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stroudmw

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Registered: 2018-05-25

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[Solved] MIYO and Seamonkey

I'm having issues trying to install the Seamonkey web browser in Miyo Awesome (Devuan GNU/Linux 2.0) . I like that browser because, not only is it lightweight, but it also comes with a pretty good email client.

I add the following to /etc/apt/sources.list:

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

...and then run this:

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

...and get this:

Executing: /tmp/apt-key-gpghome.3PmnrSXlye/gpg.1.sh --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 2667CA5C
gpg: keyserver receive failed: Server indicated a failure

I've used this method with both Devuan Ascii and Debian Stretch without issues, but for some reason I can't get it to work with Miyo!

Linux hurricane 4.9.0-7-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.110-3+deb9u1 (2018-08-03) x86_64 GNU/Linux

Thanks.

edit: I have been using the instructions found here: https://wiki.debian.org/Seamonkey

Last edited by stroudmw (2018-08-08 10:33:12)

MiyoLinux

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Re: [Solved] MIYO and Seamonkey

Hi stroudwm,

You're using Awesome if I remember correctly?

Edited to add: yes, you're using Awesome...as you stated in the OP!

I don't use Seamonkey, but to see what would happen, I just followed the instructions that you gave in your edit on my Miyo-Awesome installation; I also received an error message; however, there was more information given...

dan@miyolinux:~$ sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 2667CA5C
Executing: /tmp/apt-key-gpghome.2rpRGMj9Dw/gpg.1.sh --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 2667CA5C
gpg: failed to start the dirmngr '/usr/bin/dirmngr': No such file or directory
gpg: connecting dirmngr at '/tmp/apt-key-gpghome.2rpRGMj9Dw/S.dirmngr' failed: No such file or directory
gpg: keyserver receive failed: No dirmngr

So, I installed dirmngr...

sudo apt install dirmngr

After installing dirmngr, I ran the previous command again, and I received no errors that time. Went ahead and installed Seamonkey with the command given in the instructions, and Seamonkey installed.

Did you not receive that notification about dirmngr?

Last edited by MiyoLinux (2018-08-08 09:35:53)

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stroudmw

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Re: [Solved] MIYO and Seamonkey

Yep I did install dirmngr. I should've mentioned that, sorry.
edit: perhaps I should reinstall dirmngr...

Last edited by stroudmw (2018-08-08 09:46:26)

stroudmw

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Re: [Solved] MIYO and Seamonkey

Reinstalled dirmngr and I still have the same problem.

stroudmw

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Re: [Solved] MIYO and Seamonkey

Ok... I found the solution:
I changed:

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

to:

sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 2667CA5C

I don't understand why this worked... it wasn't my ufw firewall as 1) I've done this many times before and the firewall has never been an issue, and 2) I had thought of the firewall and had disabled it!

Anyhow, it works. It must be magic.

Last edited by stroudmw (2018-08-08 10:34:04)

MiyoLinux

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Re: [Solved] MIYO and Seamonkey

Strange...

I didn't touch the firewall...it was still enabled when I did everything.

Miyo-magic!

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL! 

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stroudmw

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Re: [Solved] MIYO and Seamonkey

yes... strangely strange, yet oddly normal!

Thanks (again) for your help. I've written a nice review in Sourceforge, as well as the "Linux for Older Computers" Facebook group.

golinux

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Re: [Solved] MIYO and Seamonkey

Just curious . . . why are you letting anything ubuntu touch your setup?

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stroudmw

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Re: [Solved] MIYO and Seamonkey

Because I want Seamonkey to stay updated. I neither like nor dislike Ubuntu: I'm rather ambivalent.
Why do you care?

golinux

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Re: [Solved] MIYO and Seamonkey

Why do you care?

Because Devuan users should be aware that packages installed from Ubuntu could have "unintended consequences" on their Devuan system.  It is a bit like Russian roulette.  But your box, your choice.

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stroudmw

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Re: [Solved] MIYO and Seamonkey

I've been using this for a few years, without issues. I got the instructions from the Debian wiki. If it breaks, I'll fix it. Or, in a worse case, spend a morning reinstalling.

golinux

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Re: [Solved] MIYO and Seamonkey

OK.  That's good to know.

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MiyoLinux

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Re: [Solved] MIYO and Seamonkey

yes... strangely strange, yet oddly normal!

Thanks (again) for your help. I've written a nice review in Sourceforge, as well as the "Linux for Older Computers" Facebook group.

Thank you for the review. I'm not on Facebook, so I won't see that one, but thank you anyway.

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James1138

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Re: [Solved] MIYO and Seamonkey

This may help in staying up-to-date on your installed version of SeaMonkey without the need to add any repositories...

https://sourceforge.net/projects/ubuntu … lla-build/

I used SeaMonkey in the past but so far cannot use it to watch Netflix since it does not yet support DRM playback like Firefox does,

James
Indiana/USA