Starting Thunterbird.

Peter Hillier-Brook phb at hbsys.plus.com
Mon Oct 5 15:20:32 UTC 2009


John Heinen wrote:
> John Heinen wrote:
>> Rashkae wrote:
>> 
>>> John Heinen wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> I downloaded Thuntherbird and have thunterbird 2.0.0.21 mtar.gz
>>>> and thunterbird setup 2  0.0.0.21 tar.gz. How do I install and
>>>> run this Thinderbird.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> Abandon all hope ye who enter here.  More helpfully, Thunderbird
>>> is already part of the Ubuntu software, so you don't have to go
>>> downloading and installing from the web as you would in windows.
>>> 
>>> Use the Add-remove software menu item to check on Thunderbird,
>>> or, from a command-line, use the command "sudo apt-get install
>>> thunderbird"
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> Great, I did it, though, I am not so good at commands. The reply
>> was "E: Couldn't package Thunterbird" John
>> 
>> 
> Sorry left out a word, "find" Couldn't find package thunterbird

It's "Thunderbird", not "Thunterbird". Could you have mis-spelled the
package name in your apt-get command?

Peter HB





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