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Does anyone have a Thunderbird .pet ?

It runs as a portable exec last time I checked- no need for a pet.

If your setup's frugal, drag it from /mnt/home to your desktop.

Maybe backup your current ~/.thunderbird/*.default profile..

Ok I will just go download it. I will need to compile it right?

I am just running Puppy from a USB...


Thank you Samme

No. Just unpack somewhere convenient and run thunderbird..

Well.. she run OK? You have an older copy already in place?

I got it going, thanks Samme.

I did not know it is a stand alone program.

So does that mean I can just have it on a USB and have my mail on any Linux PC?

Correct. It's portable but creates and writes to $HOME/.thunderbird.

If you wanted you can backup the default profile and profile.ini created there, store it on your flash drive and copy it in after it's again created on a new box. Follow? Meaning.. you can rm -rf $HOME/.thunderbird anytime you don't feel like leaving this info behind..

I like it, It will save a lot of time if (when) I setup another puppy.

Hello Semme,

I am looking for a Thunderbird .pet.
Just installed Puppy 4.3.1 frugally on Gateway 400 laptop.
Also, just installed Shinobar's Seamonkey 2.12.1 .sfs. (the latest he has listed).
There is no Thunderbird listed anywhere in 4.3.1 system (according to search).

Can you direct me to a recent Thunderbird .pet?

Thank you

Sky- like I told Amgine, it's portable.

Unpack the latest somewhere convenient and drag the executable to your desktop.

If you want it in the menu, may I suggest MenuMaker.

You might have to symlink the exec to /usr/local/bin. Offhand, I can't recall..

PS - You have room to run the latest SM?

It's not there, Semme.
Like anywhere...package manager....menu....searched for 'thunderbird' nada.

EDIT: Found one - peebee has one from last year.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 374#638374

Uh, what's not where.. Thunderbird?

yes

Personally? I'd pass on an outdated pet- sfs or not. Don't you have the disk space?

I'm just trying to find a fairly current thunderbird .pet.
Can you direct me to one? Thank you.

No, I'm sorry- I can't. Like I said earlier- it's portable.. and from your save file no less..

Sky Aisling wrote:I'm just trying to find a fairly current thunderbird .pet.
Can you direct me to one? Thank you.

Just download Thunderbird extract the file, and look for the Thunderbird icon, It will say "Thunderbird"

Take the file and link it to your desktop.

Thank you, Amgine

Just download Thunderbird extract the file, and look for the Thunderbird icon, It will say "Thunderbird"

Where do I find the *Thunderbird extract file*?

Here it is
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/

Two ways to extract it (Well Three but no need for the Terminal)

Right click and choose Extract Auto detect subfolders

or

Just open the Ziped folder and it will open up and give you extraction options.

Go to https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/, and click on the green "Thunderbird Free Download" button on the left. This should download a .tar.bz2 file.

Go to your download directory in ROX-Filer, and locate the file. Select the file, right-click on it, and select Rename. Highlight the entire filename in the box that pops up (from 'thunderbird' all the way to the .tar.bz2) and Copy the filename (either by pressing Ctrl+C, or right-clicking on the highlighted filename and selecting Copy). Click on Cancel (don't follow through on the rename, in other words ).

Next, open a terminal window by pressing the ~ key. Enter the following:
...with a space after the "xvf." Use Paste to insert the filename you just copied, and press Enter to run the command.

After tar is done extracting the .tar.bz2 archive, you should have a "thunderbird" directory in the same folder as the downloaded archive. Drag that folder to wherever you want to keep it, such as ~/my-applications/bin.

Next, open the thunderbird folder, after you've placed it where you want it to be permanently stored. Drag the "thunderbird" file to the desktop, to create a shortcut. You can then rename the shortcut to whatever you want, and change the icon.