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[6732c094] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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[16998db6] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[e2ae0e7] | 7 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-download-http
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[1ddbf11a] | 8 | "&mozilla-http;/thunderbird/releases/&thunderbird-version;/source/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;.source.tar.bz2">
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[e2ae0e7] | 9 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-download-ftp
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[1ddbf11a] | 10 | "&mozilla-ftp;/thunderbird/releases/&thunderbird-version;/source/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;.source.tar.bz2">
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[dcdde93] | 11 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-md5sum "e3be03513d038bbbcf8cca8a3652170b">
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[0e37869] | 12 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-size "109 MB">
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[dcdde93] | 13 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-buildsize "3.2 GB (90 MB installed)">
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| 14 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-time "35 SBU">
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[16998db6] | 15 | ]>
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| 16 |
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[d1981e0] | 17 | <sect1 id="thunderbird" xreflabel="Thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;">
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[1c5e617] | 18 | <?dbhtml filename="thunderbird.html" ?>
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| 19 |
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| 20 | <sect1info>
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| 21 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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[55329727] | 22 | <date>$Date$</date>
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[1c5e617] | 23 | </sect1info>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <title>Thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;</title>
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| 26 |
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| 27 | <indexterm zone="thunderbird">
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| 28 | <primary sortas="a-Thunderbird">Thunderbird</primary>
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| 29 | </indexterm>
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| 30 |
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| 31 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 32 | <title>Introduction to Thunderbird</title>
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| 33 |
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[d41c02b] | 34 | <para>
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| 35 | <application>Thunderbird</application> is a stand-alone mail/news client
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[604ba3d8] | 36 | based on the <application>Mozilla</application> codebase. It uses the
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| 37 | Gecko rendering engine to enable it to display and compose HTML emails.
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[d41c02b] | 38 | </para>
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[b9b1a372] | 39 |
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[6c64623f] | 40 | &lfs73_checked;
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[1c5e617] | 41 |
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| 42 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 43 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 44 | <listitem>
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[d41c02b] | 45 | <para>
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| 46 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&thunderbird-download-http;"/>
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| 47 | </para>
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[1c5e617] | 48 | </listitem>
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| 49 | <listitem>
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[d41c02b] | 50 | <para>
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| 51 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&thunderbird-download-ftp;"/>
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| 52 | </para>
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[1c5e617] | 53 | </listitem>
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| 54 | <listitem>
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[d41c02b] | 55 | <para>
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| 56 | Download MD5 sum: &thunderbird-md5sum;
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| 57 | </para>
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[1c5e617] | 58 | </listitem>
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| 59 | <listitem>
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[d41c02b] | 60 | <para>
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| 61 | Download size: &thunderbird-size;
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| 62 | </para>
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[1c5e617] | 63 | </listitem>
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| 64 | <listitem>
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[d41c02b] | 65 | <para>
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| 66 | Estimated disk space required: &thunderbird-buildsize;
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| 67 | </para>
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[1c5e617] | 68 | </listitem>
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| 69 | <listitem>
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[d41c02b] | 70 | <para>
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| 71 | Estimated build time: &thunderbird-time;
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| 72 | </para>
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[1c5e617] | 73 | </listitem>
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| 74 | </itemizedlist>
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| 75 |
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| 76 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Thunderbird Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 77 |
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| 78 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[d41c02b] | 79 | <para role="required">
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| 80 | <xref linkend="alsa-lib"/>,
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| 81 | <xref linkend="gtk2"/>,
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| 82 | <xref linkend="zip"/> and
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| 83 | <xref linkend="unzip"/>
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| 84 | </para>
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| 85 |
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[1ddbf11a] | 86 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 87 | <para role="recommended">
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| 88 | <xref linkend="libevent"/>,
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| 89 | <xref linkend="libvpx"/>,
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| 90 | <xref linkend="nspr"/>,
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| 91 | <xref linkend="nss"/>,
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| 92 | <xref linkend="sqlite"/> and
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| 93 | <xref linkend="yasm"/>
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| 94 | </para>
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| 95 |
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| 96 | <note>
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| 97 | <para>
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| 98 | If you don't install recommended dependencies,
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| 99 | then internal copies of those packages will
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| 100 | be used. They might be tested to work, but
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| 101 | they can be out of date or contain security
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| 102 | holes.
