Wanna be using the most up-to-date version of Thunderbird. This post tells how to install the latest official release of Thunderbird...
Replace thunderbird-x.y.z with the corresponding version number, like thunderbird-3.0.1. If it says thunderbird-x.y only, that means use thunderbird-3.0 alone in that command.
1. Download
Download Thunderbird latest version setup from mozillamessaging.com.
Let's say the filename is thunderbird-x.y.z.tar.bz2.
Save archive to /tmp.
2. Extract and Test
Extract the archive
cd /tmp; tar xvjf thunderbird-x.y.z.tar.bz2
The files will be extracted to directory named
thunderbird.Test Thunderbird
cd thunderbird
./thunderbird
./thunderbird
Thunderbird will start...
3. Installing
Now install this version as the main Thunderbird installation.
cd /usr/lib
sudo mv /tmp/thunderbird thunderbird-x.y
cd ../bin
sudo ln -s -f ../lib/thunderbird-x.y/thunderbird thunderbird-x.y
sudo ln -s -f thunderbird-x.y thunderbird
sudo mv /tmp/thunderbird thunderbird-x.y
cd ../bin
sudo ln -s -f ../lib/thunderbird-x.y/thunderbird thunderbird-x.y
sudo ln -s -f thunderbird-x.y thunderbird
That will install thunderbird...
4. Using Existing Thunderbird Profile
CAUTION!!! When you run thunderbird for the first time, if it loads all your accounts and mails, then DON'T run this step...
For Thunderbird to use the existing profile...
$ mv ~/.thunderbird ~/thunderbird-profile-backup
$ ln -s ~/.thunderbird-x.y ~/.thunderbird
$ ln -s ~/.thunderbird-x.y ~/.thunderbird
Another method for installing Thunderbird is to use Ubuntuzilla. Check Install Latest Version of Firefox in Ubuntu...
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