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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 "&mozilla-http;/thunderbird/releases/&thunderbird-version;/source/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;.source.tar.xz">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-download-ftp " ">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-md5sum "5114040acd89b29577c3bb2003e9c070">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-size "342 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-buildsize "5.1 GB (178 MB installed)">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-time "25 SBU (on a 4-core machine)">
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| 13 | <!-- Removed the -j1 time because python and rust do not obey it, although
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| 14 | the C/C++ code appears to obey it -->
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| 15 | ]>
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| 16 |
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| 17 | <sect1 id="thunderbird" xreflabel="Thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;">
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| 18 | <?dbhtml filename="thunderbird.html" ?>
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| 19 |
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| 20 | <sect1info>
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| 21 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 22 | </sect1info>
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| 23 |
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| 24 | <title>Thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;</title>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <indexterm zone="thunderbird">
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| 27 | <primary sortas="a-Thunderbird">Thunderbird</primary>
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| 28 | </indexterm>
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| 29 |
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| 30 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 31 | <title>Introduction to Thunderbird</title>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <para>
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| 34 | <application>Thunderbird</application> is a stand-alone mail/news client
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| 35 | based on the <application>Mozilla</application> codebase. It uses the
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| 36 | Gecko rendering engine to enable it to display and compose HTML emails.
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| 37 | </para>
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| 38 |
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| 39 | &lfs101_checked;
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| 40 |
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| 41 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 42 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 43 | <listitem>
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| 44 | <para>
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| 45 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&thunderbird-download-http;"/>
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| 46 | </para>
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| 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 | <listitem>
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| 49 | <para>
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| 50 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&thunderbird-download-ftp;"/>
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| 51 | </para>
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| 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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| 54 | <para>
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| 55 | Download MD5 sum: &thunderbird-md5sum;
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| 56 | </para>
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| 57 | </listitem>
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| 58 | <listitem>
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| 59 | <para>
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| 60 | Download size: &thunderbird-size;
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| 61 | </para>
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| 62 | </listitem>
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| 63 | <listitem>
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| 64 | <para>
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| 65 | Estimated disk space required: &thunderbird-buildsize;
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| 66 | </para>
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| 67 | </listitem>
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| 68 | <listitem>
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| 69 | <para>
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| 70 | Estimated build time: &thunderbird-time;
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| 71 | </para>
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| 72 | </listitem>
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| 73 | </itemizedlist>
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| 74 | <!--
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| 75 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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| 76 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 77 | <listitem>
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| 78 | <para>
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| 79 | Required patch:
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| 80 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;-rustc1470-1.patch"/>
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| 81 | </para>
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| 82 | </listitem>
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| 83 | </itemizedlist>
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| 84 | -->
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| 85 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Thunderbird Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 86 |
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| 87 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 88 | <para role="required">
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| 89 | <!-- <xref linkend="alsa-lib"/>, no mention in log -->
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| 90 | <xref linkend="autoconf213"/>,
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| 91 | <xref linkend="cbindgen"/>,
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| 92 | <xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>,
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| 93 | both <xref linkend="gtk3"/>
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| 94 | and <xref linkend="gtk2"/>,
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| 95 | <xref linkend="llvm"/> including clang, <!-- Searched for and used a few times -->
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| 96 | <xref linkend="nodejs"/>,
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| 97 | <xref linkend="pulseaudio"/> (or <xref linkend="alsa-lib"/> if you edit
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| 98 | the mozconfig; although it is now deprecated by mozilla),
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| 99 | <xref linkend="python3"/> (rebuilt with the sqlite module),
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| 100 | <xref linkend="startup-notification"/>,
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| 101 | <xref linkend="zip"/>,
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| 102 | <xref linkend="unzip"/>, and
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| 103 | <xref linkend="yasm"/>
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| 104 | </para>
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| 105 |
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| 106 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 107 | <para role="recommended">
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| 108 | <xref linkend="icu"/>,
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| 109 | <xref linkend="libevent"/>,
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| 110 | <!-- Fails to build with version 1.8.0
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| 111 | <xref linkend="libvpx"/>,-->
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| 112 | <xref linkend="nasm"/>,
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| 113 | <xref linkend="nspr"/>, and
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| 114 | <xref linkend="nss"/>
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| 115 | </para>
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| 116 |
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| 117 | <note>
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| 118 | <para>
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| 119 | If you don't install recommended dependencies,
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| 120 | then internal copies of those packages will
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| 121 | be used. They might be tested to work, but
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| 122 | they can be out of date or contain security
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| 123 | holes.
