1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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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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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-download-http
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8 | "http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/releases/&thunderbird-version;/source/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;.source.tar.bz2">
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9 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-download-ftp
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10 | "ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/releases/&thunderbird-version;/source/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;.source.tar.bz2">
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11 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-md5sum "721088faf4bedfd8d7beb6f8295856d1">
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12 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-size "99 MB">
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13 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-buildsize "1.1 GB (42 MB installed)">
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14 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-time "26 SBU">
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15 |
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16 | ]>
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17 |
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18 | <sect1 id="thunderbird" xreflabel="Thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;">
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19 | <?dbhtml filename="thunderbird.html" ?>
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20 |
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21 | <sect1info>
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22 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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23 | <date>$Date$</date>
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24 | </sect1info>
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25 |
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26 | <title>Thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;</title>
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27 |
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28 | <indexterm zone="thunderbird">
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29 | <primary sortas="a-Thunderbird">Thunderbird</primary>
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30 | </indexterm>
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31 |
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32 | <sect2 role="package">
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33 | <title>Introduction to Thunderbird</title>
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34 |
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35 | <para>
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36 | <application>Thunderbird</application> is a stand-alone mail/news client
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37 | based on the <application>Mozilla</application> codebase. It uses the
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38 | Gecko rendering engine to enable it to display and compose HTML emails.
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39 | </para>
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40 |
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41 | &lfs71_checked;
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42 |
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43 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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44 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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45 | <listitem>
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46 | <para>
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47 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&thunderbird-download-http;"/>
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48 | </para>
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49 | </listitem>
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50 | <listitem>
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51 | <para>
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52 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&thunderbird-download-ftp;"/>
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53 | </para>
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54 | </listitem>
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55 | <listitem>
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56 | <para>
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57 | Download MD5 sum: &thunderbird-md5sum;
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58 | </para>
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59 | </listitem>
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60 | <listitem>
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61 | <para>
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62 | Download size: &thunderbird-size;
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63 | </para>
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64 | </listitem>
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65 | <listitem>
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66 | <para>
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67 | Estimated disk space required: &thunderbird-buildsize;
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68 | </para>
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69 | </listitem>
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70 | <listitem>
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71 | <para>
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72 | Estimated build time: &thunderbird-time;
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73 | </para>
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74 | </listitem>
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75 | </itemizedlist>
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76 |
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77 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Thunderbird Dependencies</bridgehead>
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78 |
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79 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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80 | <para role="required">
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81 | <xref linkend="alsa-lib"/>,
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82 | <xref linkend="gtk2"/>,
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83 | <xref linkend="zip"/> and
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84 | <xref linkend="unzip"/>
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85 | </para>
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86 |
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87 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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88 | <para role="optional">
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89 | <xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>,
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90 | <xref linkend="doxygen"/>,
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91 | <xref linkend="gnome-vfs"/> and <xref linkend="libgnomeui"/>
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92 | (for integration with the old version of <application>Gnome</application>),
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93 | <xref linkend="libnotify"/>,
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94 | <xref linkend="nss"/>,
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95 | <xref linkend="nspr"/>,
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96 | <xref linkend="startup-notification"/>,
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97 | <xref linkend="sqlite"/>,
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98 | <xref linkend="yasm"/> (or <xref linkend="libvpx"/>),
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99 | <ulink url="http://hunspell.sourceforge.net/">Hunspell</ulink>,
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100 | <ulink url="http://libevent.org/">Libevent</ulink>,
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101 | <ulink url="http://www.valgrind.org/">Valgrind</ulink> (only for testing
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102 | the jemalloc code) and
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103 | <xref linkend="wget"/>
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104 | </para>
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105 |
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106 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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107 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/Thunderbird"/>
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108 | </para>
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109 | </sect2>
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110 |
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111 | <sect2 role="installation">
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112 | <title>Installation of Thunderbird</title>
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113 |
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114 | <para>
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115 | The configuration of <application>Thunderbird</application> is
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116 | accomplished by creating a <filename>mozconfig</filename> file containing
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117 | the desired configuration options. A default
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118 | <filename>mozconfig</filename> is created below. To see the entire list of
