Comments on: Install Thunderbird 3 on Ubuntu http://www.detector-pro.com/2009/12/install-thunderbird-3-on-ubuntu.html Technology Magazine Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:20:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: judzz http://www.detector-pro.com/2009/12/install-thunderbird-3-on-ubuntu.html/comment-page-1#comment-740 judzz Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:05:04 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/detectorpro/?p=1013#comment-740 Hi Hassan<br /><br />Make sure no other installations are running at the same time (like Synaptic Package manager or Ubuntu update).<br /><br />Hope this helps<br /><br />Judy Hi Hassan

Make sure no other installations are running at the same time (like Synaptic Package manager or Ubuntu update).

Hope this helps

Judy

]]> By: hassankelly http://www.detector-pro.com/2009/12/install-thunderbird-3-on-ubuntu.html/comment-page-1#comment-741 hassankelly Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:07:39 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/detectorpro/?p=1013#comment-741 hey i pasted the code and it did everything but at the end it said:" E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)<br />E: Unable to lock the download directory"<br />what do i do? hey i pasted the code and it did everything but at the end it said:" E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock – open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the download directory"
what do i do?

]]> By: Vig http://www.detector-pro.com/2009/12/install-thunderbird-3-on-ubuntu.html/comment-page-1#comment-742 Vig Sat, 02 Jan 2010 10:02:21 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/detectorpro/?p=1013#comment-742 How exactly would I undo the above command? I kinda stuffed up Thunderbird, and it doesn't work whenever I click it. The only way for me to open it is by typing in "mozilla-thunderbird" into the command line How exactly would I undo the above command? I kinda stuffed up Thunderbird, and it doesn't work whenever I click it. The only way for me to open it is by typing in "mozilla-thunderbird" into the command line

]]> By: iWacth http://www.detector-pro.com/2009/12/install-thunderbird-3-on-ubuntu.html/comment-page-1#comment-743 iWacth Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:10:19 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/detectorpro/?p=1013#comment-743 Cool software, i also use thunderbird 3 on Windows. I don't use ubuntu, but from your post i whink it's complicated to install a software on ubuntu isn't it?<br /><br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://iwacth.com" rel="nofollow">Latest Technology News</a> Cool software, i also use thunderbird 3 on Windows. I don't use ubuntu, but from your post i whink it's complicated to install a software on ubuntu isn't it?

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]]> By: Me http://www.detector-pro.com/2009/12/install-thunderbird-3-on-ubuntu.html/comment-page-1#comment-744 Me Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:54:13 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/detectorpro/?p=1013#comment-744 Hi, I pasted the following code from above:<br /><br />if [[ ! -f /usr/bin/thunderbird ]]; then sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install thunderbird; fi && if [[ -e ~/.mozilla-thunderbird ]]; then cp -R ~/.mozilla-thunderbird ~/.mozilla-thunderbird.backup; fi && if [[ -e ~/.thunderbird ]]; then cp -R ~/.thunderbird ~/.thunderbird.backup; fi && sudo tar -jxvf thunderbird-3*.tar.bz2 -C /opt && sudo dpkg-divert --divert /usr/bin/thunderbird. ubuntu --rename /usr/bin/thunderbird && sudo ln - s /opt/thunderbird/thunderbird /usr/bin/thunderbird && sudo dpkg- divert --divert /usr/bin/mozilla-thunderbird.ubuntu --rename /usr/bin/mozilla-thunderbird && sudo ln -s /opt/thunderbird/thunderbird /usr/bin/mozilla-thunderbird<br /><br />I'm fairly new to ubuntu, though I briefly ran Gutsy Gibbon. I tried fixing the line "sudo dpkg-divert --divert /usr/bin/thunderbird. ubuntu" by removing the extra space before "ubuntu". This seemed to work.<br /><br />However, I then received this error: "ln: target `/usr/bin/thunderbird' is not a directory"<br /><br />Advice? Hi, I pasted the following code from above:

if [[ ! -f /usr/bin/thunderbird ]]; then sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install thunderbird; fi && if [[ -e ~/.mozilla-thunderbird ]]; then cp -R ~/.mozilla-thunderbird ~/.mozilla-thunderbird.backup; fi && if [[ -e ~/.thunderbird ]]; then cp -R ~/.thunderbird ~/.thunderbird.backup; fi && sudo tar -jxvf thunderbird-3*.tar.bz2 -C /opt && sudo dpkg-divert –divert /usr/bin/thunderbird. ubuntu –rename /usr/bin/thunderbird && sudo ln – s /opt/thunderbird/thunderbird /usr/bin/thunderbird && sudo dpkg- divert –divert /usr/bin/mozilla-thunderbird.ubuntu –rename /usr/bin/mozilla-thunderbird && sudo ln -s /opt/thunderbird/thunderbird /usr/bin/mozilla-thunderbird

I'm fairly new to ubuntu, though I briefly ran Gutsy Gibbon. I tried fixing the line "sudo dpkg-divert –divert /usr/bin/thunderbird. ubuntu" by removing the extra space before "ubuntu". This seemed to work.

However, I then received this error: "ln: target `/usr/bin/thunderbird' is not a directory"

Advice?

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