Thunderbird icon in Unity launcher

[Jim Byrnes]

On 08/30/2011 09:34 AM, Jordon Bedwell wrote:
> On 08/30/2011 09:20 AM, Jim Byrnes wrote:
>> I am running a fully updated Natty on my laptop. I downloaded and
>> extracted a thunderbird tar.bz file to the Apps directory in my home
>> folder.
>>
>> I followed the directions in the third answer at [1] to put it on the
>> Launcher and change the icon to a default Thunderbird icon.
>>
>> [1]
>> http://askubuntu.com/questions/13758/how-can-i-edit-create-new-launcher-items-in-unity-by-hand
>>
>>
>> It starts Thunderbird but the Thunderbird icon does not show on the
>> Launcher.  Its icon always ends up looking like the icon for the
>> Workplace Switcher. Changing the icon in preferences does not work either.
>>
>> The proper icon shows in preferences and in the file manager but not on
>> the Launcher.  When Thunderbird is running the icon in the upper left
>> corner also looks like the Workplace Switcher icon.
>>
>> Does anyone know how to make the Thunderbird icon "stick" on the Launcher?
>
> While this is not what you wanted I know a better way to get the latest
> thunderbird if that is what you want, it makes package management
> cleaner (unless you put Thunderbird in /opt/thunderbird):

Yes, I like to stay current on the Mozilla apps and right now 
Thunderbird is in ~/Apps/thunderbird.

> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/thunderbird-stable
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get upgrade
>
> Or you can just pull down their debs for Natty.
>

Thanks for the info.  I've always done it as outlined above because it 
always worked and I didn't know about the ppa.  If I use the ppa where 
will updates come from?  The ppa or mozilla?

I wonder if using the above method might solve my icon problem.  Just 
guessing but I noticed that the way I have it installed now, Unity does 
not show it in the list of applications, maybe that's the problem.

Thanks< Jim