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119 | available configuration options (and a brief description of each), issue
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120 | <command>./configure --help</command>. Create the file with the following
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121 | command:
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122 | </para>
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123 |
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124 | <screen><userinput>cat > mozconfig << "EOF"
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125 | # If you have a multicore machine you can speed up the build by running
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126 | # several jobs at once, but if you have a single core, delete this line:
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127 | mk_add_options MOZ_MAKE_FLAGS="-j4"
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128 |
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129 | # If you have installed Yasm delete this option:
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130 | ac_add_options --disable-webm
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131 |
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132 | # If you have installed DBus-Glib delete this option:
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133 | ac_add_options --disable-dbus
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134 |
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135 | # If you have installed wireless-tools delete this option:
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136 | ac_add_options --disable-necko-wifi
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137 |
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138 | # If you have installed libnotify delete this option:
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139 | ac_add_options --disable-libnotify
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140 |
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141 | # Uncomment these if you have installed them:
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142 | # ac_add_options --enable-startup-notification
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143 | # ac_add_options --enable-system-hunspell
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144 | # ac_add_options --enable-system-sqlite
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145 | # ac_add_options --with-system-libevent
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146 | # ac_add_options --with-system-libvpx
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147 | # ac_add_options --with-system-nspr
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148 | # ac_add_options --with-system-nss
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149 |
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150 | mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=@TOPSRCDIR@/thunderbuild
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151 | ac_add_options --disable-crashreporter
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152 | ac_add_options --disable-debug
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153 | ac_add_options --disable-debug-symbols
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154 | ac_add_options --disable-installer
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155 | ac_add_options --disable-static
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156 | ac_add_options --disable-tests
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157 | ac_add_options --disable-updater
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158 | ac_add_options --enable-official-branding
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159 | ac_add_options --enable-shared
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160 | ac_add_options --enable-system-cairo
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161 | ac_add_options --enable-system-ffi
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162 | ac_add_options --prefix=/usr
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163 | ac_add_options --with-pthreads
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164 | ac_add_options --with-system-jpeg
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165 | ac_add_options --with-system-png
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166 | ac_add_options --with-system-zlib
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167 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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168 |
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169 | <para>
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170 | Compile <application>Thunderbird</application> by issuing the following
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171 | commands:
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172 | </para>
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173 |
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174 | <screen><userinput>make -f client.mk &&
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175 | make -C thunderbuild/mail/installer</userinput></screen>
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176 |
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177 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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178 |
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179 | <para>
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180 | Install <application>Thunderbird</application> by running the following
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181 | commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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182 | </para>
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183 |
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184 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mkdir -pv /usr/lib/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version; &&
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185 | tar xf thunderbuild/mozilla/dist/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;.en-US.linux-$(uname -m).tar.bz2 \
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186 | -C /usr/lib/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version; --strip-components=1 &&
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187 | ln -sfv ../lib/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;/thunderbird /usr/bin</userinput></screen>
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188 |
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189 | <para>
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190 | The above instructions just install the parts you need to run
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191 | <application>Thunderbird</application>. Alternatively, if you want to
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192 | install the full <application>Thunderbird</application> development
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193 | environment, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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194 | </para>
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195 |
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196 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make -C thunderbuild install</userinput></screen>
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197 | </sect2>
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198 |
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199 | <sect2 role="commands">
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200 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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201 |
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202 | <para>
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203 | <command>make -f client.mk</command>: Mozilla products are packaged to
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204 | allow the use of a configuration file which can be used to pass the
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205 | configuration settings to the <command>configure</command> command.
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206 | <command>make</command> uses the <filename>client.mk</filename> file to
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207 | get initial configuration and setup parameters.
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208 | </para>
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209 |
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210 | <para>
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211 | <command>make -C thunderbuild/mail/installer</command>: this runs make in
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212 | the <filename class="directory">thunderbuild/mail/installer</filename>
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213 | folder. This gathers together all the parts of
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214 | <application>Thunderbird</application> and compresses them into a tarball.
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215 | </para>
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216 |
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217 | <para>
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218 | <command>tar -xfv thunderbuild/mozilla/dist ...</command>: This untars
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219 | <application>Thunderbird</application>, the <option>-C</option> option
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220 | uncompresses the files in
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221 | <filename class="directory">/usr/lib/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;</filename>.
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222 | The <option>--strip-components=1</option> option removes the leading
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223 | 'thunderbird' directory from the filenames, allowing us to untar it into a
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224 | versioned directory.