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| 124 | </para>
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| 125 | </note>
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| 126 |
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| 127 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 128 | <para role="optional">
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| 129 | <!-- <xref linkend="curl"/>, not in build log-->
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| 130 | <xref linkend="cyrus-sasl"/>,
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| 131 | <xref linkend="doxygen"/>,
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| 132 | <xref linkend="GConf"/>,
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| 133 | <!--<xref linkend="gst10-plugins-base"/> (with
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| 134 | <xref linkend="gst10-plugins-good"/> and
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| 135 | <xref linkend="gst10-libav"/> at runtime),-->
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| 136 | <!-- <xref linkend="openjdk"/>, not in build log -->
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| 137 | <!--<xref linkend="pulseaudio"/>,-->
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| 138 | <xref linkend="wget"/>,
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| 139 | <xref linkend="wireless_tools"/>, and
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| 140 | <ulink url="https://facebook.github.io/watchman/">watchman</ulink>
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| 141 | </para>
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| 142 |
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| 143 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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| 144 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/Thunderbird"/>
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| 145 | </para>
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| 146 | </sect2>
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| 147 |
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| 148 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 149 | <title>Installation of Thunderbird</title>
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| 150 |
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| 151 | <note>
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| 152 | <para>
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| 153 | The build process for Thunderbird can use 8GB+ of RAM when linking.
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| 154 | Make sure that you have adequate swap or RAM before continuing.
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| 155 | </para>
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| 156 | </note>
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| 157 |
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| 158 | <para>
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| 159 | The configuration of <application>Thunderbird</application> is
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| 160 | accomplished by creating a <filename>mozconfig</filename> file containing
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| 161 | the desired configuration options. A default
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| 162 | <filename>mozconfig</filename> is created below. To see the entire list
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| 163 | of available configuration options (and a brief description of each),
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| 164 | issue <command>mozilla/configure --help</command>. Create the file with
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| 165 | the following command:
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| 166 | </para>
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| 167 |
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| 168 | <screen><userinput>cat > mozconfig << "EOF"
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| 169 | <literal># If you have a multicore machine, all cores will be used.
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| 170 |
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| 171 | # If you have installed wireless-tools comment out this line:
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| 172 | ac_add_options --disable-necko-wifi
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| 173 |
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| 174 | # Uncomment the following option if you have not installed PulseAudio
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| 175 | #ac_add_options --disable-pulseaudio
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| 176 | # and uncomment this if you installed alsa-lib instead of PulseAudio
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| 177 | #ac_add_options --enable-alsa
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| 178 | <!-- always built in versions 78+. The option is a noop
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| 179 | # If you want to compile the Mozilla Calendar, uncomment this line:
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| 180 | #ac_add_options - -enable-calendar
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| 181 | -->
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| 182 | # Comment out following options if you have not installed
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| 183 | # recommended dependencies:
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| 184 | ac_add_options --with-system-libevent
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| 185 | ac_add_options --with-system-nspr
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| 186 | ac_add_options --with-system-nss
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| 187 | ac_add_options --with-system-icu
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| 188 | # The elf-hack causes failed installs on some machines.
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| 189 | # It is supposed to improve startup time and it shrinks libxul.so
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| 190 | # by a few MB - comment this if you know your machine is not affected.
