How to install Thunderbird in linux?

[Karl Larsen]

Bo Berglund wrote:
> I have just installed Fedora7 on a virtual machine and now I would
> like to get my email program on there as well (Thunderbird).
> So I went to mozilla and downloaded the Thunderbird install files.
> But now what?
>
> I am used to Windows and there usually is a "setup" or "install"
> program one executes, but here I have a gz archive that I have
> unpacked to a /Thunderbird folder in my home dir. Lots of files and
> folders.
> But what do I do now?
>
> As you may understand I am completely new to Linux so I could probably
> only use GUI tools. Is there a manager for installed programs in
> Fedora7?
>
>
> Bo Berglund
>
>   
    Hi Bo. In the directory you unpacked Thunderbird into there are lots 
of files but the one you want is the one called thunderbird. You can 
start it right there by using this call:

    $ ./thunderbird

and it should start and you can make a nicer way to start it.



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	Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
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