Thunderbird 2.0 installation
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/Jaultop/. Open X terminal and type following command.
Copy your downloaded file to /home/Jaultop/ and untar it:
$ cp /home/Jaultop/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/Jaultop/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
=> Customizable views etc
Mozilla thunderbird stores your email and profile setting in a special directory called ~/.mozilla-thunderbird i.e. /home/you/.mozilla-thunderbird/
All you have to do is backup this directory.
Task: Backup Thunderbird mail and profile
You need to backup thunderbird mail and profile to tape drive, use:
# tar zcvf /dev/st0 /home/you/.mozilla-thunderbird/
You need to backup thunderbird mail and profile to a /backup directory:
# tar zcvf /backup/email-vivek-22jan2007.tar.gz /home/vivek/.mozilla-thunderbird/
You can copy /backup/email-vivek-22jan2007.tar.gz file to a CD/DVD or USB pen.
Task: Restore Thunderbird mail and profile
Make sure Thunderbird is not running. Simply copy backup files from tape, USB pen or CD to your /home/you/.mozilla-thunderbird/ directory:
$ tar –zxvf /backup/email-vivek-22jan2007.tar.gz -C /home/vivek
Or just copy all files from USB pen/CD to ~/.mozilla-thunderbird/ directory.
A note for Windows XP/2003/Vista User
MozBackup is a simple utility for creating backups of Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, Mozilla Suite and Netscape profiles.
This program is freeware and works on Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003 only. No Linux/UNIX version exists.
It allows you to backup and restore bookmarks, mail, contacts, history, extensions, cache etc. It's an easy way to do Firefox backup, Thunderbird backup. You can download this software here.
You can also follow these instructions - Move an existing profile or restore a backed up profile for Windows.
System-requirements.
Windows
Operating Systems
· Windows 98
· Windows 98 SE
· Windows ME
· Windows NT 4.0
· Windows 2000
· Windows XP
· Windows Vista
Minimum Hardware
· Pentium 233 MHz (Recommended: Pentium 500MHz or greater)
· 64 MB RAM (Recommended: 128 MB RAM or greater)
· 52 MB hard drive space
Linux
Software Requirements
Please note that Linux distributors may provide packages for your distribution which have different requirements.
· Linux kernel - 2.2.14 with the following libraries or packages minimums:
· glibc 2.3.2
· gtk+2.0
· XFree86-3.3.6
· fontconfig (also known as xft)
· libstdc++5
· Thunderbird has been tested on Linux Fedora Core 4
Minimum Hardware
· Intel Pentium II or AMD K6-III+ 233 MHz CPU (Recommended: 500MHz or greater)
· 64 MB RAM (Recommended: 128 MB RAM or greater)
· 52 MB hard drive space
Mac
Operating Systems
· Mac OS X 10.2.x and later
Minimum Hardware
· Macintosh computer with an Intel x86 or PowerPC G3, G4, or G5 processor
· 128 MB RAM (Recommended: 256 MB RAM or greater)
· 200 MB hard drive space
Other Installation
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Open up a terminal.
Go to the directory. So for example, if you installed it in /home/Jaultop/mozilla thunderbird, you'd do:
Code:
cd /home/Jaultop/mozilla\ thunderbird/
Now do the following to compile:
Code:
./configure
make
Now you need to become the root user:
Code:
su
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Now we install the app:
Code:
make install
Now we exit the terminal:
Code:
exit <- Returns you to normal user
exit <- Exits the terminal
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If you didn't download the source (odds are that you didn't), open a terminal and "cd" to the directory of thunderbird. There should be a shell script in there (I forget what it is called) that should be run. Simply type:
Code:
