Q. I would like to install latest and greatest Mozilla thunderbird mail client under Linux.
How do I download and install the same to read emails?
A. Mozilla’s Thunderbird 2 email application is more powerful than ever. Thunderbird 2 features many new enhancements to help you better manage your unruly inbox, and stay informed. Thunderbird 2 scales to the most sophisticated organizational needs while making it easy to find what you need. It is the best mail/news client with RSS and integrated spam filter support.
Download Thunderbird to your Linux desktop
=> Visit this site to download Thunderbird
Thunderbird 2.0 installation - Just untar file and install it
Let us say you would like to install thunderbird in your own home directory called /home/jerry/. Open X terminal and type following command.
Copy your downloaded file to /home/tom/ and untar it:
$ cp /home/tom/Desktop/thunderbird-2.0.0.0.tar.gz .
$ tar -zxvf thunderbird-2.0.0.0.tar.gz
Now software was installed. To start Thunderbird mail client, enter:
$ cd thunderbird
$ ./thunderbird
How do I install thunderbird for everyone?
Install thunderbird in /opt directory. Login as root user:
# cd /opt
# mkdir thunderbird
# cd thunderbird
# cp /home/tom/Desktop/thunderbird-2.0.0.0.tar.gz .
# tar -zxvf thunderbird-2.0.0.0.tar.gz
To start thunderbird, enter:
$ /opt/thunderbird/thunderbird &
How do I create thunderbird icon on my desktop?
Right click on your Linux desktop
Select Create Launcher
Fill the details as follows:
- Set name to : Thunderbird
- Set command to : /opt/thunderbird/thunderbird
- Set comment to : My Email Client
- Hit OK to create an ICON
A note about Ubuntu / Debian Linux user
If you are using Ubuntu / Debian Linux, open terminal and type the following command to install thunderbird:
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install thunderbird
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This is the first time I have installed new software
on my Linux machine in 10 months.
I am thrilled to bits.
Thank you
Excellent instructions, thank you so much. Just a note: I noticed that right before your first code section, you have:
“Copy your downloaded file to /home/tom/ and untar it:”
And right below it you have:
$ cp /home/jerry/Desktop/thunderbird-2.0.0.0.tar.gz .
So, is it Tom, or Jerry? :)
Thanks again and best regards
Thanks for the heads up. The faq has been updated.
After unpacking the tar, ./thunderbird does nothing at all??
I am running Acer Aspire One under their Linux (Lipsus).
All files are present, the unpack worked fine and I am in the correct directory.
Any ideas??
Thanks
thanks a lot sir…..
Hi,, tar -zxvf filename.tar.gz command doesnt work.. wht is the probs??
I’ve extracted the thunderbird directory… im getting an error
$cd thunderbird
$./thunderbird
./thunderbird-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Anyone help?
You need to install libstdc++5 – the GNU Standard C++ Library v3 or above. Use yum or apt-get command to install the same.
very nice informations, i am using this from 2 yrs in windows and now i shifted to ubuntu 8.10 it working fine.. hearty thanks to team.
nice instructions , thank you i installed without any issue with your instructions..
Exellent work!
Thanx Dear
Hahaha … that’s was a good one (Tom or Jerry) :-D
So, why not change better to Itchy and Scratchy ? … For the new generations :-P