how do i run mozilla thunderbird?
 

when i type:

$ ./thinderbird

in thunderbirds directory i'm prompted such a message:

./thunderbird-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

which packages should i install in order to make it run properly?

do you mean firebird?

scratch last comment

no. firebird is a web browser, which works fine for me, i mean thunderbird, the mail manager

If you're running Redhat 9, you need gtk2-2.2.1-4.src.rpm. Find it here.

Install it as root, typing:

rpmbuild --rebuild <packagename.src.rpm>
check the last few lines of the output to find out where the rpms end up (something like /usr/share/src/Redhat/RPMS) and install those with the regular

rpm -ivh <packagename.rpm>

Leon.

i use Debian. what should i download via apt-get?

I believe it would be gtk2 that provides that library.

HTH

well actually it was libgtk2, but thunderbird now works fine ^^

I have exactly the same problem that you had with suse can you tell me how you solved it.....
thnx