Step by step – SeaMonkey Linux Mint 18 Installation

Installing

2. 2. Downloading SeaMonkey

   Download Latest SeaMonkey Linux Stable Release

   Pick SeaMonkey in Contrib x8664.tar.bz2

   SeaMonkey Linux Stable

   First, Select the Latest Seamonkey Release and then Access the Contrib Directory…

3. 3. Extracting SeaMonkey

   Next Extract SeaMonkey into /tmp
   Possibly Double-Click/Right-Click on it to open with Archive Manager:

   

   Or from Shell:

   tar xvjf ~/Downloads/seamonkey*.tar.bz2

   And if you are in Trouble to Find it out on Terminal then See: How to Access Downloads Folder from Browser.

4. 4. Installing SeaMonkey

   Then to Relocate SeaMonkey
   (For a Local installation skip the below Commands and play it from inside the Home Folder.)
   Switching contents with:

   sudo mv /tmp/seamonkey* /opt

   And to create a Symlink:

   sudo ln -s /opt/seamonkey*/seamonkey /usr/local/bin/seamonkey

   Finally, to set root User Ownership:

   sudo chown -R root:root /opt/seamonkey*