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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6
7 <!ENTITY seamonkey-download-http "http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/releases/&seamonkey-version;/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;.source.tar.bz2">
8 <!ENTITY seamonkey-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/releases/&seamonkey-version;/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;.source.tar.bz2">
9 <!ENTITY seamonkey-md5sum "d91320fcd6a6aa48cc7c4d5ae596b09e">
10 <!ENTITY seamonkey-size "35.3 MB">
11 <!ENTITY seamonkey-buildsize "631 MB">
12 <!ENTITY seamonkey-time "18.4 SBU">
13
14 <!ENTITY seamonkey-enigmail-version "0.95.6">
15 <!ENTITY seamonkey-enigmail-download "http://www.mozilla-enigmail.org/download/source/enigmail-&seamonkey-enigmail-version;.tar.gz">
16 <!ENTITY seamonkey-enigmail-md5sum "cfbe6ff77f80a349b396829757ad952a">
17]>
18
19<sect1 id="seamonkey" xreflabel="SeaMonkey-&seamonkey-version;">
20 <?dbhtml filename="seamonkey.html" ?>
21
22 <sect1info>
23 <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
24 <date>$Date$</date>
25 </sect1info>
26
27 <title>SeaMonkey-&seamonkey-version;</title>
28
29 <indexterm zone="seamonkey">
30 <primary sortas="a-SeaMonkey">SeaMonkey</primary>
31 </indexterm>
32
33 <sect2 role="package">
34 <title>Introduction to SeaMonkey</title>
35
36 <para><application>SeaMonkey</application> is a browser suite, the Open
37 Source sibling of <application>Netscape</application>. It includes the
38 browser, composer, mail and news clients, and an
39 IRC client. It is the follow-on to the Mozilla browser suite.</para>
40
41 <para>The Mozilla project also hosts two subprojects that aim to satisfy
42 the needs of users who don't need the complete browser suite or prefer to
43 have separate applications for browsing and e-mail. These subprojects are
44 <ulink url="http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/">Mozilla Firefox</ulink>, (a
45 stand-alone browser based on the <application>Mozilla</application> source
46 code) and <ulink url="http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/">Mozilla
47 Thunderbird</ulink>, (a stand-alone mail/newsgroup client based on the
48 <application>Mozilla</application> source code). The build instructions for
49 these two applications are discussed in separate sections:</para>
50
51 <itemizedlist>
52 <listitem>
53 <para><xref linkend="firefox"/></para>
54 </listitem>
55 <listitem>
56 <para><xref linkend="thunderbird"/></para>
57 </listitem>
58 </itemizedlist>
59
60 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
61 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
62 <listitem>
63 <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&seamonkey-download-http;"/></para>
64 </listitem>
65 <listitem>
66 <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&seamonkey-download-ftp;"/></para>
67 </listitem>
68 <listitem>
69 <para>Download MD5 sum: &seamonkey-md5sum;</para>
70 </listitem>
71 <listitem>
72 <para>Download size: &seamonkey-size;</para>
73 </listitem>
74 <listitem>
75 <para>Estimated disk space required: &seamonkey-buildsize;</para>
76 </listitem>
77 <listitem>
78 <para>Estimated build time: &seamonkey-time;</para>
79 </listitem>
80 </itemizedlist>
81
82 <para>To enable the <application>Enigmail</application> extension to the
83 <application>SeaMonkey</application> mail client, you'll need to download
84 the tarball listed below. The <application>Enigmail</application> extension
85 allows users to access the authentication and encryption features provided
86 by the <application>GnuPG</application> package. The
87 <application>Enigmail</application> extension will not operate correctly
88 unless you have <xref linkend="gnupg"/> or <xref linkend="gnupg2"/>
89 installed.</para>
90
91 <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
92 <listitem>
93 <para><ulink url="&seamonkey-enigmail-download;"/></para>
94 </listitem>
95 <listitem>
96 <para>Download MD5 sum (Enigmail): &seamonkey-enigmail-md5sum;</para>
97 </listitem>
98 </itemizedlist>
99
100 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">SeaMonkey Dependencies</bridgehead>
101
102 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
103 <para role="required"><xref linkend="gtk2"/>,
104 <xref linkend="libidl"/>, and
105 <xref linkend="zip"/></para>
106
107 <note>
108 <para><xref linkend="libjpeg"/> should have been installed before
109 <application>GTK+</application> and should exist on your system. If
110 for some reason you haven't installed <application>libjpeg</application>,
