[CentOS] Seamonkey

Sun Aug 6 20:19:52 UTC 2006
Robert <kerplop at sbcglobal.net>

Bart Schaefer wrote:
> I saw the latest update announcements on the announce list, so I ran
> "yum check-update" and did not see seamonkey in the list.  Which I
> guess makes sense, since it's a name change from mozilla.  However,
> devhelp is in the list, and "yum update devhelp" pulls in seamonkey as
> a dependency.
>
> This seems like a sort of backdoor way to get seamonkey onto the
> system.  Did these packages really come from the upstream this way?
> What if I had not had devhelp installed?  Do I need to replace mozilla
> or not?
>
> Aside to Dag:  The galeon package from rpmforge has an version
> dependency on the specific mozilla package that's being replaced by
> seamonkey (rather than a greater-or-equal dependency), so it's not
> presently possible to install both seamonkey and galeon with yum.
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I don't know what you SHOULD do but what I DID do worked very well:

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[root at mavis yum]# yum check-update
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
Loading "protectbase" plugin
Setting up repositories
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Excluding Packages in global exclude list
Finished
97 packages excluded due to repository protections

devhelp.i386                             0.10-0.2.el4           update
devhelp-devel.i386                       0.10-0.2.el4           update
gnupg.i386                               1.2.6-6                update
libtiff.i386                             3.6.1-12               update
libtiff-devel.i386                       3.6.1-12               update
[root at mavis yum]# yum update
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
Loading "protectbase" plugin
Setting up Update Process
Setting up repositories
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Excluding Packages in global exclude list
Finished
97 packages excluded due to repository protections
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Downloading header for seamonkey-nspr to pack into transaction set.
seamonkey-nspr-1.0.3-0.el 100% |=========================| 3.8 kB    00:00
---> Package seamonkey-nspr.i386 0:1.0.3-0.el4.1.centos4 set to be updated
---> Downloading header for seamonkey-js-debugger to pack into 
transaction set.
seamonkey-js-debugger-1.0 100% |=========================| 3.7 kB    00:00
---> Package seamonkey-js-debugger.i386 0:1.0.3-0.el4.1.centos4 set to 
be updated
---> Downloading header for devhelp to pack into transaction set.
devhelp-0.10-0.2.el4.i386 100% |=========================|  15 kB    00:00
---> Package devhelp.i386 0:0.10-0.2.el4 set to be updated
---> Downloading header for devhelp-devel to pack into transaction set.
devhelp-devel-0.10-0.2.el 100% |=========================| 5.8 kB    00:00
---> Package devhelp-devel.i386 0:0.10-0.2.el4 set to be updated
---> Downloading header for seamonkey-nss-devel to pack into transaction 
set.
seamonkey-nss-devel-1.0.3 100% |=========================|  24 kB    00:00
---> Package seamonkey-nss-devel.i386 0:1.0.3-0.el4.1.centos4 set to be 
updated
---> Downloading header for seamonkey-mail to pack into transaction set.
seamonkey-mail-1.0.3-0.el 100% |=========================|  12 kB    00:00
---> Package seamonkey-mail.i386 0:1.0.3-0.el4.1.centos4 set to be updated
---> Downloading header for seamonkey-chat to pack into transaction set.
seamonkey-chat-1.0.3-0.el 100% |=========================| 3.7 kB    00:00
---> Package seamonkey-chat.i386 0:1.0.3-0.el4.1.centos4 set to be updated
---> Downloading header for seamonkey-dom-inspector to pack into 
transaction set.
seamonkey-dom-inspector-1 100% |=========================| 5.1 kB    00:00
---> Package seamonkey-dom-inspector.i386 0:1.0.3-0.el4.1.centos4 set to 
be updated
---> Downloading header for libtiff-devel to pack into transaction set.
libtiff-devel-3.6.1-12.i3 100% |=========================|  31 kB    00:00
---> Package libtiff-devel.i386 0:3.6.1-12 set to be updated
---> Downloading header for seamonkey-nss to pack into transaction set.
seamonkey-nss-1.0.3-0.el4 100% |=========================| 5.5 kB    00:00
---> Package seamonkey-nss.i386 0:1.0.3-0.el4.1.centos4 set to be updated
---> Downloading header for seamonkey to pack into transaction set.
seamonkey-1.0.3-0.el4.1.c 100% |=========================|  62 kB    00:00
---> Package seamonkey.i386 0:1.0.3-0.el4.1.centos4 set to be updated
---> Downloading header for gnupg to pack into transaction set.
gnupg-1.2.6-6.i386.rpm    100% |=========================|  16 kB    00:00
---> Package gnupg.i386 0:1.2.6-6 set to be updated
---> Downloading header for libtiff to pack into transaction set.
libtiff-3.6.1-12.i386.rpm 100% |=========================|  13 kB    00:00
---> Package libtiff.i386 0:3.6.1-12 set to be updated
---> Downloading header for seamonkey-devel to pack into transaction set.
seamonkey-devel-1.0.3-0.e 100% |=========================| 365 kB    00:01
---> Package seamonkey-devel.i386 0:1.0.3-0.el4.1.centos4 set to be updated
---> Downloading header for seamonkey-nspr-devel to pack into 
transaction set.
seamonkey-nspr-devel-1.0. 100% |=========================|  13 kB    00:00
---> Package seamonkey-nspr-devel.i386 0:1.0.3-0.el4.1.centos4 set to be 
updated
--> Running transaction check

