Install Thunderbird 3.0 in Ubuntu Hardy Heron, Intrepid, Jaunty, and Karmic

This tutorial will guide you to install the most updated Thunderbird 3.0 on Ubuntu Hardy Heron in just a single command only. No need to write long commands anymore. With just one command you can enjoy the new Thunderbird 3.0 on your Ubuntu system. This tutorial applied to any Ubuntu version supported by Thunderbird 3.0 like Hardy Heron and newer.

Thunderbird is a popular mail client for Windows and Linux and other OS. Currently I am using Ubuntu Hardy Heron. And I want to upgrade my Thunderbird into version 3.0.

Here are the steps to install Thunderbird 3.0 on Ubuntu.

We will download and install Thunderbird 3 with just one command. This command below will download Thunderbird 3 to your home directory, and extract it it to ~/thunderbird folder, and remove the downloaded file. It will be ready to use :

$cd && wget -O – http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/releases/latest-3.0/linux-i686/en-US/thunderbird-3.0.tar.bz2 | tar xj -C ~

Wait until download and installation process finished. You can create shortcut to:

/home/YOURUSERNAME/thunderbird/thunderbird

To open profile manager, paste the command below:

$~/thunderbird/thunderbird -ProfileManager

If you know how to start your Thunderbird 3.0, then you are finished. But if you want to learn how to open and use the newly installed of Thunderbird 3.0, then continue reading…..:)

Create Thunderbird 3.0 shortcut to Desktop

To create shortcut / Launcher of this Thunderbird 3.0, follow these steps

1. Right click on the desktop, and choose Create Launcher

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