The new version of Seamonkey will not launch

can you give the output of:

sudo find / -iname "libdbus-glib*"

Thanks

You should be able to (re)install seamonkey or iceape via the universe repository in Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron)

The following website

http://packages.ubuntu.com/en/hardy-updates/web/

gives the following info about seamonkey/iceape version 1.1.17:

iceape (1.1.17+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1) [universe]
    dummy upgrade package for the SeaMonkey Internet Suite
iceape-browser (1.1.17+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1) [universe]
    dummy upgrade package for SeaMonkey Navigator

seamonkey (1.1.17+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1) [universe]
    The Seamonkey Internet Suite
seamonkey-browser (1.1.17+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1) [universe]
    Seamonkey Navigator (Internet browser) and Composer

Have you tried installing seamonkey via Synaptic or aptitude?

You could also uninstall seamonkey and install iceape instead....

john@Laptop:~$ sudo find / -iname "libdbus-glib*"
/usr/share/doc/libdbus-glib-1-2
/usr/share/doc/libdbus-glib-1-doc
/usr/share/doc/libdbus-glib-1-dev
/usr/lib/libdbus-glib-1.so.2.1.0
/usr/lib/libdbus-glib-1.so.2
/usr/lib/libdbus-glib-1.so
/usr/lib/libdbus-glib-1.a
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libdbus-glib-1-2.postrm
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libdbus-glib-1-2.md5sums
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libdbus-glib-1-2.postinst
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libdbus-glib-1-dev.md5sums
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libdbus-glib-1-2.shlibs
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libdbus-glib-1-2.list
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libdbus-glib-1-doc.md5sums
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libdbus-glib-1-doc.list
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libdbus-glib-1-dev.list
john@Laptop:~$

According to the following link, a new ppa has been created for Seamonkey 2.0.1 for Ubuntu 9.10 on December 18, 2009.

https://launchpad.net/~joe-nationnet/+archive/ppa-seamonkey2

You will need to add

ppa:joe-nationnet/ppa-seamonkey2

to your system's Software Sources.

Then refresh the package list and install the newest version of Seamonkey.

Or you can open a

Or you can open a Terminal and enter the following commands in the Terminal to install seamonkey 2.0.1:

wget http://ppa.launchpad.net/joe-nationnet/ppa-seamonkey2/ubuntu/pool/main/s/seamonkey-2.0/seamonkey-2.0_2.0.1.jl0.1ubuntu4_i386.deb

sudo dpkg -i seamonkey-2.0_2.0.1.jl0.1ubuntu4_i386.deb

I tested this and it works in Ubuntu 9.10.

I have not tested it in Ubuntu 8.04

I forgot something: you are using the 64-bit version of Ubuntu, so you will need this one:

http://ppa.launchpad.net/joe-nationnet/ppa-seamonkey2/ubuntu/pool/main/s/seamonkey-2.0/seamonkey-2.0_2.0.1.jl0.1ubuntu4_amd64.deb

This won't work. I have the amd64 version of Hardy.

Got This:

john@Laptop:~$ sudo dpkg -i seamonkey-2.0_2.0.1.jl0.1ubuntu4_amd64.deb
Selecting previously deselected package seamonkey-2.0.
(Reading database ... 306135 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking seamonkey-2.0 (from seamonkey-2.0_2.0.1.jl0.1ubuntu4_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of seamonkey-2.0:
 seamonkey-2.0 depends on libasound2 (>> 1.0.18); however:
  Version of libasound2 on system is 1.0.16-0ubuntu0.1.
 seamonkey-2.0 depends on libdbus-glib-1-2 (>= 0.78); however:
  Version of libdbus-glib-1-2 on system is 0.74-2.
 seamonkey-2.0 depends on libgconf2-4 (>= 2.23.2); however:
  Version of libgconf2-4 on system is 2.22.0-0ubuntu3.
 seamonkey-2.0 depends on libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.18.0); however:
  Version of libgtk2.0-0 on system is 2.12.9-3ubuntu5.
 seamonkey-2.0 depends on libpopt0 (>= 1.14); however:
  Version of libpopt0 on system is 1.10-3build1.
dpkg: error processing seamonkey-2.0 (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 seamonkey-2.0
john@Laptop:~$

Still doesn't work

That means that you need Ubuntu 9.10 to be able to use these new .deb packages for Seamonkey 2.0.1

Is there a version of Seamonkey that will work on Hardy 8.04 and how do I get it?

You can find repos for the dependancy versions in the output when you tried to install the deb file

 seamonkey-2.0 depends on libasound2 (>> 1.0.18); however:
  Version of libasound2 on system is 1.0.16-0ubuntu0.1.
 seamonkey-2.0 depends on libdbus-glib-1-2 (>= 0.78); however:
  Version of libdbus-glib-1-2 on system is 0.74-2.
 seamonkey-2.0 depends on libgconf2-4 (>= 2.23.2); however:
  Version of libgconf2-4 on system is 2.22.0-0ubuntu3.
 seamonkey-2.0 depends on libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.18.0); however:
  Version of libgtk2.0-0 on system is 2.12.9-3ubuntu5.
 seamonkey-2.0 depends on libpopt0 (>= 1.14); however:
  Version of libpopt0 on system is 1.10-3build1.

If you can satisfy this with hardy repos and debs, you can install the deb file.

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