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225 | </para>
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226 | </sect2>
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227 |
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228 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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229 | <title>Configuring Thunderbird</title>
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230 |
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231 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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232 |
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233 | <para>
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234 | If your Window or Desktop Manager does not allow you to configure a
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235 | default browser, you can add a configuration parameter to
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236 | <application>Thunderbird</application> so that a browser will start when
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237 | when you click on an Internet/intranet/local URL. The procedure to check
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238 | or modify any of the configuration parameters is quite simple and the
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239 | instructions here can be used to view or modify any of the parameters.
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240 | </para>
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241 |
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242 | <para>
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243 | First, open the configuration dialog by opening the <quote>Edit</quote>
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244 | drop-down menu. Choose <quote>Preferences</quote> and then click on the
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245 | <quote>Advanced</quote> icon on the top menu bar. Choose the
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246 | <quote>General</quote> tab and click on the <quote>Config Editor</quote>
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247 | button. This will display a list of the configuration preferences and
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248 | information related to each one. You can use the <quote>Filter:</quote>
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249 | bar to enter search criteria and narrow down the listed items. Changing
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250 | a preference can be done using two methods. One, if the preference has a
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251 | boolean value (True/False), simply double-click on the preference to
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252 | toggle the value and two, for other preferences simply right-click on
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253 | the desired line, choose <quote>Modify</quote> from the menu and change
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254 | the value. Creating new preference items is accomplished in the same
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255 | way, except choose <quote>New</quote> from the menu and provide the
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256 | desired data into the fields when prompted.
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257 | </para>
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258 |
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259 | <para>
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260 | The configuration preference item you need to check so that
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261 | <application>Thunderbird</application> uses a specified browser is the
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262 | <parameter>network.protocol-handler.app.http</parameter> which should be
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263 | set to the path of the desired browser, e.g.
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264 | <option>/usr/bin/firefox</option>.
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265 | </para>
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266 |
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267 | <tip>
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268 | <para>
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269 | There is a multitude of configuration parameters you can tweak to
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270 | customize <application>Thunderbird</application>. A very extensive,
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271 | but not so up-to-date list of these parameters can be found at
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272 | <ulink url="http://preferential.mozdev.org/preferences.html"/>.
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273 | </para>
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274 | </tip>
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275 |
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276 | <para>
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277 | If you use a desktop environment like <application>Gnome</application> or
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278 | <application>KDE</application> you may wish to create a
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279 | <filename>thunderbird.desktop</filename> file so that
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280 | <application>Thunderbird</application> appears in the panel's menus. If
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281 | you didn't enable startup-notification in your mozconfig change the
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282 | StartupNotify line to false. As the
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283 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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284 | </para>
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285 |
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286 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mkdir -pv /usr/share/applications &&
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287 | cat > /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop << "EOF" &&
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288 | [Desktop Entry]
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289 | Encoding=UTF-8
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290 | Type=Application
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291 | Name=Thunderbird
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292 | Comment=Fetch Your Email
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293 | Icon=thunderbird
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294 | Exec=thunderbird
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295 | Categories=Network;GTK;Application;Email;News;
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296 | StartupNotify=true
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297 | Terminal=false
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298 | EOF
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299 | ln -sfv /usr/lib/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;/chrome/icons/default/default256.png \
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300 | /usr/share/pixmaps/thunderbird.png</userinput></screen>
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301 | </sect3>
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302 | </sect2>
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303 |
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304 | <sect2 role="content">
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305 | <title>Contents</title>
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306 |
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307 | <segmentedlist>
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308 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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309 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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310 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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311 |
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312 | <seglistitem>
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313 | <seg>thunderbird</seg>
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314 | <seg>
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315 | Numerous libraries, email/newsgroups components, plugins, extensions,
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316 | and helper modules installed in <filename
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317 | class="directory">/usr/lib/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;</filename>
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318 | </seg>
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319 | <seg>/usr/lib/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;</seg>
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320 | </seglistitem>
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321 | </segmentedlist>
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322 |
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323 | <variablelist>
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324 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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325 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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326 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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327 |
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328 | <varlistentry id="thunderbird-prog">
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329 | <term><command>thunderbird</command></term>
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330 | <listitem>
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331 | <para>
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332 | is <application>Mozilla</application>'s email and newsgroup client.
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333 | </para>
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334 | <indexterm zone="thunderbird thunderbird-prog">
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335 | <primary sortas="b-thunderbird">thunderbird</primary>
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336 | </indexterm>
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337 | </listitem>
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338 | </varlistentry>
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339 | </variablelist>
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340 | </sect2>
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341 | </sect1>
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