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================
 Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size
=============================================================================
Installing:
 seamonkey               i386       1.0.3-0.el4.1.centos4  
update            8.7 M
     replacing  mozilla.i386 37:1.7.13-1.4.1.centos4

 seamonkey-chat          i386       1.0.3-0.el4.1.centos4  
update            248 k
     replacing  mozilla-chat.i386 37:1.7.13-1.4.1.centos4

 seamonkey-devel         i386       1.0.3-0.el4.1.centos4  
update            3.5 M
     replacing  mozilla-devel.i386 37:1.7.13-1.4.1.centos4

 seamonkey-dom-inspector  i386       1.0.3-0.el4.1.centos4  
update            164 k
     replacing  mozilla-dom-inspector.i386 37:1.7.13-1.4.1.centos4

 seamonkey-js-debugger   i386       1.0.3-0.el4.1.centos4  
update            208 k
     replacing  mozilla-js-debugger.i386 37:1.7.13-1.4.1.centos4

 seamonkey-mail          i386       1.0.3-0.el4.1.centos4  
update            1.8 M
     replacing  mozilla-mail.i386 37:1.7.13-1.4.1.centos4

 seamonkey-nspr          i386       1.0.3-0.el4.1.centos4  
update             98 k
     replacing  mozilla-nspr.i386 37:1.7.13-1.4.1.centos4

 seamonkey-nspr-devel    i386       1.0.3-0.el4.1.centos4  
update            175 k
     replacing  mozilla-nspr-devel.i386 37:1.7.13-1.4.1.centos4

 seamonkey-nss           i386       1.0.3-0.el4.1.centos4  
update            693 k
     replacing  mozilla-nss.i386 37:1.7.13-1.4.1.centos4

 seamonkey-nss-devel     i386       1.0.3-0.el4.1.centos4  
update            413 k
     replacing  mozilla-nss-devel.i386 37:1.7.13-1.4.1.centos4

Updating:
 devhelp                 i386       0.10-0.2.el4     update            136 k
 devhelp-devel           i386       0.10-0.2.el4     update             10 k
 gnupg                   i386       1.2.6-6          update            1.6 M
 libtiff                 i386       3.6.1-12         update            257 k
 libtiff-devel           i386       3.6.1-12         update            804 k