111 you should remove the <option>--with-system-jpeg</option> option from the
112 <filename>.mozconfig</filename> file created below.</para>
113 </note>
114
115 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
116 <para role="recommended"><xref linkend="nss"/> (if you will be installing
117 any other package that utilizes NSS/NSPR, such as
118 <application>Firefox</application>, <application>Thunderbird</application>,
119 <application>Evolution</application>, or
120 <application>OpenOffice</application>)</para>
121
122 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
123 <para role="optional"><xref linkend="unzip"/> and
124 <xref linkend="libgnomeui"/> (to build the gnomevfs extension)</para>
125
126 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
127 <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/seamonkey"/></para>
128
129 </sect2>
130
131 <sect2 role="installation">
132 <title>Installation of SeaMonkey</title>
133
134 <para>The configuration of <application>SeaMonkey</application> is
135 accomplished by creating a <filename>.mozconfig</filename> file containing
136 the desired configuration options. A default <filename>.mozconfig</filename>
137 file is created below. To see the entire list of available configuration
138 options (and an abbreviated description of each one), issue
139 <command>./configure --help</command>. Additional information can also be
140 found below in the section titled <xref linkend="add-mozconfig"/>. If you
141 are going to use system-installed versions of the
142 <application>NSS</application> and <application>NSPR</application>
143 libraries, ensure you uncomment the two lines near the bottom of the file. If
144 you would prefer to download the file instead of creating it by typing or
145 cut-and-pasting, you can find it at <ulink
146 url="&files-anduin;/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;-mozconfig"/>
147 (the file must be installed in the root of the source tree
148 <filename class='directory'>mozilla</filename> directory, and named
149 <filename>.mozconfig</filename>). Create the file by issuing the following
150 command:</para>
151
152<screen><?dbfo keep-together="auto"?><userinput>cat &gt; .mozconfig &lt;&lt; "EOF"
153<literal># This file contains the options used in the SeaMonkey build. You may
154# need to specify additional options for your specific build needs.
155# Use the information provided by running './configure --help' to
156# help you determine if you need to add any additional options.
157# Some additional options can be added by uncommenting the examples
158# in this file or adding options by inserting a line containing
159# 'ac_add_options --some-option-you-need'.
160
161
162# Create an object directory and specify to build the package in that
163# directory. If desired, modify the location of the object directory
164# to a directory inside the source tree by removing '../' from the
165# line below.
166mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=@TOPSRCDIR@/../seamonkey-build
167
168# This option is used to specify that the SeaMonkey suite is
169# being built and to use all the default options for SeaMonkey.
170ac_add_options --enable-application=suite
171
172# Specify the installation prefix. If you would prefer SeaMonkey
173# installed in a different prefix, modify the line below to fit
174# your needs. You'll also need to modify some of the instructions in
175# the BLFS book to point to your desired prefix.
176ac_add_options --prefix=/usr
177
178# These options are used so that the SeaMonkey binaries are linked to
179# the system-installed copies of the specified libraries instead of
180# the source tree code which may not be the most recent versions.
181ac_add_options --with-system-zlib
182ac_add_options --with-system-png
183ac_add_options --with-system-jpeg
184ac_add_options --enable-system-cairo
185
186# This option specifies to include support for rendering the HTML
187# &lt;canvas&gt;&lt;/canvas&gt; tag in the SeaMonkey browser.
188ac_add_options --enable-canvas
189
190# This option is used so that the debugging symbols are removed from
191# the installed binaries during the installation process. Comment out
192# this option if you may have a need to retain the debugging symbols
193# in the installed binaries. Note that this can substantially
194# increase the size of the installed binaries.
195ac_add_options --enable-strip
196
197# This option is added so that test libraries and programs are not
198# built. These would only be required for debugging purposes.
