How to force install of Thunderbird 13.0.1 on Lucid 10.4
Hi to any Thunderbird wizards out there, Sorry about posting this here, but it seems I'm not a member of luv-main, and I'm in a bit of a rush. Have tried to install a copy of TB 13.0.1 onto my desktop system, as somehow my laptop has that, and it is running smoothly there. Have gone to this web page (below), and followed the instructions on "install the newest release".
https://support.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/kb/installing-thunderbird-linux
Have rebooted, and run System > Admin > Update Manager. ...but all I get on the new desktop system install is 13.0 not 13.0.1 The "About Thunderbird" windows between the two systems look identical otherwise. Hmmm. Anything to worry about? Thanks very much for any info, or pointers to good web pages on this particular topic. Carl Turney, Bayswater Mobile 0427 024 735 Home 9720 3975
On 07/09/2012 01:59 PM, Carl Turney wrote:
Hi to any Thunderbird wizards out there,
Have tried to install a copy of TB 13.0.1 onto my desktop system, as somehow my laptop has that, and it is running smoothly there.
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Have gone to this web page (below), and followed the instructions on "install the newest release".
https://support.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/kb/installing-thunderbird-linux
<snip>
Have rebooted, and run System > Admin > Update Manager.
...but all I get on the new desktop system install is 13.0 not 13.0.1 The "About Thunderbird" windows between the two systems look identical otherwise.
Hello Carl, I run thunderbird on Fedora 17 at the moment. I found that the best way to install it is to install the version which comes with the first release of the distro, then open it and fill in all the email details that you want it deal with. Then upgrade that version with the very next release, and never jump to the latest update without installing the intervening ones. When I didn't follow this practice there were all sorts of peculiarities that appeared, like the message filter dialog boxes were unusable and sometimes didn't appear at all, and fetching mail required multiple mouse clicks to work and sometimes didn't work. Ben
Carl Turney wrote:
https://support.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/kb/installing-thunderbird-linux
That claims one should use Ubuntu Software Center, which AFAIK is GUI wank wrapped around apt. According to rmadison, 13.0.1 is available in apt for lucid: $ rmadison thunderbird | grep lucid thunderbird | 3.0.4+nobinonly-0ubuntu4 | lucid | source, amd64, armel, i386, ia64, powerpc, sparc thunderbird | 3.1.20+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 | lucid-security | ia64, powerpc, sparc thunderbird | 3.1.20+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 | lucid-updates | ia64, powerpc, sparc thunderbird | 13.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 | lucid-security | source, amd64, armel, i386 thunderbird | 13.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 | lucid-updates | source, amd64, armel, i386
Have rebooted, and run System > Admin > Update Manager.
...but all I get on the new desktop system install is 13.0 not 13.0.1 The "About Thunderbird" windows between the two systems look identical otherwise.
Check the version with "dpkg -l thunderbird". if that does not report 13.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1, you do not have the latest version built for lucid by ubuntu.
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