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| 103 | </para>
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| 104 | </note>
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| 105 |
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[1c5e617] | 106 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[d41c02b] | 107 | <para role="optional">
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[6c64623f] | 108 | <xref linkend="curl"/>,
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[dcdde93] | 109 | <xref linkend="cyrus-sasl"/>,
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[d41c02b] | 110 | <xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>,
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| 111 | <xref linkend="doxygen"/>,
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| 112 | <xref linkend="gnome-vfs"/> and <xref linkend="libgnomeui"/>
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[1ddbf11a] | 113 | (for integration with the old version of <application>GNOME</application>),
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| 114 | <ulink url="http://hunspell.sourceforge.net/">Hunspell</ulink>,
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[d41c02b] | 115 | <xref linkend="libnotify"/>,
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| 116 | <xref linkend="startup-notification"/>,
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[1ddbf11a] | 117 | <xref linkend="wget"/> and
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| 118 | <xref linkend="wireless_tools"/>
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[d41c02b] | 119 | </para>
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| 120 |
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| 121 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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| 122 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/Thunderbird"/>
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| 123 | </para>
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[1c5e617] | 124 | </sect2>
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| 125 |
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| 126 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 127 | <title>Installation of Thunderbird</title>
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| 128 |
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[d41c02b] | 129 | <para>
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| 130 | The configuration of <application>Thunderbird</application> is
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| 131 | accomplished by creating a <filename>mozconfig</filename> file containing
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| 132 | the desired configuration options. A default
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| 133 | <filename>mozconfig</filename> is created below. To see the entire list of
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| 134 | available configuration options (and a brief description of each), issue
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| 135 | <command>./configure --help</command>. Create the file with the following
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| 136 | command:
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| 137 | </para>
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[adb388a] | 138 |
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[0adc5d50] | 139 | <screen><userinput>cat > mozconfig << "EOF"
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[b9b1a372] | 140 | # If you have a multicore machine you can speed up the build by running
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[1ddbf11a] | 141 | # several jobs at once by uncommenting the following line and setting the
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| 142 | # value to number of CPU cores:
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| 143 | #mk_add_options MOZ_MAKE_FLAGS="-j4"
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[9671f10] | 144 |
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[1ddbf11a] | 145 | # If you have installed DBus-Glib comment out this line:
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[f207d239] | 146 | ac_add_options --disable-dbus
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| 147 |
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[1ddbf11a] | 148 | # If you have installed wireless-tools comment out this line:
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[9671f10] | 149 | ac_add_options --disable-necko-wifi
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| 150 |
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[1ddbf11a] | 151 | # If you have installed libnotify comment out this line:
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[9671f10] | 152 | ac_add_options --disable-libnotify
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| 153 |
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[1ddbf11a] | 154 | # Uncomment these lines if you have installed optional dependencies:
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| 155 | #ac_add_options --enable-system-hunspell
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| 156 | #ac_add_options --enable-startup-notification
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| 157 |
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| 158 | # If you have not installed Yasm then uncomment this line:
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| 159 | #ac_add_options --disable-webm
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[f207d239] | 160 |
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[5ef6186] | 161 | # If you want to compile the Mozilla Calendar, uncomment this line:
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[1ddbf11a] | 162 | #ac_add_options --enable-calendar
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| 163 |
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| 164 | # Comment out following options if you have not installed
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| 165 | # recommended dependencies:
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| 166 | ac_add_options --enable-system-sqlite
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| 167 | ac_add_options --with-system-libevent
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| 168 | ac_add_options --with-system-libvpx
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| 169 | ac_add_options --with-system-nspr
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| 170 | ac_add_options --with-system-nss
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| 171 |
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| 172 | # It is recommended not to touch anything below this line
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| 173 | ac_add_options --prefix=/usr
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[5ef6186] | 174 |
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[5f5dcc2] | 175 | ac_add_options --disable-crashreporter
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| 176 | ac_add_options --disable-installer
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| 177 | ac_add_options --disable-updater
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[1ddbf11a] | 178 | ac_add_options --disable-debug
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| 179 | ac_add_options --disable-tests
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| 180 |
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| 181 | ac_add_options --enable-optimize
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| 182 | ac_add_options --enable-strip
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| 183 | ac_add_options --enable-install-strip
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| 184 |
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| 185 | ac_add_options --enable-gio
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[f207d239] | 186 | ac_add_options --enable-official-branding
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[1ddbf11a] | 187 | ac_add_options --enable-safe-browsing
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| 188 | ac_add_options --enable-url-classifier
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| 189 |
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[b9b1a372] | 190 | ac_add_options --enable-system-ffi
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[1ddbf11a] | 191 | ac_add_options --enable-system-pixman
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| 192 |
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[5f5dcc2] | 193 | ac_add_options --with-pthreads
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[1ddbf11a] | 194 |
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| 195 | ac_add_options --with-system-bz2
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[a0ace670] | 196 | ac_add_options --with-system-jpeg
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| 197 | ac_add_options --with-system-png
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| 198 | ac_add_options --with-system-zlib
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[1ddbf11a] | 199 |
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| 200 | mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=@TOPSRCDIR@/thunderbuild
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[adb388a] | 201 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 202 |
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[d41c02b] | 203 | <para>
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| 204 | Compile <application>Thunderbird</application> by issuing the following
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| 205 | commands:
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| 206 | </para>
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[adb388a] | 207 |
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[604ba3d8] | 208 | <screen><userinput>make -f client.mk &&
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[b9b1a372] | 209 | make -C thunderbuild/mail/installer</userinput></screen>
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[99a80f7] | 210 |
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[1ddbf11a] | 211 | <para>
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| 212 | This package does not come with a test suite.
