[Bug 1874623] [NEW] thunderbird is not properly installed in a Kubuntu minimal install

Mon May 11 14:57:16 UTC 2020

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Performed a Kubuntu 20.04 Minimal install.

The KDE >> Internet menu didn't show an icon for Mozilla Thunderbird.

dpkg-query shows that Mozilla Thunderbird is installed:

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root at kubuntuvm:~# cat /etc/os-release 
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)"
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 20.04 LTS"
VERSION_ID="20.04"
HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy"
VERSION_CODENAME=focal
UBUNTU_CODENAME=focal

root at kubuntuvm:~# apt-get clean;apt-get update;apt-get dist-upgrade;
Get:1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease [265 kB]
Hit:2 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease
Hit:3 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease
Hit:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease
Fetched 265 kB in 1s (251 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.

root at kubuntuvm:~# dpkg-query -Wf '${Package}\n' | grep thunderbird
thunderbird
thunderbird-locale-en
thunderbird-locale-en-gb
thunderbird-locale-en-us

root at kubuntuvm:~# ls -la /usr/bin/thunderbird
ls: cannot access '/usr/bin/thunderbird': No such file or directory

root at kubuntuvm:~# dpkg -L thunderbird | grep /usr/bin/thunderbird
/usr/bin/thunderbird
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Removing and re-installing the thunderbird package fixes the issue.

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root at kubuntuvm:/var/log# cat /var/log/dpkg.log | grep thunderbird
2020-04-23 07:41:11 install thunderbird:amd64 <none> 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2
2020-04-23 07:41:11 status half-installed thunderbird:amd64 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2
2020-04-23 07:41:16 status unpacked thunderbird:amd64 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2
2020-04-23 07:42:58 configure thunderbird:amd64 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2 <none>
2020-04-23 07:42:58 status unpacked thunderbird:amd64 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2
2020-04-23 07:42:58 status half-configured thunderbird:amd64 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2
2020-04-23 07:42:58 status installed thunderbird:amd64 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2
2020-04-24 07:42:14 status installed thunderbird-locale-en-gb:all 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2
2020-04-24 07:42:15 remove thunderbird-locale-en-gb:all 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2 <none>
2020-04-24 07:42:15 status half-configured thunderbird-locale-en-gb:all 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2
2020-04-24 07:42:15 status half-installed thunderbird-locale-en-gb:all 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2
2020-04-24 07:42:15 status config-files thunderbird-locale-en-gb:all 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2
2020-04-24 07:42:16 status not-installed thunderbird-locale-en-gb:all <none>
2020-04-24 07:42:16 status installed thunderbird-locale-en-us:all 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2
2020-04-24 07:42:17 remove thunderbird-locale-en-us:all 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2 <none>
2020-04-24 07:42:17 status half-configured thunderbird-locale-en-us:all 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2
2020-04-24 07:42:17 status half-installed thunderbird-locale-en-us:all 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2
2020-04-24 07:42:17 status config-files thunderbird-locale-en-us:all 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2
2020-04-24 07:42:18 status not-installed thunderbird-locale-en-us:all <none>
2020-04-24 07:42:18 status installed thunderbird-locale-en:amd64 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2
2020-04-24 07:42:19 remove thunderbird-locale-en:amd64 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2 <none>
2020-04-24 07:42:19 status half-configured thunderbird-locale-en:amd64 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2
2020-04-24 07:42:19 status half-installed thunderbird-locale-en:amd64 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2
2020-04-24 07:42:19 status config-files thunderbird-locale-en:amd64 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2
2020-04-24 07:42:20 status not-installed thunderbird-locale-en:amd64 <none>
2020-04-24 07:42:20 status installed thunderbird:amd64 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2
2020-04-24 07:42:20 remove thunderbird:amd64 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2 <none>
2020-04-24 07:42:20 status half-configured thunderbird:amd64 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2
2020-04-24 07:42:21 status half-installed thunderbird:amd64 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2
2020-04-24 07:42:22 status config-files thunderbird:amd64 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2
2020-04-24 07:42:35 install thunderbird:amd64 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2
2020-04-24 07:42:35 status half-installed thunderbird:amd64 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2
2020-04-24 07:42:43 status unpacked thunderbird:amd64 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2
2020-04-24 07:42:44 configure thunderbird:amd64 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2 <none>
2020-04-24 07:42:44 status unpacked thunderbird:amd64 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2
2020-04-24 07:42:45 status half-configured thunderbird:amd64 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2
2020-04-24 07:42:46 status installed thunderbird:amd64 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2
2020-04-24 07:43:06 install thunderbird-locale-en:amd64 <none> 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2
2020-04-24 07:43:06 status half-installed thunderbird-locale-en:amd64 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2
2020-04-24 07:43:07 status unpacked thunderbird-locale-en:amd64 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2
2020-04-24 07:43:07 install thunderbird-locale-en-gb:all <none> 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2
2020-04-24 07:43:07 status half-installed thunderbird-locale-en-gb:all 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2
2020-04-24 07:43:08 status unpacked thunderbird-locale-en-gb:all 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2
2020-04-24 07:43:09 install thunderbird-locale-en-us:all <none> 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2
2020-04-24 07:43:09 status half-installed thunderbird-locale-en-us:all 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2
2020-04-24 07:43:09 status unpacked thunderbird-locale-en-us:all 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2
2020-04-24 07:43:10 configure thunderbird-locale-en:amd64 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2 <none>
2020-04-24 07:43:10 status unpacked thunderbird-locale-en:amd64 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2
2020-04-24 07:43:11 status half-configured thunderbird-locale-en:amd64 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2
2020-04-24 07:43:11 status installed thunderbird-locale-en:amd64 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2
2020-04-24 07:43:11 configure thunderbird-locale-en-us:all 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2 <none>
2020-04-24 07:43:11 status unpacked thunderbird-locale-en-us:all 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2
2020-04-24 07:43:11 status half-configured thunderbird-locale-en-us:all 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2
2020-04-24 07:43:11 status installed thunderbird-locale-en-us:all 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2
2020-04-24 07:43:12 configure thunderbird-locale-en-gb:all 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2 <none>
2020-04-24 07:43:12 status unpacked thunderbird-locale-en-gb:all 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2
2020-04-24 07:43:12 status half-configured thunderbird-locale-en-gb:all 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2
2020-04-24 07:43:12 status installed thunderbird-locale-en-gb:all 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2

root at kubuntuvm:/var/log# ls -la /usr/bin/thunderbird 
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 Apr 16 15:57 /usr/bin/thunderbird -> ../lib/thunderbird/thunderbird.sh
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** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Medium
         Status: Confirmed

** Tags: kubuntu
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thunderbird is not properly installed in a Kubuntu minimal install
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1874623
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