Install Thunderbird 3 In Ubuntu

Roshan Karki Anonymous
I am never the fan of mail client. They are difficult to use, slow and ugly.

Mozilla recently released 3rd version of their popular email software, Thunderbird.  As said earlier, I wasn't much excited. Nevertheless I gave it a try. Thunderbird has made major changes in its UI. They have added new features like tabs, archive, smart folder and so on. More here http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/3.0/releasenotes/#

After using this for few days I must say they have made definitive improvement on this software. I highly recommend everyone to update to this version. There was some problem with 'lightning' extension but this is already fixed.

To install follow the steps below:
  1. Open Terminal
  2. Add Mozilla's sources by:
    • For Karmic:
      • sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa
    • For version older than Karmic:
      • echo 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa/ubuntu ubuntu_version main' | sudo tee -a  /etc/apt/sources.list
        sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 247510BE
  3. sudo aptitude update
  4. sudo aptitude install thunderbird-3.0 thunderbird-3.0-gnome-support
  5. sudo aptitude remove thunderbird-2.0 thunderbird-2.0-gnome-support
  6. sudo ln -s /usr/bin/thunderbird-3.0 /usr/bin/thunderbird

Comments

  1. AnonymousJanuary 16, 2010 at 3:33 AM

    This shredder. Who the heck needs that?!

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 22, 2010 at 8:51 AM

    Thanks a lot. This was a great help and easy to follow. Installation of Thunderbird 3 in Ubuntu 9.10 successful.

    ReplyDelete
  3. AnonymousFebruary 6, 2010 at 10:48 AM

    Thanks! Very helpful

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 26, 2010 at 2:16 PM

    Worked like a dream! Thanks very much...

    ReplyDelete
  5. Debabrata DebMarch 7, 2010 at 3:36 PM

    great .......... smooth as honey !!!!!

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  6. AnonymousMarch 8, 2010 at 5:56 PM

    Excellent :0)
    Simplest solution around for Ubuntu 9.10 - works flawlessly!
    Thanks very much.

    ReplyDelete
  7. AnonymousMarch 26, 2010 at 6:43 AM

    Great instructions. Thanks
    But why does this show up on the menu as Shredder?

    ReplyDelete
  8. AnonymousMarch 27, 2010 at 8:00 PM

    Shredder is Thunderbird 3 development name.

    ReplyDelete

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