Running Thunderbird

**~zoey~** · 07-16-2005, 09:07 PM

I have installed Thunderbird 1.05 following the directions on the website. When I attempt to run it however, it simply opens the Thunderbird file, which does me no good.

I tried using ./configure, but bash said 'no such command'.

I am running ubuntu warty with gnome. I did delete the previous version of Thunderbird before installing 1.05.

What am I missing? I have googled, and done some other searches without finding any answers.

Thanks, zoey

**infiniphunk** · 07-16-2005, 09:22 PM

Ok, I'm assuming you downloaded the official Thunderbird installer from http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/
You don't use ./configure once you've untarred the package, you run:

Code:

thunderbird

And that's it! The executable is already there for you.

**~zoey~** · 07-16-2005, 11:28 PM

Yup! That is exactly what I did but when I run thunderbird instead of opening the program so that I can use it, it simply opens the thunderbird file. I can't set up email that way.

Thanks, zoey

**infiniphunk** · 07-16-2005, 11:50 PM

Hmm, OK, I'm really not too sure why its not working for you. I guess I should have said in my last post that its supposed to be

Code:

./thunderbird

that definitely works. Try that.

**quip** · 07-16-2005, 11:56 PM

Originally Posted by ~zoey~

Yup! That is exactly what I did but when I run thunderbird instead of opening the program so that I can use it, it simply opens the thunderbird file. I can't set up email that way.

Thanks, zoey

Do you mean that it opens the script? ./thunderbird is the correct way to run it, but thunderbird is really just a script, and thunderbird-bin is the binary. What shell are you using? Like infiniphunk said, if you got the installer from the thunderbird website, it should just be:

Code:

tar xvzf thunderbird-1.0.5.tar.gz

followed by

Code:

cd thunderbird

and then

Code:

./thunderbird

.

**cudaman73** · 07-17-2005, 12:39 AM

Originally Posted by ~zoey~

I am running ubuntu warty with gnome. I did delete the previous version of Thunderbird before installing 1.05.

my suggestions? since you're running ubuntu, type 'sudo apt-get install thunderbird' in your bash prompt. thus, you get the thunderbird that's packaged for ubuntu, not the generic one.

**~zoey~** · 07-17-2005, 12:43 AM

I did that exactly as instructed. The installer ran and Thunderbird opened. Once that it was closed and I attempted to reopen typing either thunderbird or ./thunderbird in run simply opens the thunderbird file [folder, directory, whatever], it does not open the thunderbird program so that I can use it for email.

Adding thunderbird to the applications menu brings up the message 'Cannot launch entry' Details: Failed to execute child process "./thunderbird"[Permission denied].

I was trying to upgrade thunderbird from the version that warty runs. I don't want to go to hoary ubuntu because of the sound problems with that version of ubuntu.

More suggestions??

Thanks, zoey

**cudaman73** · 07-17-2005, 12:59 AM

Not to swing off topic, but what sound problems are you talking about? I'm using hoary right now, and I've got no problems. Problem with a specific driver? for now... do this.

Code:

$ls /usr/bin/ |grep thunderbird

If it's installed, it'll give you the name of the physical binary file to run. what it outputs is what you'll want to type to start the program.

**XbaxeSysAdmin** · 07-17-2005, 01:27 AM

you could try linking your menu to /usr/bin/thunderbird .... thats where my menu points to . all my installed programs reside there. Im not sure about your sys , but its worth a try.

**~zoey~** · 07-17-2005, 02:10 AM

ls /usr/bin/ |grep thunderbird brings up thunderbird and when I type that it opens the thunderbird directory not the program. I think that I am going back to Balsa!

The problems that I had with Hoary are with the onboard sound on my motherboard. The sound works great in Warty, no sound whatsoever in Hoary.

Thanks, zoey

**cudaman73** · 07-17-2005, 02:41 AM

well, try this then. instead of typing just thunderbird, do this:

Code:

$/usr/bin/thunderbird

**je_fro** · 07-17-2005, 05:41 AM

is it executable?
ls -l /usr/bin/thunderbird
chmod +x /usr/bin/thunderbird

**~zoey~** · 07-17-2005, 08:53 AM

$/usr/bin/thunderbird doesn't open anything, not even the thunderbird directory like 'thunderbird' does.

Bash says that ls is an invalid option.

At this point, I would like to get in there just once to retrieve a message, and then dump it!

I think that I might need to link to it in order to get it to open. It does NOT work per the installation instructions on the web site.

Thanks, zoey

**je_fro** · 07-17-2005, 02:17 PM

Take a deep breath and step back a bit....I smell user error.
I think you're doing something wrong. (no offense)
Did you make it executable?

**~zoey~** · 07-17-2005, 03:56 PM

You could be right, but I think that I might have a corrupt file or two.

I just tried to upgrade firefox by removing the old firefox folder, downloading firefox 1.0.5 then:

tar -xzvf firefox-1.0.5.installer.tar.gz
cd firefox-installer
./firefox-installer [At which point the gui popped up, firefox was installed and the google page opened]

I could not get it to open again however.

I then tried renaming firefox-installer to firefox and
sudo mv firefox /usr/local/firefox
sudo ln -s /usr/local/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox

That is exactly how I got Firefox 1.0.3 to work, but this time no joy.

So now I have pretty much the same problem with both firefox and thunderbird, I can install them from the ubuntu cd but I can't upgrade them. Tiz a puzzlement.

Thanks, zoey

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