HOWTO: Install Mozilla Sunbird

[DCM36]

Mozilla Sunbird is now installable by using Synaptic or apt-get. This is the recommended installation method for most users.


Here's an easy, straight-forward install of Mozilla Sunbird.

Open a terminal

We're going to install it to the /opt directory, so:

cd /opt

Then download Sunbird

sudo wget ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/calendar/sunbird/releases/0.7rc3/linux-i686/en-US/sunbird-0.7rc3.en-US.linux-i686.tar.gz

Now extract Sunbird to a folder named sunbird in /opt

sudo tar -xvf sunbird-0.7rc3.en-US.linux-i686.tar.gz

This gives ownership of the sunbird directory to root.

sudo chown -R root:root /opt/sunbird/

Now make a script to redirect to sunbird folder in /opt

sudo gedit /usr/bin/sunbird.sh

In the document that opens, copy this into it:

cd /opt/sunbird/
./sunbird

Save and close the document.

Now make the script that was just made executable

sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/sunbird.sh

Now create a entry in the appilcations menu

sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/sunbird.desktop

In the document that opens, enter:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Sunbird
Comment=Calendar Application
Exec=sunbird.sh
Icon=/opt/sunbird/chrome/icons/default/default.xpm
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Application;Office;

Save the document and enjoy.

Howto courtesy of knowledge76.com

[domino]

Thanks for the info. Now I have Windows, Linux, and Mac sharing webdav and local calendars. The only thing missing now is a Pocket PC version

[Xter]

My goodness it works!
Thank you DCM36!

[MyNameUhBorat]

Works great thank you very much.

[lyly]

Is there any package?

[DCM36]

Is there any package?

Not at the moment.. I might have some time to do it in a bit, and if I do I'll post back.

[bionnaki]

nice. worked perfectly. thanks.

[SuperGrover21]

Yeah! Worked great! Is this a general outline to installing other programs not in Synaptic?

[Scunizi]

Another way is to load the extension for sunbird into thunderbird. I've done it on windows but not on my linux box yet. Looks good in windows.

[--chris--]

Excellent. Worked like a charm. Learned a few things too about Linux programs in the process. Thank you!