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| 191 | ac_add_options --disable-elf-hack
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| 192 |
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| 193 | # The BLFS editors recommend not changing anything below this line:
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| 194 | ac_add_options --prefix=/usr
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| 195 | ac_add_options --enable-application=comm/mail
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| 196 |
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| 197 | ac_add_options --disable-crashreporter
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| 198 | ac_add_options --disable-updater
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| 199 | ac_add_options --disable-debug
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| 200 | ac_add_options --disable-debug-symbols
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| 201 | ac_add_options --disable-tests
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| 202 |
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| 203 | ac_add_options --enable-optimize=-O2
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| 204 | ac_add_options --enable-linker=gold
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| 205 | ac_add_options --enable-strip
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| 206 | ac_add_options --enable-install-strip
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| 207 |
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| 208 | ac_add_options --enable-official-branding
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| 209 |
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| 210 | ac_add_options --enable-system-ffi
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| 211 | ac_add_options --enable-system-pixman
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| 212 |
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| 213 | ac_add_options --with-system-jpeg
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| 214 | ac_add_options --with-system-png
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| 215 | ac_add_options --with-system-zlib</literal>
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| 216 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 217 |
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| 218 | <!--
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| 219 | <para>
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| 220 | Apply a patch to allow this to be compiled with <xref linkend="rust"/>:
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| 221 | </para>
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| 222 |
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| 223 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -p1 -i ../thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;-rustc1470-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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| 224 | -->
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| 225 |
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| 226 | <para>
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| 227 | Compile <application>Thunderbird</application> by issuing the following
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| 228 | commands:
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| 229 | </para>
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| 230 |
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| 231 | <note>
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| 232 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 233 | href="../../xincludes/mozshm.xml"/>
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| 234 |
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| 235 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 236 | href="../../xincludes/mozmach.xml"/>
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| 237 |
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| 238 | </note>
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| 239 |
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| 240 | <screen><userinput>export CC=gcc CXX=g++ &&
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| 241 | ./mach configure &&
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| 242 | ./mach build</userinput></screen>
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| 243 |
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| 244 | <para>
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| 245 | This package does not come with a test suite.
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| 246 | </para>
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| 247 |
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| 248 | <para>
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| 249 | Install <application>Thunderbird</application> by running the following
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| 250 | commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 251 | </para>
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| 252 |
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| 253 | <screen role="root"><userinput>./mach install</userinput></screen>
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| 254 |
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| 255 | </sect2>
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| 256 |
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| 257 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 258 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 259 | <!-- might be necessary, we need to verify this.
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| 260 | <para>
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| 261 | <command>test $(uname -m) = "i686" && sed ...</command>: On this
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| 262 | version of thunderbird, an old bug has reappeared in 32-bit builds. With
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| 263 | optimization, the install fails with a Python error. This command will
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| 264 | fix i686 builds and preserve the optimization on x86_64.
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| 265 | </para>-->
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| 266 |
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| 267 | <para>
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| 268 | <command>CC=gcc CXX=g++ ./mach configure</command>:
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| 269 | <application>Thunderbird</application>
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| 270 | now uses this <application>python3</application> script to run the
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| 271 | configuration,
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| 272 | build and install. Forcing GCC causes the build to come out smaller
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| 273 | and run faster.
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| 274 | <!-- For more info, see Ticket #13969. ~12GB to ~5GB build size,
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| 275 | significantly smaller build time.-->
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| 276 | </para>
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| 277 |
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| 278 | <para>
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| 279 | <option>./mach build --verbose</option>: Use this alternative if you
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| 280 | need details of which files are being compiled, together with any C or
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| 281 | C++ flags being used.
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| 282 | </para>
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| 283 |
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| 284 | </sect2>
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| 285 |
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| 286 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 287 | <title>Configuring Thunderbird</title>
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| 288 |
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| 289 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 290 |
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| 291 | <para>
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| 292 | If your Window or Desktop Manager does not allow you to configure a
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| 293 | default browser, you can add a configuration parameter to
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| 294 | <application>Thunderbird</application> so that a browser will start when
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| 295 | you click on an Internet/intranet/local URL. The procedure to check
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| 296 | or modify any of the configuration parameters is quite simple and the
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| 297 | instructions here can be used to view or modify any of the parameters.
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| 298 | </para>
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| 299 |
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| 300 | <para>
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| 301 | First, open the configuration dialog by opening the <quote>Edit</quote>
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| 302 | drop-down menu. Choose <quote>Preferences</quote> and then scroll down
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| 303 | to the bottom of the page. Then, click the <quote>Config Editor</quote>
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| 304 | button. Click on the <quote>I accept the risk!</quote> button.
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| 305 | This will display a list of the configuration preferences and
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| 306 | information related to each one. You can use the <quote>Filter:</quote>
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| 307 | bar to enter search criteria and narrow down the listed items. Changing
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| 308 | a preference can be done using two methods. One, if the preference has a
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| 309 | boolean value (True/False), simply double-click on the preference to
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| 310 | toggle the value and two, for other preferences simply right-click on
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| 311 | the desired line, choose <quote>Modify</quote> from the menu and change
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| 312 | the value. Creating new preference items is accomplished in the same
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| 313 | way, except choose <quote>New</quote> from the menu and provide the
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| 314 | desired data into the fields when prompted.
