Ubuntu Linux Thunderbird Email Client Install and Debug
Winning Line of Effort
- Install latest Thunderbird
- Install net-tools – in order to be able to run netstat command
- sudo netstat -plant | grep 80 – to see what is hanging out on port 80
- Saw nginx on port 80
- sudo systemctl stop nginx
- this time when I entered the credentials and gave permissions there were no problems and setup completed
Process Notes
- Installed latest version as of 7/14/2024 – has problem allowing me to give permissions for the various services on Google.
- Tried downloading v91.1.2 from Research Link #1 below – would not install due to dependency issues.
- Tried downloading v91.1.2 from Research Link #2 below – program lit up but had same sort of issue "Secure connection failed" – this looked like same issue as with newest version step #2
- How to install Thunderbird with Terminal – sudo apt install thunderbird
Research Links
- Index of /ubuntu/pool/main/t/thunderbird See: Process Note 2: Tried downloading v91.1.2 from Research Link #1 below – would not install due to dependency issues.
- Index of /pub/thunderbird/releases/91.1.2/linux-x86_64/en-US/ – See Process Note #3
- WINNING LINK: Thunderbird login to Gmail with OAuth2 fails with "secure connection failed" – how to complete the login? One guy had Apache2 another had nginx both caused the problem
Ancillary Links
- Remove an application – using app center
- sudo apt-get remove {package-name}
- Where is Ubuntu storing installed programs? – for manual download / extract archive version of Process Notes #3
Bug in Latest Version of Thunderbird: V115.12.0 Help Request: Want to install v91.1.2 – v115 is buggy
- When I hit sent receive up pops the prompt for the account credentials of the 1st image. I OK the access requested
- Up pops the 2nd window shown below in which only am I not given the option to press ahead in spite of "possible risk ahead" I can not edit the URL in the address bar.
Help Results
You will have to download thunderbird-dbg from the repository you linked to BEFORE you can install Thunderbird itself. You may find there are other things you'll need to track down too.
A better bet would be to get it from https://archive.mozilla.org/pub/thunderbird/releases/91.1.2/linux-x86_64/. Choose the language you want and click that then thunderbird-91.1.2.tar.bz2. That is a tar achieve file so when it's downloaded open it and you'll find a folder called thunderbird. Copy that wherever you like. To run it either open that folder with your file manager and click the file called thunderbird. You can also add a custom launcher for it to your menu and/or panel.
