If it does not exist for you, you simply create it with the elevated file-manager: Go into the file system's base, create it a new folder there and name it opt. Note: depending from the version of Mint the folder /opt does or does not exist by default. Go to the elevated file-manager (from step 2) and open in one pane the folder with the unpacked program, open in the other folder /opt. Unpack the folder (you should find the command in the context menu).Ħ. Go with your file-manager - not elevated - to the folder, where you downloaded your file in step 1. Remove also the package firefox-locale-XX (where XX depends from your language) respectively thunderbird-locale-XX and for Thunderbird also thunderbird-gnome-support.ĥ. Remove Firefox respectively Thunderbird with the packet manager from your system. Close Firefox respectively Thunderbird completely.Ĥ. Note, that you might see the filename without the extension. Copy the respective desktop-file (either sktp or sktop) to the above created folder files. Open a second pane in the file-manager and go there to /usr/share/applications. Open the folder /root and create a new folder, name it files. The following is not technically needed, but it avoids much circumstantial work to create a new program-launcher. You find the latest version of Thunderbird here.Ģ. You find the latest version of the Firefox-ESR version here. You find the latest version of the Frefox-release version here.
Download the needed file in your language: To replace the repository-build follow these steps:ġ. Simply replace firefox with thunderbird in the following advices (if needed). The principle steps are the same for Firefox and Thunderbird. The below described methods do apply in both cases, they mainly differ in the downloaded file. One reason might be, that bug-fix releases do not always appear as soon as wanted in the repositories, another reason might be to use the ESR-version of Firefox. Keep up with the latest and greatest updates on news, features, events, and previews, and get a sneak peek on the upcoming releases.Although Firefox and Thunderbird are in the repositories, there might be reasons to replace them with the builds provided by Mozilla.
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Please follow these instructions to install Thunderbird. Your system doesn't meet the requirements to run Thunderbird.