199ac_add_options --disable-tests
200
201# This option is added so that the Mozilla Installer program is not
202# built or installed. The program is not required for a BLFS
203# installation of SeaMonkey.
204ac_add_options --disable-installer
205
206# This option is used to disable the a11y support in the SeaMonkey
207# binaries. Comment out this option if you require a11y support.
208ac_add_options --disable-accessibility
209
210# This option is used to enable support for rendering SVG files in the
211# SeaMonkey browser.
212ac_add_options --enable-svg
213
214# This option is used to enable source tree included LDAP support in
215# the SeaMonkey binaries.
216ac_add_options --enable-ldap
217
218# These two options enable support for building SeaMonkey with
219# system-installed versions of the Network Security Services (NSS)
220# and Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) libraries. Uncomment both
221# lines to enable support for system-installed NSS/NSPR.
222#ac_add_options --with-system-nspr
223#ac_add_options --with-system-nss
224
225# Uncomment this option if you desire support for dual-monitor
226# display of SeaMonkey using the X-Window Xinerama libraries.
227#ac_add_options --enable-xinerama
228
229# Complex scripts such as Thai can only be rendered in SeaMonkey with the
230# help of Pango. This option significantly slows rendering, so only use
231# it if necessary.
232#ac_add_options --enable-pango
233
234# This option identifies the default binary directory of the SeaMonkey
235# installation and is used to locate SeaMonkey's installed files. This
236# option is not required for end-user browsing, and is only used for
237# development purposes.
238#ac_add_options --with-default-mozilla-five-home=/usr/lib/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;</literal>
239
240EOF</userinput></screen>
241
242 <para>Compile <application>SeaMonkey</application> by running the
243 following commands:</para>
244
245<screen><userinput>cat &gt;&gt; layout/build/Makefile.in &lt;&lt; "EOF"
246
247ifdef MOZ_ENABLE_CANVAS
248EXTRA_DSO_LDOPTS += $(XLDFLAGS) -lX11 -lXrender
249endif
250EOF
251
252sed -i "s/^ enum$/&amp; xptinfo_enum_1/" \
253 xpcom/reflect/xptinfo/public/xptinfo.h
254
255make -f client.mk build</userinput></screen>
256
257 <para>If you're building the <application>SeaMonkey</application>
258 mail/newsgroup client and plan to install the
259 <application>Enigmail</application> extension, issue the following
260 commands:</para>
261
262<screen><userinput>tar -xf ../enigmail-&seamonkey-enigmail-version;.tar.gz -C mailnews/extensions &amp;&amp;
263
264( cd mailnews/extensions/enigmail &amp;&amp; ./makemake -r ) &amp;&amp;
265
266make -C ../seamonkey-build/mailnews/extensions/enigmail &amp;&amp;
267make -C ../seamonkey-build/mailnews/extensions/enigmail \
268 XPIFILE=enigmail-&seamonkey-enigmail-version;.xpi xpi</userinput></screen>
269
270 <para>This package does not come with a test suite. However, it
271 cn be launched fom the build directory before installing with the
272 command line:
273 <userinput>../seamonkey-build/dist/bin/seamonkey</userinput>.</para>
274
275 <para>Install <application>SeaMonkey</application> by issuing the following
276 commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
277
278<screen role="root"><userinput>make -f client.mk install &amp;&amp;
279
280install -v -m644 ../seamonkey-build/dist/public/ldap-private/* \
281 /usr/include/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;/ldap &amp;&amp;
282
283install -v -m644 ../seamonkey-build/dist/bin/isp/movemail.rdf \
284 /usr/lib/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;/isp</userinput></screen>
285
286 <para>If you built <application>SeaMonkey</application> utilizing
287 system-installed NSS and NSPR libraries, the
288 <filename>seamonkey-ns*.pc</filename> <application>pkgconfig</application>
289 files are broken as they point to the wrong directories where the actual
290 libraries and interface headers are located. Issue the following commands
291 as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user to replace the
292 broken files with symbolic links to known good files:</para>
293
294<screen role="root"><userinput>ln -v -sf nss.pc /usr/lib/pkgconfig/seamonkey-nss.pc &amp;&amp;
295ln -v -sf nspr.pc /usr/lib/pkgconfig/seamonkey-nspr.pc</userinput></screen>
296
297 <para>If you did <emphasis role="strong">NOT</emphasis> build
298 <application>seamonkey</application> utilizing system-installed NSS and
299 NSPR libraries, issue the following commands as the
300 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user to install the NSS
301 interface headers:</para>
302
303<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m755 -d /usr/include/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;/nss &amp;&amp;
304cp -v -Lf ../seamonkey-build/dist/{private,public}/nss/*.h \
305 /usr/include/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;/nss</userinput></screen>
306
307 <para>If you built the <application>Enigmail</application> extension,
308 issue the following commands as the <systemitem
309 class="username">root</systemitem> user to install the
310 <filename>.xpi</filename> file into the
311 <filename class='directory'>/usr/lib/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;/xpi_store</filename>
312 directory:</para>
313
314<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m644 -D ../seamonkey-build/dist/bin/enigmail-&seamonkey-enigmail-version;.xpi \
315 /usr/lib/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;/xpi_store/enigmail-&seamonkey-enigmail-version;.xpi</userinput></screen>
316
317 <para>There are two methods you can use to install the
318 <application>Enigmail</application> extension. Both are shown here and
319 provide similar functionality with one major difference. The first
320 method will install the extension system-wide and all users of SeaMonkey
321 will have an Enigmail-enabled mail client. The method shown later only
322 installs it on a per-user basis. The first method must be accomplished
323 now (before the object directory is removed) and uses the conventional
324 <command>make install</command> command to install the
325 <application>Enigmail</application> files straight from the distribution
326 directory of the object directory. The alternate method is shown as it
327 installs using the <filename class='extension'>.xpi</filename> file
328 created earlier and can be done later (at any time you desire) as the
329 file used to install <application>Enigmail</application> was copied into
330 <filename
331 class='directory'>/usr/lib/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;/xpi_store</filename>
332 in the previous step. This method can be used to install any
333 downloaded <application>Mozilla</application> extension distributed in a
334 <filename class='extension'>.xpi</filename> file. There are many
335 extensions available for <application>SeaMonkey</application>. A list
336 containing many of them can be found at
337 <ulink url="http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/"/>.</para>
338
339 <para>If you want to install the <application>Enigmail</application>
340 extension now, which offers system-wide access, issue the following
341 command as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
342
343<screen role="root"><userinput>make -C ../seamonkey-build/mailnews/extensions/enigmail install</userinput></screen>
344
345 <para>To install an extension from a created or download
346 <filename class='extension'>.xpi</filename> file, you simply need to
347 <quote>open</quote> the <filename class='extension'>.xpi</filename> file
348 using the <quote>Open File</quote> option of the <quote>File</quote>
349 menu of the browser window. You can browse to find the file (for example,
350 the <application>Enigmail</application>
351 <filename class='extension'>.xpi</filename> file is located in
352 <filename
353 class='directory'>/usr/lib/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;/xpi_store</filename>),
354 select it, then follow the prompts to install the extension.</para>
355
356 <note>
357 <para>You should run <command>/usr/bin/seamonkey</command> once as the
358 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user (or any user with
359 write privileges) to create some necessary additional files in the
360 <filename class='directory'>/usr</filename> hierarchy. Also do this
361 each time you install additional system-wide extensions.</para>
362 </note>
363
364 </sect2>
365
366 <sect2 role="commands" id="add-mozconfig"
367 xreflabel="Additional .mozconfig Options">
368
369 <title>Additional .mozconfig Options</title>
370
371 <para>Information about some of the additional options which can be added
372 to the <filename>.mozconfig</filename> configuration file is shown below.
373 Note that this is just a few of the options. You may wish to run
374 <command>./configure --help</command> and review each of the listed options
375 to discover what affect they have on the build. Feel free to add or remove
376 options to tailor the build to your desires. Listed below are some common
377 options not in the default <filename>.mozconfig</filename> file but can be
378 added in order to have the described effect on the SeaMonkey compile.</para>
379
380 <para><option>ac_add_options --enable-elf-dynstr-gc</option>: Removes
381 un-referenced strings from ELF shared objects generated during the build.
