Comments on: Mozilla Releases Thunderbird 3

By: Dan Roach

Dan Roach — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 20:11:46 +0000

Thanks for this. I have created the launcher on Jolicloud but I do not have icons shown in the Thunderbird folder. How can i install the icon?

By: Frank

Frank — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:52:25 +0000

Thank you for this. Everyone was using the ./configure command and it wouldn’t work for me. I’m new to linux, terminal and all this so it was of great help to me. I appreciate it.

By: Patrick Micka

Patrick Micka — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:27:00 +0000

The apt system will only manage packages that it installs as far as I know.

By: qubitsu

qubitsu — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:23:48 +0000

Thanks for these directions! Additional question: If I extract the tarball from Mozilla Messaging and move thunderbird into /opt/, does the apt system know that I have Thunderbird 3? Will I receive future security updates through the standard Update Manager process?

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:41:23 +0000

Patrick, thank you very much for responding via email to my question AND providing a solution (which Patrick said he’ll add above). Kudos.

By: Patrick Micka

Patrick Micka — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:18:53 +0000

Hi Richard, I’ve followed through the steps for setting up the launcher again and couldn’t recreate the issue you mentioned. Could you provide a little more info? What sort of computer are you using?

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:28:58 +0000

Patrick, many thanks for the informative post. One issue: the shortcut/launcher created disappears – even after I restore it from the trash and mark as trusted – Can you amend your launcher instructions so the launcher created stays put? Thank you.

By: How To: Install Thunderbird 3 in Linux | r3dux.org

How To: Install Thunderbird 3 in Linux | r3dux.org — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:41:47 +0000

[...] out to Parick Micka for his post which got me started, as the official Thunderbird install/upgrade instructions for linux – [...]

By: Patrick Micka

Patrick Micka — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:14:25 +0000

@zooz, I’ve corrected a few errors in the instructions I’ve posted, everything should work for you now. Thanks for pointing that out.

By: zooz

zooz — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:09:52 +0000

thanks for the effort

but I have one question:

when I reach the step where we move the folder to “/opt” directory
I have the following message :
“mv: cannot stat `/thunderbird-3.0′: No such file or directory” !!

any idea ??

i am using Ubuntu and i am a newbie … any help would be highly appreciated.