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Install SeaMonkey not Firefox

While FireFox is better than Opera it has odd problems. I decided to install SeaMonkey. I’ve been using it and am much happier with its interface.

To install SeaMonkey involves 4 steps:

  1. tell ‘Lil XO it is okay to install SeaMonkey
  2. install SeaMonkey
  3. make SeaMonkey java aware (you won’t need to do this if you made Firefox java aware)
  4. have SeaMonkey show up on the Activity bar

Let’s do it!

To tell ‘Lil XO it is okay to install SeaMonkey do:

  1. open Terminal Activity
  2. type su -
  3. type cd /etc/yum.repos.d
  4. type nano olpc-koji-ship2.repo
  5. the above command starts the nano editor. Arrow to the exclude line.
  6. erase seamonkey and the comma from the list
  7. hold down the ctrl key and tap the X key
  8. type Y for yes

To install SeaMonkey do:

  1. in the Terminal Activity
  2. type yum install seamonkey
  3. just follow the instructions

To make SeaMonkey java aware do (you don’t need to do this if you made Firefox java aware):

  1. in the Terminal Activity
  2. type (all on one line) cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
  3. type (all on one line) ln -s /usr/java/jdk1.6.0_05/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
  4. the jdk1.6.0_05 must match the name you made note of in installing java
  5. if you’ve forgotten the jdk name: type ls /usr/java
  6. test SeaMonkey by visiting International Children’s Digital Library. The page should load very quickly.

To have a SeaMonkey icon show on the Activity Panel do:

  1. in Terminal Activity (you should still be su)
  2. type wget http://www.catmoran.com/olpc/libsugarize.so
  3. type chmod 755 libsugarize.so
  4. type wget http://www.catmoran.com/olpc/sug
  5. type chmod 755 sug
  6. type wget ftp://www.cs.csustan.edu/pub/xo/sm.svg
  7. type sh sug
  8. type seamonkey when asked for an activity name
  9. type sm.svg when asked for an icon file
  10. type seamonkey when asked for a command
  11. type org.mozilla when asked for an organization path
  12. if everything went okay you will get a success message
  13. restart sugar by holding down the ctrl key and tapping the alt & erase keys
  14. look for the SM icon on the Activity bar

The instructions for “sugarizing” an activity came from this web page How-to create a “stub/shortcut/launcher” Activity.

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