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How do I upgrade Thunderbird to version 3

Asked by Jan Greeff

I would like to upgrade my Thunderbird e-mail system on Ubuntu karmic kaola to version 3 but have not found clear guidelines on how to go about this

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Marc Stewart (marc.stewart) said : 		#1

This is more of an answer, rather than the answer, I'm afraid, since the official version of Thunderbird 3 just isn't in the repos prior to Lucid, but you do still have options:

1) If you're going to upgrade to 10.04 when it's released, and are happy to wait a few weeks (29th April), or use the current beta version, you'll find that Thunderbird 3 is easily installed from the Software Centre then.

2) If you really need it now, in Karmic, and are happy to use a daily build of Thunderbird (which is named Shredder prior to official release), then you can upgrade using the Mozilla PPA:

In a terminal, type:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-daily && sudo apt-get update
If you then go to Applications > Ubuntu Software Centre and search for Thunderbird, you should find that it gives you an option to upgrade (to 3.0.5 at the moment; with 3.0.4 being the current release version)

Obviously each of these is a compromise solution, but I thought I'd mention them in case they're of use.

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Jan Greeff (jan-verslank) said : 		#2

Thanks Marc. Meanwhile I searched some more and got this link (*sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install thunderbird-3.0 thunderbird-3.0-gnome-support)* from wojox. It worked like a charm: have now got Thunderbird 3 up and running and installed Lightning (that was actually what I was after)

Kind regards,

Jan

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Jan Greeff (jan-verslank) said : 		#3

Thanks Marc. Meanwhile I searched some more and got this link (*sudo
add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa && sudo apt-get update
&& sudo apt-get install thunderbird-3.0 thunderbird-3.0-gnome-support)*
from wojox. It worked like a charm: have now got Thunderbird 3 up and
running and installed Lightning (that was actually what I was after)

Kind regards,

Jan

Marc Stewart wrote:
> Your question #106263 on Bindwood changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/bindwood/+question/106263
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Marc Stewart proposed the following answer:
> This is more of an answer, rather than the answer, I'm afraid, since the
> official version of Thunderbird 3 just isn't in the repos prior to
> Lucid, but you do still have options:
>
> 1) If you're going to upgrade to 10.04 when it's released, and are happy
> to wait a few weeks (29th April), or use the current beta version,
> you'll find that Thunderbird 3 is easily installed from the Software
> Centre then.
>
> 2) If you really need it now, in Karmic, and are happy to use a daily
> build of Thunderbird (which is named Shredder prior to official
> release), then you can upgrade using the Mozilla PPA:
>
> In a terminal, type:
> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-daily && sudo apt-get update
> If you then go to Applications > Ubuntu Software Centre and search for Thunderbird, you should find that it gives you an option to upgrade (to 3.0.5 at the moment; with 3.0.4 being the current release version)
>
> Obviously each of these is a compromise solution, but I thought I'd
> mention them in case they're of use.
>
>