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Hello all,
iam newbie 2 linux, ihave instaled linux5.1 and i have an internet connection, the problem is i cant read the mails after downloading the mail, so what should i install on my machine to read the the mail.
waiting for ur reply.
What distribution (version) of Linux are you using? ("Linux 5.1" does not tell us which version)
On just about any distro, Thunderbird will be available in the package manager.
If you need to install manually, tell us what kind of file you downloaded. e.g.: If it is a .tar.gz, you would first extract it using "tar -xzvf <filename>" Then go into the folder and look for a "README"
Log in as root or become root by typing.
su
<your root password>
yum install thunderbird
You should now see thunderbird under applications - internet.
The use of yum will install it automatically for you. This also gets the program installed so that any updates can be applied automatically in the future since it installs from the main repository.
iam having 2.6.18-8.el5xen oracle version of linux so tell me how to install thunderbird. ialready downloaded rhunderbird-2.0.0.12 n also unzipped it now how should i install it.
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