GNU/Linux Debian Jessie Installing Thunderbird – QuickStart Guide
Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-step How to Download and Install the Latest Thunderbird in Debian 8 Jessie 64-bit Desktop.
And Thunderbird for Debian 8 is a Free, Open-Source, Cross-Platform Client for Managing Email, News Feeds, Chat, and Newsgroups.
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Download Latest Thunderbird for Linux.
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Right-Click > Open with XArchiver
Then Extract into /tmp.
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Open a Terminal Window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
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Login as the SuperUser
su
If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo
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Relocate Thunderbird
chown -R root:root /tmp/thunderbird && mv /tmp/thunderbird /opt
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Make a SymLink
ln -fs /opt/thunderbird/thunderbird /usr/bin/thunderbird
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Create a Thunderbird Launcher for Easy&Quick Starting: