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Thunderbird 9 for Ubuntu 11.10

Asked by werner

Currently with TB 8 from the "update channel" I have a problem that there is no compatible lighting version available.

I see that TB 9 is available but on the launchpad update channel 11.10 is not supported, only up to 11.04. Is there a date for when 11.10 will have TB 9 support or do I have to manually install it?

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-security/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install thunderbird

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werner (wbruhin) said : 		#2

Hesitating using a test repo, but I really need lighting so will just do this.

Thanks

I guess I can remove the repo after I installed TB 9.

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werner (wbruhin) said : 		#3

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.

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papukaija (papukaija) said : 		#4

No need for PPAs! TB 9.0 for Oneiric is currently being tested in -propsed repository and will soon be released as SRU for Oneiric.

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Babaei (babaei) said : 		#5

@papukaija: It's been in -proposed for 3 weeks. Ubuntu has been really slow in the last Firefox/Thunderbird update.

@actionparsnip: This PPA is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks! I didn't want to try enabling the -proposed repositories (it sounds like a nightmare waiting to happen).