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install     10 Package(s)
Update       5 Package(s)
Remove       0 Package(s)
Total download size: 19 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/15): seamonkey-nspr-1. 100% |=========================|  98 kB    00:00
(2/15): seamonkey-js-debu 100% |=========================| 208 kB    00:00
(3/15): devhelp-0.10-0.2. 100% |=========================| 136 kB    00:00
(4/15): devhelp-devel-0.1 100% |=========================|  10 kB    00:00
(5/15): seamonkey-nss-dev 100% |=========================| 413 kB    00:01
(6/15): seamonkey-mail-1. 100% |=========================| 1.8 MB    00:06
(7/15): seamonkey-chat-1. 100% |=========================| 248 kB    00:00
(8/15): seamonkey-dom-ins 100% |=========================| 164 kB    00:00
(9/15): libtiff-devel-3.6 100% |=========================| 804 kB    00:02
(10/15): seamonkey-nss-1. 100% |=========================| 693 kB    00:02
(11/15): seamonkey-1.0.3- 100% |=========================| 8.7 MB    00:28
(12/15): gnupg-1.2.6-6.i3 100% |=========================| 1.6 MB    00:05
(13/15): libtiff-3.6.1-12 100% |=========================| 257 kB    00:00
(14/15): seamonkey-devel- 100% |=========================| 3.5 MB    00:11
(15/15): seamonkey-nspr-d 100% |=========================| 175 kB    00:00
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Installing: seamonkey-nspr               ####################### [ 1/30]
  Installing: seamonkey-nss                ####################### [ 2/30]
  Installing: seamonkey                    ####################### [ 3/30]
  Updating  : libtiff                      ####################### [ 4/30]
  Updating  : devhelp                      ####################### [ 5/30]
  Installing: seamonkey-nspr-devel         ####################### [ 6/30]
  Installing: seamonkey-nss-devel          ####################### [ 7/30]
  Installing: seamonkey-mail               ####################### [ 8/30]
  Installing: seamonkey-js-debugger        ####################### [ 9/30]
  Updating  : devhelp-devel                ####################### [10/30]
  Installing: seamonkey-chat               ####################### [11/30]
  Installing: seamonkey-dom-inspector      ####################### [12/30]
  Updating  : libtiff-devel                ####################### [13/30]
  Updating  : gnupg                        ####################### [14/30]
  Installing: seamonkey-devel              ####################### [15/30]
  Removing  : mozilla-nspr                 ####################### [16/30]
  Removing  : mozilla-js-debugger          ####################### [17/30]
  Cleanup   : devhelp                      ####################### [18/30]
  Cleanup   : devhelp-devel                ####################### [19/30]
  Removing  : mozilla-nss-devel            ####################### [20/30]
  Removing  : mozilla-mail                 ####################### [21/30]
  Removing  : mozilla-chat                 ####################### [22/30]
  Removing  : mozilla-dom-inspector        ####################### [23/30]
  Cleanup   : libtiff-devel                ####################### [24/30]
  Removing  : mozilla-nss                  ####################### [25/30]
  Removing  : mozilla                      ####################### [26/30]
  Cleanup   : gnupg                        ####################### [27/30]
  Cleanup   : libtiff                      ####################### [28/30]
  Removing  : mozilla-devel                ####################### [29/30]
  Removing  : mozilla-nspr-devel           ####################### [30/30]

Installed: seamonkey.i386 0:1.0.3-0.el4.1.centos4 seamonkey-chat.i386 
0:1.0.3-0.el4.1.centos4 seamonkey-devel.i386 0:1.0.3-0.el4.1.centos4 
seamonkey-dom-inspector.i386 0:1.0.3-0.el4.1.centos4 
seamonkey-js-debugger.i386 0:1.0.3-0.el4.1.centos4 seamonkey-mail.i386 
0:1.0.3-0.el4.1.centos4 seamonkey-nspr.i386 0:1.0.3-0.el4.1.centos4 
seamonkey-nspr-devel.i386 0:1.0.3-0.el4.1.centos4 seamonkey-nss.i386 
0:1.0.3-0.el4.1.centos4 seamonkey-nss-devel.i386 0:1.0.3-0.el4.1.centos4
Updated: devhelp.i386 0:0.10-0.2.el4 devhelp-devel.i386 0:0.10-0.2.el4 
gnupg.i386 0:1.2.6-6 libtiff.i386 0:3.6.1-12 libtiff-devel.i386 0:3.6.1-12
Replaced: mozilla.i386 37:1.7.13-1.4.1.centos4 mozilla-chat.i386 
37:1.7.13-1.4.1.centos4 mozilla-devel.i386 37:1.7.13-1.4.1.centos4 
mozilla-dom-inspector.i386 37:1.7.13-1.4.1.centos4 
mozilla-js-debugger.i386 37:1.7.13-1.4.1.centos4 mozilla-mail.i386 
37:1.7.13-1.4.1.centos4 mozilla-nspr.i386 37:1.7.13-1.4.1.centos4 
mozilla-nspr-devel.i386 37:1.7.13-1.4.1.centos4 mozilla-nss.i386 
37:1.7.13-1.4.1.centos4 mozilla-nss-devel.i386 37:1.7.13-1.4.1.centos4
Complete!
[root at mavis yum]#
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Address book, preferences, mail & news, bookmarks, everything made the 
trip.  The only vestige of mozilla is the homemade desktop shortcut to 
/usr/bin/mozilla which still works with SeaMonkey. Go figure.