Linux Guide: How to Install Thunderbird 3

Overview:  Do you want to install Thunderbird 3 to your Linux computer? Here is a guide for you. Thunderbird is a free, open-source and cross-platform mail client for most operating systems including, but not limited to, Windows, Linux and Macintosh, which has been update to Thunderbird 3. Just read on this tutorial, follow several easy steps, and you will get Thunderbird 3 to your Linux without any troubles. Install Thunderbird 3 to your Linux Step 1 . Download  Thunderbird 3  from the official site. 

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Step 2 . Right-click it and choose "Extract Here" from pop-up menu to extract. You can also use the following command to extract. 

tar xfvj thunderbird-3.0.tar.bz2  

xfcj means: 

x = Extract 

f = File mode 

v = Verbose 

j = The file is compressed, so pipe it through bzip2 to decompress it first 

Step 3 . Copy the files to a more suitable place where you want to put it: 

sudo mv ./thunderbird /opt/  

Step 4 . The location of  Thunderbird 2.0  to store your email is .../mozilla-thunderbird, and the location of  Thunderbird 3  is .../.thunderbird. So I create a copy of .../mozilla-thunderbird folder and rename it to .thunderbird to prevent the loss of email hive. 

Step 5 . If you use gnome, right-click on the top gnome panel and choose " Add to Panel " option. Enter the following detail to finish creating a launcher for our new  Thunderbird  install. 

 

Step 6 . You can launch your  Thunderbird 3  from your new launcher. 

Following the steps above, you will successfully  install the Thunderbird 3 to your Linux . Just enjoy your new mail client!

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