382 Note that this option breaks the build on alpha.</para>
383
384 <para><option>ac_add_options --disable-mailnews</option>: Disables the mail
385 and news clients.</para>
386
387 <para><option>ac_add_options --disable-ldap</option>: Disables LDAP support,
388 recommended if mail is disabled.</para>
389
390 <para><option>ac_add_options --enable-xterm-updates</option>: Displays the
391 current command in the <command>xterm</command> window title during the
392 compilation.</para>
393
394 <para><option>ac_add_options --enable-plaintext-editor-only</option>:
395 Disables support for HTML editing. Do not use this switch if you are
396 building the mail-news component.</para>
397
398 </sect2>
399
400 <sect2 role="commands">
401 <title>.mozconfig Option Explanations</title>
402
403 <para>To simplify reading the options below, they are labeled without
404 <parameter>ac_add_options</parameter> inserted at the beginning of the
405 option. These options are also described in the
406 <filename>.mozconfig</filename> file created earlier.</para>
407
408 <para><parameter>mk_add_options
409 MOZ_OBJDIR=@TOPSRCDIR@/../seamonkey-build</parameter>: Creates an object
410 directory and specifies to build the package in that directory. If desired,
411 modify the location of the object directory to a directory inside the
412 source tree by removing <quote>../</quote> from the line.</para>
413
414 <para><parameter>--enable-application=suite</parameter>: Identifies the
415 build as a <application>SeaMonkey</application> suite build.</para>
416
417 <para><parameter>--with-system-zlib --with-system-png
418 --with-system-jpeg --enable-system-cairo</parameter>: Uses the
419 system-installed versions of these packages.</para>
420
421 <para><parameter>--enable-xinerama --enable-reorder --enable-strip
422 --enable-cpp-rtti --disable-accessibility --disable-tests --disable-logging
423 --disable-pedantic --disable-installer</parameter>: Various options that
424 affect what components are built and some optimization options. You can
425 pick and choose from these options. More information on them, and many
426 other available options, can be found by running
427 <command>./configure --help</command>.</para>
428
429 </sect2>
430
431 <sect2 role="commands">
432 <title>Command Explanations</title>
433
434 <para><command>'EXTRA_DSO_LDOPTS' += -lX11 -lXrender ...</command>:
435 Building the layout backend will break when the canvas element is enabled
436 without adding these two required libraries.</para>
437
438 <para><command>sed -i "s/^ enum$/&amp; xptinfo_enum_1/" ...</command>:
439 This command is used to fix an anonymous enum in an external/public
440 interface header file.</para>
441
442 <para><command>make -f client.mk ...</command>: Mozilla products are
443 packaged to allow the use of a configuration file which can be used to
444 pass the configuration settings to the <command>configure</command>
445 command. <command>make</command> uses the <filename>client.mk</filename>
446 file to get initial configuration and setup parameters, then depending on
447 the target parameter (<parameter>build</parameter> or
448 <parameter>install</parameter>), either runs the
449 <command>configure</command> script and compiles the package or installs
450 the package.</para>
451
452 <para><command>./makemake -r</command>: This command is used to recursively
453 create <filename>Makefile</filename>s in the appropriate subdirectory
454 of <filename class='directory'>seamonkey-build</filename>.</para>
455
456 <para><command>make -C ... xpi</command>: This command builds the
457 <application>Enigmail</application>
458 <filename class='extension'>.xpi</filename> file which can be used to
459 install <application>Enigmail</application>.</para>
460
461 <para><command>install .../movemail.rdf ...</command>: This
462 command is used to install files inadvertently left out of the
463 installation script.</para>
464
465 </sect2>
466
467 <sect2 role="configuration">
468 <title>Configuring SeaMonkey</title>
469
470 <para>No specific configuration is required as long as the
471 <command>seamonkey</command> script is in the user's path. If
472 <application>SeaMonkey</application> is installed in a non-standard location,
473 make a symlink to the <command>seamonkey</command> script in the
474 <filename class="directory">/usr/bin</filename> directory.</para>
475
476 <para>Some applications look for <command>netscape</command> when they need
477 to open a browser. You may make the following symlink for convenience (as
478 the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user).</para>
479
480<screen role="root"><userinput>ln -v -sf seamonkey /usr/bin/netscape</userinput></screen>
481
482 <para>For installing various <application>SeaMonkey</application> plugins,
483 refer to <ulink url="http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/linux.html">Mozdev's
484 PluginDoc Project</ulink>. If you have <xref linkend="jdk"/> already
485 installed, create the following link as the
486 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user to utilize the
487 <application>JAVA</application> plugin: </para>
488
489<screen role="root"><userinput>ln -v -s $JAVA_HOME/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so \
490 /usr/lib/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;/plugins</userinput></screen>
491
492 <para>Some packages install SeaMonkey plugins into the default system-wide
493 directory <filename class='directory'>/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</filename>.
