thunderbird install problems

bosewicht · 08-28-2003, 08:20 AM

i'm running Mandrake 9.0 and i am having problems installing(?) thunderbird. i have the folder unzipped/packed, but i can't find anything to run it. i've went in the folder and clicked on everything to get it up and going(worked for firebird)...can anyone help?

DrOzz · 08-28-2003, 11:19 AM

ok this would be alot more painless if we do this from the terminal...so open up your terminal, and go into the untarred folder, and read the file called INSTALL....if that doesn't exist still try what i will say below...
typically (if the file is there) they'll tell you to do:
./configure
make
su -c "make install"
type root password
so first and foremost, just check and see if there is a file called:
configure
in the folder and if so, do what i said above, if not post the contents of the folder:
ls -alc
will show what we need to see...

Minderbinder · 08-28-2003, 12:35 PM

Doesn't Thunderbird run just by running the "thunderbird" script in the folder after you untar it?

DrOzz · 08-28-2003, 12:43 PM

i have no idea....i don't use it...he just said he couldn't install it, so i gave him typical steps...and if thats the case, then bosewicht now has a backup plan if one or the other doesn't work

mcd · 08-28-2003, 02:10 PM

i've installed thunderbird recently, and you can't launch it by clicking on it in a gui, you have to type thunderbird in a terminal (inside the directory). alternatively, you can right-click on the desktop or panel and add launcher, then link it to that file. then you can just click the launcher and presto!