how to start SeaMonkey? (Linux)

[tomcloyd]

I have used SeaMonkey (SM) intermittently for years. After an OS upgrade I have finally had a need for SM, installed it (ver. 2.49.4, via downloaded from project homepage, then unpacked into directory), and now I cannot start it.

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tomc@ANB:~/programs/seamonkey$ ./seamonkey
bash: ./seamonkey: No such file or directory
tomc@ANB:~/programs/seamonkey$ sh seamonkey
seamonkey: 1: seamonkey: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")

Please tell me what I'm doing wrong and how to fix it.

My system:
OS: GNU/Linux, kernal 4.15.0-46-generic x86_64 GNU/Linux, Linux Mint 19.1 (Tessa) (Ubuntu bionic)
Acer Swift 3 laptop - model SF314-54 (x86_64)
Processor: 3.4 GHz Intel Core i5 (4 processors)
RAM: 8 GB DDR4
Hard Drive: Flash Memory Solid State - Micron_1100_MTFD size: 256.1GB
Graphics: Card: Intel UHD Graphics 620

[James]

If you downloaded from http://www.seamonkey-project.org/ then you may have the 32-bit version of seamonkey-2.49.4.tar.bz2

https://archive.mozilla.org/pub/seamonk ... _64/en-US/

[tomcloyd]

Thank you - I'll check this, but suppose I do. My understanding is that 32-bit software generally runs fine on 64-bit machines. Do I have this wrong? I think not:

https://www.quora.com/Does-32-bit-softw ... -64-bit-os#

https://www.howtogeek.com/194119/why-ar ... f-windows/

https://www.quora.com/Does-32-bit-softw ... -64-bit-os#

Returning to the seamonkey home page, I see that the only Linux download offered are 32-bit. So, I don't think this is the problem.

My question is about the correct command to launch the application. I've exhausted the possibilities I know about, none of which work.

[therube]

Well presumably seamonkey (binary) is not in, tomc@ANB:~/programs/seamonkey$, correct?

So where is it?
No find or locate utility on your system?

[James]

Thank you - I'll check this, but suppose I do. My understanding is that 32-bit software generally runs fine on 64-bit machines. Do I have this wrong? I think not:

Returning to the seamonkey home page, I see that the only Linux download offered are 32-bit. So, I don't think this is the problem.

My question is about the correct command to launch the application. I've exhausted the possibilities I know about, none of which work.

You can technically run 32-bit apps on 64-bit Linux yes if you have the appropriate needed 32-bit libraries though there could be a variety of issues. It is better to use the 64-bit version on 64-bit Linux if available and in this case it is.

Your links are about running 32-bit Windows applications on 64-bit Windows and not about Linux.

That is the problem, you are trying to run a build of SeaMonkey made for 32-bit Linux on a 64-bit Linux distro and do not have the appropriate libraries installed.

I gave you a link to the 64-bit version of SeaMonkey 2.49.4 for 64-bit Linux though it is still only available as en-US. You may be able to use Language Packs to make the menus be in another language.

Here is the link again https://archive.mozilla.org/pub/seamonk ... _64/en-US/

The 32-bit version is https://archive.mozilla.org/pub/seamonk ... inux-i686/ which is what you have been trying to run.

[tomcloyd]

Well presumably seamonkey (binary) is not in, tomc@ANB:~/programs/seamonkey$, correct?

So where is it?
No find or locate utility on your system?

That IS where it is. The "$" in Linux is the terminating character used by the OS in a command line environment.

So, in my user account, the command line prompt is

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tomc@ANB:~$

When I change to where I keep the seamonkey binary, the command prompt for that dir is

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tomc@ANB:~/programs/seamonkey$ 

, and it is in that dir that I would execute the program.

[tomcloyd]

Thank you - I'll check this, but suppose I do. My understanding is that 32-bit software generally runs fine on 64-bit machines. Do I have this wrong? I think not:

Returning to the seamonkey home page, I see that the only Linux download offered are 32-bit. So, I don't think this is the problem.

My question is about the correct command to launch the application. I've exhausted the possibilities I know about, none of which work.

You can technically run 32-bit apps on 64-bit Linux yes if you have the appropriate needed 32-bit libraries though there could be a variety of issues. It is better to use the 64-bit version on 64-bit Linux if available and in this case it is.

Your links are about running 32-bit Windows applications on 64-bit Windows and not about Linux.

That is the problem, you are trying to run a build of SeaMonkey made for 32-bit Linux on a 64-bit Linux distro and do not have the appropriate libraries installed.

I gave you a link to the 64-bit version of SeaMonkey 2.49.4 for 64-bit Linux though it is still only available as en-US. You may be able to use Language Packs to make the menus be in another language.

Here is the link again https://archive.mozilla.org/pub/seamonk ... _64/en-US/

The 32-bit version is https://archive.mozilla.org/pub/seamonk ... inux-i686/ which is what you have been trying to run.

I am ALWAYS willing to be educated, and you've convinced me I've made a fundamental error. Thanks! I've installed the 64 bit binary to which you directed me (again!), and now "./seamonkey" launches the application just as I thought it should.

For your help, and patience, I thank you!

t.

[LordOfTheBored]

I had that problem once. "File not found" is an exceptionally unhelpful error for "running a 32-bit program in a 64-bit system".

[therube]

So you're saying that the (clear as mud) "No such file or directory" was not applying to the existence of "seamonkey", but rather lack of existence of support libraries in the OS.