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| 315 | </para>
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| 316 |
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| 317 | <para>
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| 318 | The configuration preference item you need to check so that
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| 319 | <application>Thunderbird</application> uses a specified browser is the
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| 320 | <parameter>network.protocol-handler.app.http</parameter> which should be
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| 321 | set to the path of the desired browser, e.g.
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| 322 | <option>/usr/bin/firefox</option>.
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| 323 | </para>
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| 324 |
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| 325 | <tip>
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| 326 | <para>
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| 327 | There is a multitude of configuration parameters you can tweak to
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| 328 | customize <application>Thunderbird</application>. A very extensive,
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| 329 | but not so up-to-date list of these parameters can be found at
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| 330 | <ulink url="http://preferential.mozdev.org/preferences.html"/>.
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| 331 | </para>
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| 332 | </tip>
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| 333 |
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| 334 | <para>
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| 335 |
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| 336 | If you use a desktop environment such as <application>GNOME</application>
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| 337 | or <application>KDE</application>, a desktop file
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| 338 | <filename>thunderbird.desktop</filename> may be created, in order to
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| 339 | include a <quote><application>Thunderbird</application></quote> entry in
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| 340 | the menu. <!--If you didn't enable
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| 341 | <application>startup-notification</application> in your mozconfig, then
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| 342 | change the StartupNotify line to false.--> Run the following commands as the
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| 343 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 344 |
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| 345 | </para>
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| 346 |
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| 347 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mkdir -pv /usr/share/{applications,pixmaps} &&
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| 348 |
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| 349 | cat > /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop << "EOF" &&
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| 350 | <literal>[Desktop Entry]
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| 351 | Name=Thunderbird Mail
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| 352 | Comment=Send and receive mail with Thunderbird
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| 353 | GenericName=Mail Client
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| 354 | Exec=thunderbird %u
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| 355 | Terminal=false
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| 356 | Type=Application
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| 357 | Icon=thunderbird
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| 358 | Categories=Network;Email;
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| 359 | MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;x-scheme-handler/mailto;
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| 360 | StartupNotify=true</literal>
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| 361 | EOF
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| 362 |
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| 363 | ln -sfv /usr/lib/thunderbird/chrome/icons/default/default256.png \
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| 364 | /usr/share/pixmaps/thunderbird.png</userinput></screen>
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| 365 | </sect3>
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| 366 | </sect2>
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| 367 |
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| 368 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 369 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 370 |
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| 371 | <segmentedlist>
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| 372 | <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
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| 373 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 374 | <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>
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| 375 |
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| 376 | <seglistitem>
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| 377 | <seg>
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| 378 | thunderbird
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| 379 | </seg>
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| 380 | <seg>
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| 381 | libldap60.so, libldif60.so, liblgpllibs.so, libmozgtk.so,
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| 382 | libmozsandbox.so, libmozsqlite3.so, libmozwayland.so,
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| 383 | libprldap60.so, librnp.so, and libxul.so, all in the
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| 384 | /usr/lib/thunderbird directory
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| 385 | </seg>
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| 386 | <seg>
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| 387 | /usr/lib/thunderbird
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| 388 | </seg>
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| 389 | </seglistitem>
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| 390 | </segmentedlist>
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| 391 |
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| 392 | <variablelist>
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| 393 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 394 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 395 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 396 |
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| 397 | <varlistentry id="thunderbird-prog">
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| 398 | <term><command>thunderbird</command></term>
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| 399 | <listitem>
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| 400 | <para>
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| 401 | is <application>Mozilla</application>'s email and newsgroup client
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| 402 | </para>
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| 403 | <indexterm zone="thunderbird thunderbird-prog">
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| 404 | <primary sortas="b-thunderbird">thunderbird</primary>
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| 405 | </indexterm>
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| 406 | </listitem>
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| 407 | </varlistentry>
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| 408 |
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| 409 | </variablelist>
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| 410 |
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| 411 | </sect2>
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| 412 |
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| 413 | </sect1>
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