thunderbird install problems

[richlyn9]

I manually downloaded thunderbird-2.0.0.23.tar.gz frm the mozilla website and tried to install it on mu 8.10 install.

heres how i dit it.....
i first extracted it on to my desktop and then after a lot of googleing came across instructions which i folowed..as below

1. Download Thunderbird 2. (Save to disk)
2. sudo tar -C /opt -zxvf ~/Desktop/thunderbird-*
3. sudo ln -s /opt/thunderbird/thunderbird /usr/local/bin/thunderbird
4. create a menu item: sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Thunderbird
Comment=Thunderbird Mail Client
Exec=thunderbird
Icon=/opt/thunderbird/icons/mozicon16.xpm
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Applications;Network


from the link
http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/05/18/manually-install-thunderbird-2-ubuntu-704/

but then after i lauched thunderbird from Applications>internet>mzilla thunderbird mail news......it does nothing(a icon for thunderbird come in the toolbar and stays there for 5 seconds as if launching but then goes away

i then wient to synaptic pakage manager and selected mozilla thunderbird for install
synaptic downloaded a 11.1 MB file and after that its still the same thing...


whats gone wrong..Any ideas?

[orange-wedge]

I would try out ubuntuzilla.py from sourceforge.

http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/ubuntuzilla/index.php?title=Main_Page

I just downloaded it to install Firefox 3.5, but the manual says it can also automate the installation of Thunderbird.

[oldfred]

from the terminal type in

thunderbird

if you get any error messages let us know.

[wilee-nilee]

If you cant get it going just remove what you have doe and run sudo apt-get thunderbird it is in the repositories.

[richlyn9]

ran "thunderbird" from terminal...
heres the error message :

/opt/thunderbird/thunderbird-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory


what now?

[MelDJ]

if you cant get it going just remove what you have doe and run sudo apt-get thunderbird it is in the repositories.

+1

[richlyn9]

from the terminal type in

thunderbird

if you get any error messages let us know.
ran "thunderbird" from terminal...
heres the error message :

/opt/thunderbird/thunderbird-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

[richlyn9]

sorry PPL for too duplicate replies ...
i am having issues with my dial up connection..

Is there a way i can delete my reply?

[presence1960]

If you cant get it going just remove what you have doe and run sudo apt-get thunderbird it is in the repositories.

that would be
sudo apt-get install thunderbird

[wilee-nilee]

that would be
sudo apt-get install thunderbird

You are correct, thanks for noticing.

[richlyn9]

that would be
sudo apt-get install thunderbird
I did sudo apt-get install thunderbird

heres the result.:

richlyn@richlyn-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install thunderbird
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
thunderbird is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
x11proto-xinerama-dev x11proto-render-dev libxrender-dev libfontconfig1-dev
x11proto-composite-dev libxcursor-dev x11proto-randr-dev x11proto-damage-dev
libxdamage-dev libfreetype6-dev x11proto-fixes-dev libxcomposite-dev
libxrandr-dev libexpat1-dev libxft-dev libxfixes-dev libxinerama-dev
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 279 not upgraded.
richlyn@richlyn-desktop:~$

[richlyn9]

I would try out ubuntuzilla.py from sourceforge.

http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/ubuntuzilla/index.php?title=Main_Page

I just downloaded it to install Firefox 3.5, but the manual says it can also automate the installation of Thunderbird.
i tried this also:
* If you happen to have already downloaded the appropriate Thunderbird, Firefox, or SeaMonkey tar.gz archive to your drive, and want to avoid another download, place your downloaded tar.gz into /tmp (without changing the original filename). The script will still ask you questions about the version, localizations, etc., but will not actually make another download.
* Open a terminal

Note: do not run ubuntuzilla with sudo. That will mess up the ownership of some of the files in your home directory (e.g., the stuff in ~/.gnupg).

* Enter one of the following commands to run the script (choose one depending on which software you want to install; copy and paste to avoid typos):

ubuntuzilla.py -a install -p firefox

ubuntuzilla.py -a install -p thunderbird

ubuntuzilla.py -a install -p seamonkey

heres what i get:

richlyn@richlyn-desktop:~$ ubuntuzilla.py -a install -p thunderbird
bash: ubuntuzilla.py: command not found

[oldfred]

Any software that is in the repositories should only be downloaded and installed that way. Installing from the .deb leads back to the bad old days of dependency hell.

If your thunderbird is not working it is because the first install from the .deb was not correct. It would be best to go back to synaptic and mark for complete removal and apply that. After it uninstalls and deletes everything go back and check it again to reinstall.

You can also install 'firefox 3.5' from synaptic. If you use what I have in quotes it will come up. After it installs it will be shiretoko. When karmic comes out 3.5 will be standard.

[presence1960]

I did sudo apt-get install thunderbird

heres the result.:

richlyn@richlyn-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install thunderbird
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
thunderbird is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
x11proto-xinerama-dev x11proto-render-dev libxrender-dev libfontconfig1-dev
x11proto-composite-dev libxcursor-dev x11proto-randr-dev x11proto-damage-dev
libxdamage-dev libfreetype6-dev x11proto-fixes-dev libxcomposite-dev
libxrandr-dev libexpat1-dev libxft-dev libxfixes-dev libxinerama-dev
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 279 not upgraded.
richlyn@richlyn-desktop:~$
Then you already have thunderbird installed- see the red above!

[richlyn9]

i went to add/remove applications and removed thunderbird and applied changes.

then from the terminal this is what i did.


richlyn@richlyn-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install thunderbird
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
x11proto-xinerama-dev x11proto-render-dev libxrender-dev libfontconfig1-dev
x11proto-composite-dev libxcursor-dev x11proto-randr-dev x11proto-damage-dev
libxdamage-dev x11proto-fixes-dev libxcomposite-dev libxrandr-dev
libexpat1-dev libxft-dev libxfixes-dev libxinerama-dev
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
Suggested packages:
thunderbird-gnome-support latex-xft-fonts
The following NEW packages will be installed:
thunderbird
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 220 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/11.1MB of archives.
After this operation, 33.2MB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously deselected package thunderbird.
(Reading database ... 108166 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking thunderbird (from .../thunderbird_2.0.0.23+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up thunderbird (2.0.0.23+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1) ...

Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
richlyn@richlyn-desktop:~$ thunderbird
/opt/thunderbird/thunderbird-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
richlyn@richlyn-desktop:~$


its still the same....

i am eargerly waiting for Kramic
will thunderbird be standard instead of evolution?