Install Thunderbird extension under Linux

andrempunkt · 02-20-2015, 01:28 AM

I want to install a thunderbird extension and in the manual is written to move the extension into the directory extensions, but it seems to me that this directory is not existing.

Code:

meAtMyComp:~/.thunderbird> find -name extension*
./wk7jesja.default/extensions.sqlite
./wk7jesja.default/extensions.ini

Does somebody know what I am doing wrong ?

Gruß, Andre

beachboy2 · 02-20-2015, 11:17 AM

andrempunkt,

You need to look in:

~/.thunderbird/<Profile Name>/extensions/

For example:

~/.thunderbird/87dw9lk6.default/extensions/

andrempunkt · 02-24-2015, 01:03 AM

myComp:~/.thunderbird> ll
insgesamt 12
drwx------ 2 iuk323 anwprog 4096 2. Feb 13:59 Crash Reports
-rw-r----- 1 iuk323 anwprog 94 2. Feb 13:59 profiles.ini
drwx------ 7 iuk323 anwprog 4096 24. Feb 07:56 wk7jesja.default

myComp:~/.thunderbird/wk7jesja.default> ll -d */
drwxr-x--- 2 iuk323 anwprog 4096 2. Feb 13:59 chrome/
drwx------ 3 iuk323 anwprog 4096 2. Feb 14:00 ImapMail/
drwx------ 3 iuk323 anwprog 4096 2. Feb 14:00 Mail/
drwx------ 2 iuk323 anwprog 4096 2. Feb 13:59 minidumps/
drwxr-x--- 2 iuk323 anwprog 4096 2. Feb 14:01 startupCache/

no directory extensions there

beachboy2 · 02-24-2015, 02:04 AM

andrempunkt,

Well, apart from the previously mentioned “extensions” directory/folder, there is nothing else mentioning extensions in my Thunderbird except these 4 items, which are not directories:

extensions.ini
extensions.json
extensions.rdf
extensions.sqlite

Quote:

I want to install a thunderbird extension and in the manual is written to move the extension into the directory extensions.

The extensions directory/folder appears to be the correct directory, albeit empty at the moment.

Why not backup everything first and then put this particular Thunderbird extension into that directory/folder?

From the following link it would appear that the profile folder's extension directory is the one you are looking for:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/...:_Installation

Linux: ~/.thunderbird/<Profile Name>/extensions/