chatagnier]

Thanks, I'll install it as I like the latest and greatest.
But it'll be a while before I get to it and then will contact you or post to the list.  Thanks for the gooood help.
Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net


--- On Fri, 10/9/09, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> From: NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: Seamonkey Addons
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Date: Friday, October 9, 2009, 1:55 PM
> On 10/09/2009 11:05 AM, Leonard
> Chatagnier wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > --- On Fri, 10/9/09, NoOp <snip> wrote:
> ...
> >> 
> >> Perhaps you mean SeaMonkey 1.1.17? You'll get the
> message if the
> >> add-on is not compatible with your version or
> program. For instance
> >> if you try to add an add-on for 1.1.18 (that is
> the latest
> >> SeaMonkey release) to SM 2.0 (that is the latest
> pre-release) you'd
> >> get that install script it the add-on isn't coded
> for 2.0x[1]. Or
> >> if you're trying to install a Firefox only add-on
> to SeaMonkey or
> >> Thunderbird, etc. Think of it as the .deb
> installer that checks to
> >> see if the application meets all dependencies, and
> then stops the 
> >> install if it does not.
> >> 
> > It was the .17 version and now have installed 2.2b1. I
> discovered
> > most of what you said above after googling. 
> Sorry for that; it was a
> > moment of frustration with Karmic trying to set up
> everything as it
> > was in Jaunty.  As the bug comments said, you
> should be able to use
> > the adons for the browser you accessed it from.
> 
> We are currently testing 2.0rc1 which will be (hopefully)
> the final for
> 2.0. You may wish to go ahead and install it instead:
> 
> <http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/nightly/2.0rc1-candidates/build1/linux-i686/en-US/>
> 
> With any luck, no changes will be made between 2.0rc1 and
> 2.0 final.
> Let me know if you have issues with 2.0rc1 so that I can
> help
> troubleshoot & report to the mozilla developers.
> 
> Note: 2.0rc1 will install over your 2.0b1 without issue.
> Also, it is
> better that you keep them in your home folder instead of
> /usr/local/seamonkey anyway. Simply create a ~/seamonkey
> folder &
> extract to there. No other requirements except for perhaps
> creating a
> menu item. Icon's are located in
> seamonkey/chrome/icons/default. Then
> just run seamonkey from ~/seamonkey/seamonkey.
> 
> >> What is the add-on you are having issues with?
> >> 
> > Adblock Plus was the main one.  
> 
> Works w/1.1.x and 2.x.
> 
> The rest were what just struck my
> > fancy while going through the list. I'll stay with the
> 2.0b1 as used
> > on Jaunty, but haven't had time to install adons at
> this point.  Just
> > finished installing the 2.0b1 tar.bz2 and had a little
> issue(what's
> > new) with it not installing in the default
> /usr/loca/seamonkey but
> > that no biggy, I'll use it installed in
> /$HOME/Desktop, and it is
> > running now and typing my response from it. 
> Sorry to be such a
> > bother and not google first which I try to do most of
> the time._:o)
> >> [1] A good example is the lightning calendar
> nightly and the
> >> seamonkey 2.0rc1 code. Both applications work
> together (with some 
> >> bugs of course), but the lightning.xpi has code in
> it that checks
> >> for certain versions. In order to actually get it
> to install into
> >> SeaMonkey 2.0rc1 you need to add a new setting in
> about:config
> >> 
> >> 
> >> extensions.checkCompatibility    false
> >> 
> >> and then it will install.
> >> 
> > Thanks for the tip.  I'll add it before adding
> some addons to my
> > 2.0b1 install to see if it helps.
> 
> The lightning.xpi that you'll need to use is the nightly.
> It's available
> here:
> 
> <http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/calendar/lightning/nightly/linux-xpi/>
> 
> Download it & after you've added
> 'extensions.checkCompatibility' and set
> it to false in about:config (open about:config -
> right-click on the
> whitespace, add, boolean, extensions.checkCompatibility
> & set to false)
> and the click the add-on manager. Click Extensions|Install
> navigate to
> where you downloaded lightning.xpi and install. Contact me
> off-list for
> any added help on that one.
> 
> 
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