494 If desired, create symbolic links in the <application>SeaMonkey</application>
495 plugin directory
496 <filename class='directory'>/usr/lib/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;/plugins</filename>
497 to the files in the default plugin directory (you should link to the actual
498 files and not other links). Alternatively, you can move or copy the files
499 in the default plugin directory to the
500 <application>SeaMonkey</application> plugin directory. An example of creating
501 a symbolic link is shown below. Create the links as the
502 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
503
504<screen role="root"><userinput>ln -v -s ../../mozilla/plugins/<replaceable>&lt;plugin.so&gt;</replaceable> \
505 /usr/lib/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;/plugins</userinput></screen>
506
507 <para>Along with using the <quote>Preferences</quote> menu to configure
508 <application>SeaMonkey</application>'s options and preferences to suit
509 individual tastes, finer grain control of many options is only available
510 using a tool not available from the general menu system. To access this
511 tool, you'll need to open a browser window and enter
512 <systemitem role='url'>about:config</systemitem> in the
513 address bar. This will display a list of the configuration preferences and
514 information related to each one. You can use the <quote>Filter:</quote> bar
515 to enter search criteria and narrow down the listed items. Changing a
516 preference can be done using two methods. One, if the preference has a
517 boolean value (True/False), simply double-click on the preference to toggle
518 the value and two, for other preferences simply right-click on the desired
519 line, choose <quote>Modify</quote> from the menu and change the value.
520 Creating new preference items is accomplished in the same way, except
521 choose <quote>New</quote> from the menu and provide the desired data into
522 the fields when prompted.</para>
523
524 <tip>
525 <para>There is a multitude of configuration parameters you can tweak to
526 customize <application>SeaMonkey</application>. A very extensive and
527 up-to-date list of these parameters can be found at <ulink
528 url="http://preferential.mozdev.org/preferences.html"/>.</para>
529 </tip>
530
531 </sect2>
532
533 <sect2 role="content">
534 <title>Contents</title>
535
536 <segmentedlist>
537 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
538 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
539 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
540
541 <seglistitem>
542 <seg>seamonkey and seamonkey-config</seg>
543 <seg>Numerous libraries, browser, and email/newsgroup components,
544 plugins, extensions, and helper modules installed in <filename
545 class='directory'>/usr/lib/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;</filename></seg>
546 <seg>/usr/include/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;,
547 /usr/lib/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;, and
548 /usr/share/idl/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;</seg>
549 </seglistitem>
550 </segmentedlist>
551
552 <variablelist>
553 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
554 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
555 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
556
557 <varlistentry id="seamonkey-prog">
558 <term><command>seamonkey</command></term>
559 <listitem>
560 <para>is a browser/email/newsgroup/chat client suite. The
561 various components such as the Composer, mail-news client,
562 IRC chat client, and address book can be accessed from the menu after
563 <command>seamonkey</command> starts or via command-line switches to
564 the <command>seamonkey</command> script. Issue
565 <command>man seamonkey</command> for additional information.</para>
566 <indexterm zone="seamonkey seamonkey-prog">
567 <primary sortas="b-seamonkey">seamonkey</primary>
568 </indexterm>
569 </listitem>
570 </varlistentry>
571
572 </variablelist>
573
574 </sect2>
575
576</sect1>
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