Re: [opensuse] Need help installing thunderbird 2.0 downloaded from Mozilla from native .tar.gz file

Thanks to everyone,

The reason why I needed the .tar.gz file is that Mozilla are claiming
that suse makes modifications to the innate thunderbird application for
which I raised a bug report about and was told this advise. This means
that I need to verify IF there are any differences in the S/MIME
handling of the Mozilla RC and the open suse RC as they have claimed. No
wonder that I could not install it - I don't need to. I thought it
looked complete, however as you have all seen the number of .sh and .bin
files that are labelled upgrade or install you start to question.

Now I know its complete after unpacking.

cheers to all

Scott

Pueblo Native wrote:
Registration Account wrote:

Hi everyone,
This is a seemingly simple question for which I have no answer. I
downloaded thunderbird 2.0 from Mozilla in its native .tar.gz file format.
There is an amazingly lack of install instructions in Mozilla as there
is the assumption that your distro does all the normal install functions.
I have unpacked the file and seen several .bin files that you would
think would install - It doesn't. There are also a few .sh files that
you would think would install - they don't. Yes I have checked the files
permissions.
Can anyone help me with a (simple) install of thunderbird 2.0 from the
native .tar.gz file in a open suse 10.2 environment.
Many thanks
Scott



If you are going with the tarball, there's no need for an "installation"
program. Once unpacked, Thunderbird works directly out of the directory
that you have it in. But like several in here have said, you can use the
mozilla.org rpm site and get a custom, OpenSuse 10.2 rpm.

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