Starting Thunterbird.

John Heinen hensandpat at earthlink.net
Mon Oct 5 18:18:40 UTC 2009


Peter Hillier-Brook wrote:
> John Heinen wrote:
>   
>> John Heinen wrote:
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>>> Rashkae wrote:
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>>>> John Heinen wrote:
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>>>>> I downloaded Thuntherbird and have thunterbird 2.0.0.21 mtar.gz
>>>>> and thunterbird setup 2  0.0.0.21 tar.gz. How do I install and
>>>>> run this Thinderbird.
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>> Abandon all hope ye who enter here.  More helpfully, Thunderbird
>>>> is already part of the Ubuntu software, so you don't have to go
>>>> downloading and installing from the web as you would in windows.
>>>>
>>>> Use the Add-remove software menu item to check on Thunderbird,
>>>> or, from a command-line, use the command "sudo apt-get install
>>>> thunderbird"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Great, I did it, though, I am not so good at commands. The reply
>>> was "E: Couldn't package Thunterbird" John
>>>
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>> Sorry left out a word, "find" Couldn't find package thunterbird
>>     
>
> It's "Thunderbird", not "Thunterbird". Could you have mis-spelled the
> package name in your apt-get command?
>
> Peter HB
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>
>   
Right I found it, I put a checkmark on it, what's the next step? John




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