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| 213 | </para>
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[bc6cf88] | 214 |
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[d41c02b] | 215 | <para>
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| 216 | Install <application>Thunderbird</application> by running the following
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| 217 | commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 218 | </para>
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[99a80f7] | 219 |
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[eb5f847a] | 220 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mkdir -pv /usr/lib/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version; &&
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[c20bced] | 221 | tar -xvf thunderbuild/mozilla/dist/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;.en-US.linux-$(uname -m).tar.bz2 \
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[1ddbf11a] | 222 | -C /usr/lib/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version; --strip-components=1 &&
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[eb5f847a] | 223 | ln -sfv ../lib/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;/thunderbird /usr/bin</userinput></screen>
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[de930747] | 224 |
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| 225 | <para>
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| 226 | The above instructions just install the parts you need to run
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| 227 | <application>Thunderbird</application>. Alternatively, if you want to
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| 228 | install the full <application>Thunderbird</application> development
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[1ddbf11a] | 229 | environment, run the following command as the
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| 230 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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[de930747] | 231 | </para>
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| 232 |
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| 233 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make -C thunderbuild install</userinput></screen>
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[dfff7ace] | 234 | </sect2>
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| 235 |
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| 236 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 237 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 238 |
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[d41c02b] | 239 | <para>
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| 240 | <command>make -f client.mk</command>: Mozilla products are packaged to
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| 241 | allow the use of a configuration file which can be used to pass the
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| 242 | configuration settings to the <command>configure</command> command.
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| 243 | <command>make</command> uses the <filename>client.mk</filename> file to
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| 244 | get initial configuration and setup parameters.
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| 245 | </para>
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| 246 |
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| 247 | <para>
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| 248 | <command>make -C thunderbuild/mail/installer</command>: this runs make in
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| 249 | the <filename class="directory">thunderbuild/mail/installer</filename>
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| 250 | folder. This gathers together all the parts of
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| 251 | <application>Thunderbird</application> and compresses them into a tarball.
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| 252 | </para>
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| 253 |
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| 254 | <para>
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| 255 | <command>tar -xfv thunderbuild/mozilla/dist ...</command>: This untars
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| 256 | <application>Thunderbird</application>, the <option>-C</option> option
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| 257 | uncompresses the files in
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| 258 | <filename class="directory">/usr/lib/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;</filename>.
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| 259 | The <option>--strip-components=1</option> option removes the leading
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| 260 | 'thunderbird' directory from the filenames, allowing us to untar it into a
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| 261 | versioned directory.
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| 262 | </para>
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[b0ddfae5] | 263 | </sect2>
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| 264 |
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| 265 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 266 | <title>Configuring Thunderbird</title>
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| 267 |
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| 268 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 269 |
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[d41c02b] | 270 | <para>
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| 271 | If your Window or Desktop Manager does not allow you to configure a
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| 272 | default browser, you can add a configuration parameter to
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| 273 | <application>Thunderbird</application> so that a browser will start when
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| 274 | when you click on an Internet/intranet/local URL. The procedure to check
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| 275 | or modify any of the configuration parameters is quite simple and the
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| 276 | instructions here can be used to view or modify any of the parameters.
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| 277 | </para>
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| 278 |
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| 279 | <para>
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| 280 | First, open the configuration dialog by opening the <quote>Edit</quote>
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| 281 | drop-down menu. Choose <quote>Preferences</quote> and then click on the
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| 282 | <quote>Advanced</quote> icon on the top menu bar. Choose the
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| 283 | <quote>General</quote> tab and click on the <quote>Config Editor</quote>
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| 284 | button. This will display a list of the configuration preferences and
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| 285 | information related to each one. You can use the <quote>Filter:</quote>
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| 286 | bar to enter search criteria and narrow down the listed items. Changing
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| 287 | a preference can be done using two methods. One, if the preference has a
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| 288 | boolean value (True/False), simply double-click on the preference to
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| 289 | toggle the value and two, for other preferences simply right-click on
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| 290 | the desired line, choose <quote>Modify</quote> from the menu and change
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| 291 | the value. Creating new preference items is accomplished in the same
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| 292 | way, except choose <quote>New</quote> from the menu and provide the
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| 293 | desired data into the fields when prompted.
