Thunderbird does not delete junk or emails giving error messages.

[TWFJR]

Thunderbird must be corrupted: Error messages:

! Could not read chrome manifest 'file:///usr/lib/thunderbird/extensions/%7B972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd%7D/chrome.manifest'.

! While creating services from category 'profile-after-change', could not create service for entry 'Disk Space Watcher Service', contract ID '@mozilla.org/toolkit/disk-space-watcher;1'

! Use getPreventDefault() is depricated. Use defaultPreventedk https://www.mozilla.org/thunderbird/...y-1.5.1.min.js

Selector expected. Ruleset ignored due to bad selector.
about:blank
! . . .Class span,.ExternalClass font,.ExternalClass td,.ExternalClass div{line-height:100%}p{margin:1em 0};
--------------------------------------^


Unexpected end of file while searching for closing} of invalid rule set.
About:blank
!
---------^

Selector expected. Ruleset ignored due to bad selector.
about:blank
!
. . .Class span,.ExternalClass font,.ExternalClass td,.ExternalClass div{line-height:100%}p(margin:1em 0};
-------------------------------------^

Unexpected end of file while searching for closing}of invalid rule set.
about:blank
!
---------^

I've tried removing Thunderbird and reinstalling it but this problem persists.

[pfeiffep]

If you have an message backup you might consider purge (if you use synaptic the option is mark for complete removal) from man pages ... "purge is identical to remove except that packages are removed and purged (any configuration files are deleted too)."

[TWFJR]

If you have an message backup you might consider purge (if you use synaptic the option is mark for complete removal) from man pages ... "purge is identical to remove except that packages are removed and purged (any configuration files are deleted too)."

I have used synaptic but I cannot find synaptic on the computer. It is installed. A search does not present synaptic package manager.

[pfeiffep]

I believe apt-get will purge also ... purge purge is identical to remove except that packages are removed and
purged (any configuration files are deleted too).
command

sudo apt-get purge thundebird

[TWFJR]

I believe apt-get will purge also ... purge purge is identical to remove except that packages are removed and
purged (any configuration files are deleted too).
command

sudo apt-get purge thundebird

It has become evident that Ubuntu has made it very difficult to find hidden files. For instance, .Thunderbird. I cannot find Synaptic nor Thunderbird and so purging Thunderbird not an option without a mini-course to understand where such files and apps are kept.

[TWFJR]

It has become evident that Ubuntu has made it very difficult to find hidden files. For instance, .Thunderbird. I cannot find Synaptic nor Thunderbird and so purging Thunderbird not an option without a mini-course to understand where such files and apps are kept.

Copied/pasted purge command but thunderbird was mispelled so corrected and tried again. Seemed to have removed Thunderbird until I reloaded it and the same problem exists. Unable to delete email.

[pfeiffep]

Try this ...

whereis synaptic
synaptic: /usr/sbin/synaptic /usr/share/synaptic /usr/share/man/man8/synaptic.8.gz

[TWFJR]

Hi Pete, Thanks for your assistance; still no resolution..
tom@toms-desktop:~$ /usr/sbin/synaptic /usr/share/synaptic /usr/share/man/man8/synaptic.8.gz
bash: /usr/sbin/synaptic: No such file or directory

I'm beginning to think that it is not Thunderbird that is corrupted but 14.04.

[pfeiffep]

Did you type "whereis synaptic" no quotes

[ajgreeny]

What error if any do you get from command

synaptic pkexec