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need instructions for downloading seamonkey 2 .tar.bz2

Running ubuntu server latest addition. Supposed to put it in the var/local/seamonkey directory but I have no idea how to get it into the directory.

cd to the directory and copy it from where ever it is currently located or download it if its on the web via wget.

Code:

cd /var/local/seamonkey

cp /home/bob/seamonkey2.tar.bz2 .

      or

cp /home/bob/seamonkey2.tar.bz2 /var/local/seamonkey

      or

cd /var/local/seamonkey

wget http://site.it.lives.on.org/seamonkey2.tar.bz2

I'm probably grotesquely missing the point :D but how about:

Code:

# mkdir /var/local/seamonkey

# mv seamonkey2.tar.bz /var/local/seamonkey

If you need to unpack and uncompress the archive first then do 'tar vxjf seamonkey2.tar.bz'.

Any reason why you're not using the package manager?

Package doesn't have the release. Won't upgrade to new one. It's still not working.

Now I have a red seamonkey-2.0(2).tar.bz2 and I cant get rid of it from the directory. I think its full of errors because it spouts errors. The (2) was because i had put in two copies. I can't rm it with out an error. Help!

Quote:

Originally Posted by slvfx (Post 3784316)

What did you actually do? Can you post it? You know:

Code:

# rm seamonkey-2.0(2).tar.bz2

What it says then.

It may be coloured red simply because it's a compressed file. Or it may be very weird. Also what are the errors it spouts?

bob@bob-desktop:/var/local/seamonkey2$ # rm seamonkey-2.0(2).tar.bz2
bob@bob-desktop:/var/local/seamonkey2$ ls
seamonkey-2.0(2).tar.bz2
bob@bob-desktop:/var/local/seamonkey2$ # rm seamonkey-2.0(2).tar.bz2
bob@bob-desktop:/var/local/seamonkey2$ sudo rm seamonkey-2.0(2).tar.bz2
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
bob@bob-desktop:/var/local/seamonkey2$

Quote:

Originally Posted by slvfx (Post 3785458)

Sorry, what I meant by the # at the start was you are root. By the look of it it should work if you do the sudo command again - it's a Ubuntu like thing is it? Assuming that's the way to be root? But this time do:

Code:

bob@bob-desktop:/var/local/seamonkey2$ sudo rm sea

Then hit <tab>

Autocompletes file name

<enter>

then it should remove the file.

The problem appears to be that ( is an illegal character in a file name, so it has to be 'escaped'. Putting a \ in front of each ( or ) should do it. seamonkey-2.0$2$.tar.bz2. Sorry it is not strictly an illegal character it just gets misinterpreted.

That was awesome. I can't believe its gone. Thank you