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| 294 | </para>
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| 295 |
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| 296 | <para>
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| 297 | The configuration preference item you need to check so that
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| 298 | <application>Thunderbird</application> uses a specified browser is the
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| 299 | <parameter>network.protocol-handler.app.http</parameter> which should be
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| 300 | set to the path of the desired browser, e.g.
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| 301 | <option>/usr/bin/firefox</option>.
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| 302 | </para>
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[adb388a] | 303 |
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[604ba3d8] | 304 | <tip>
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| 305 | <para>
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| 306 | There is a multitude of configuration parameters you can tweak to
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| 307 | customize <application>Thunderbird</application>. A very extensive,
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| 308 | but not so up-to-date list of these parameters can be found at
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| 309 | <ulink url="http://preferential.mozdev.org/preferences.html"/>.
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| 310 | </para>
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| 311 | </tip>
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[ff749e38] | 312 |
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[d41c02b] | 313 | <para>
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[1ddbf11a] | 314 | If you use a desktop environment like <application>GNOME</application> or
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[d41c02b] | 315 | <application>KDE</application> you may wish to create a
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| 316 | <filename>thunderbird.desktop</filename> file so that
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| 317 | <application>Thunderbird</application> appears in the panel's menus. If
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[1ddbf11a] | 318 | you didn't enable <application>startup-notification</application> in your
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| 319 | mozconfig then change the StartupNotify line to false. Run the following
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| 320 | commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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[d41c02b] | 321 | </para>
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[ff749e38] | 322 |
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[eb5f847a] | 323 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mkdir -pv /usr/share/applications &&
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[0e37869] | 324 | mkdir -pv /usr/share/pixmaps &&
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| 325 |
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[c099902d] | 326 | cat > /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop << "EOF" &&
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[ff749e38] | 327 | [Desktop Entry]
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| 328 | Encoding=UTF-8
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[1ddbf11a] | 329 | Name=Thunderbird Mail
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| 330 | Comment=Send and receive mail with Thunderbird
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| 331 | GenericName=Mail Client
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| 332 | Exec=thunderbird %u
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| 333 | Terminal=false
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[ff749e38] | 334 | Type=Application
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| 335 | Icon=thunderbird
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[1ddbf11a] | 336 | Categories=Application;Network;Email;
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| 337 | MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;x-scheme-handler/mailto;
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[ff749e38] | 338 | StartupNotify=true
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| 339 | EOF
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[0e37869] | 340 |
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[eb5f847a] | 341 | ln -sfv /usr/lib/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;/chrome/icons/default/default256.png \
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[1ddbf11a] | 342 | /usr/share/pixmaps/thunderbird.png</userinput></screen>
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[b0ddfae5] | 343 | </sect3>
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[1c5e617] | 344 | </sect2>
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| 345 |
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| 346 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 347 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 348 |
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| 349 | <segmentedlist>
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[c3c56b2] | 350 | <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
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| 351 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 352 | <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>
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[1c5e617] | 353 |
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| 354 | <seglistitem>
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[d41c02b] | 355 | <seg>
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[1ddbf11a] | 356 | thunderbird
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| 357 | </seg>
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[c3c56b2] | 358 | <seg>
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| 359 | None
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| 360 | </seg>
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[1ddbf11a] | 361 | <seg>
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| 362 | /usr/lib/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;
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[1c5e617] | 363 | </seg>
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| 364 | </seglistitem>
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| 365 | </segmentedlist>
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| 366 |
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| 367 | <variablelist>
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| 368 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 369 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 370 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 371 |
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| 372 | <varlistentry id="thunderbird-prog">
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| 373 | <term><command>thunderbird</command></term>
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| 374 | <listitem>
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[d41c02b] | 375 | <para>
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[de930747] | 376 | is <application>Mozilla</application>'s email and newsgroup client.
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[d41c02b] | 377 | </para>
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[1c5e617] | 378 | <indexterm zone="thunderbird thunderbird-prog">
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| 379 | <primary sortas="b-thunderbird">thunderbird</primary>
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| 380 | </indexterm>
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| 381 | </listitem>
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| 382 | </varlistentry>
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[1ddbf11a] | 383 |
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[1c5e617] | 384 | </variablelist>
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[1ddbf11a] | 385 |
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[1c5e617] | 386 | </sect2>
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[1ddbf11a] | 387 |
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[167dc1dc] | 388 | </sect1>
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