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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY thunderbird-download-http     "http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/releases/&thunderbird-version;/source/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;-source.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY thunderbird-download-ftp      "ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/releases/&thunderbird-version;/source/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;-source.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY thunderbird-md5sum            "232ffe434fd65f5f0284a760d6e4ba2a">
  <!ENTITY thunderbird-size              "33 MB">
  <!ENTITY thunderbird-buildsize         "608 MB">
  <!ENTITY thunderbird-time              "12.38 SBU">

  <!ENTITY thunderbird-enigmail-version  "0.90.1">
  <!ENTITY thunderbird-enigmail-download "http://downloads.mozdev.org/enigmail/src/enigmail-&thunderbird-enigmail-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY thunderbird-enigmail-md5sum   "61deeb21ec7df10de9ad790039063f41">

  <!ENTITY thunderbird-ipc-version       "1.1.2">
  <!ENTITY thunderbird-ipc-download      "http://downloads.mozdev.org/enigmail/src/ipc-&thunderbird-ipc-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY thunderbird-ipc-md5sum        "4aa272b46c8cbf167dcd49a6d74cf526">
]>

<sect1 id="thunderbird" xreflabel="Thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="thunderbird.html" ?>
<title>Thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="thunderbird">
<primary sortas="a-Thunderbird">Thunderbird</primary></indexterm>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>Thunderbird</application></title>

<para><application>Thunderbird</application> is a stand-alone 
mail/news client based on the <application>Mozilla</application> 
codebase.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink 
url="&thunderbird-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink 
url="&thunderbird-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download MD5 sum (Thunderbird): 
&thunderbird-md5sum;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download MD5 sum (Enigmail): 
&thunderbird-enigmail-md5sum;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download MD5 sum (IPC): 
&thunderbird-ipc-md5sum;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &thunderbird-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required: 
&thunderbird-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time: 
&thunderbird-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>

<para>To enable the <application>Enigmail</application> extension to the 
<application>Thunderbird</application> mail client, you'll need to download the 
two tarballs below. The <application>Enigmail</application> extension allows 
users to access the authentication and encryption features provided by the
<application>GnuPG</application> package.</para>

<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para><ulink url="&thunderbird-enigmail-download;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="&thunderbird-ipc-download;"/></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>Thunderbird</application> 
dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para><xref linkend="zip"/>, 
<xref linkend="gtk2"/> and 
<xref linkend="libIDL"/></para>
</sect4>

<sect4><title>Recommended</title>
<para><xref linkend="gnupg"/> (for the <application>Enigmail</application> 
extension)</para>
</sect4>

<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="libjpeg"/>, 
<xref linkend="unzip"/>, 
<xref linkend="gnome-vfs"/>, 
<xref linkend="libgnome"/>, 
<xref linkend="mitkrb"/> or <xref linkend="heimdal"/> 
(for the GSSAPI libraries), 
<xref linkend="doxygen"/>, 
<ulink url="http://xprint.mozdev.org/">Xprint</ulink>, 
<ulink url="http://perens.com/FreeSoftware/">Electric Fence</ulink> 
and <ulink url="http://cairographics.org/">Cairo</ulink></para>
</sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>Thunderbird</application></title>

<para>The configuration of <application>Thunderbird</application> is 
very similar to <xref linkend="mozilla"/> and hence the options will not be 
discussed. Refer to the <xref linkend="mozilla"/> instructions for
explanations and additional configuration information.</para>

<para>Compile <application>Thunderbird</application> by
running the following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>export MOZILLA_OFFICIAL="1" &amp;&amp;
export BUILD_OFFICIAL="1" &amp;&amp;
export MOZ_THUNDERBIRD="1" &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=/usr \
            --with-default-mozilla-five-home=/usr/lib/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version; \
            --with-system-zlib \
            --with-system-png \
            --enable-application=mail \
            --enable-default-toolkit=gtk2 \
            --enable-extensions=wallet,spellcheck,xmlextras,webservices \
            --enable-crypto \
            --enable-xft \
            --enable-xinerama \
            --enable-optimize \
            --enable-reorder \
            --enable-strip \
            --enable-cpp-rtti \
            --enable-single-profile \
            --enable-necko-protocols=http,file,jar,viewsource,res,data \
            --enable-image-decoders=default,-xbm \
            --disable-freetype2 \
            --disable-accessibility \
            --disable-debug \
            --disable-tests \
            --disable-logging \
            --disable-pedantic \
            --disable-installer \
            --disable-profilesharing \
            --disable-mathml \
            --disable-oji \
            --disable-plugins \
            --disable-necko-disk-cache &amp;&amp;
make</command></userinput></screen>

<para>You should add the <option>--with-system-jpeg</option> switch to the 
<command>configure</command> script if you have
<application>libjpeg</application> installed.</para>

<para>If you're building the <application>Enigmail</application> extension, 
execute the following steps:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>tar -zxf ../enigmail-&thunderbird-enigmail-version;.tar.gz -C extensions &amp;&amp;
tar -zxf ../ipc-&thunderbird-ipc-version;.tar.gz -C extensions &amp;&amp;
build/autoconf/make-makefile extensions/ipc extensions/enigmail &amp;&amp;
make -C extensions/ipc &amp;&amp;
make -C extensions/enigmail</command></userinput></screen>

<para>Install <application>Thunderbird</application> by running the following 
commands as the root user:</para>

<screen><userinput role='root'><command>make install &amp;&amp;
install -d /usr/include/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;/nss &amp;&amp;
cp -Lf dist/private/nss/*.h dist/public/nss/*.h \
    /usr/include/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;/nss</command></userinput></screen>

<para>If you're installing the <application>Enigmail</application> extension, 
issue the following commands as the root user:</para>

<screen><userinput role='root'><command>make -C extensions/ipc install &amp;&amp;
make -C extensions/enigmail install</command></userinput></screen>

<para>To enable multi-user operation, execute the following as the root 
user:</para>

<screen><userinput role='root'><command>cd /usr/lib/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version; &amp;&amp;
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$PWD" &amp;&amp;
export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME="$PWD" &amp;&amp;
./regxpcom &amp;&amp;
./regchrome &amp;&amp;
touch `find . -name *.rdf`</command></userinput></screen>

<note><para>You should run <command>/usr/bin/thunderbird</command> once as 
the root user (or any user with write privileges) to create some necessary 
additional files in the <filename class='directory'>/usr</filename> 
hierarchy.</para></note>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

<seglistitem>
<seg>thunderbird</seg>
<seg>Numerous libraries, email/newsgroups components, plugins, extensions 
and helper modules installed in
<filename class='directory'>/usr/lib/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;
</filename></seg>
<seg>/usr/bin/defaults, /usr/include/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;,
/usr/lib/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version; and
/usr/share/idl/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>

<variablelist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>

<varlistentry id="thunderbird-prog">
<term><command>thunderbird</command></term>
<listitem><para>is <application>Mozilla</application>'s next-generation 
email and newsgroup client.</para>
<indexterm zone="thunderbird thunderbird-prog">
<primary sortas="b-thunderbird">thunderbird</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</sect2>

</sect1>