Thunderbird

I'm on Ubuntu 20.02, and have the older 102 version of Thunderbird installed from the http://ppa.launchpad.net/mozillateam/ppa/ubuntu ppa.

I wanted to install the new "supernova" – but not from snap or flatpack – so I downloaded the linux tarball from https://www.thunderbird.net/en-GB/thunderbird/all/ and followed the installation instructions.

As far as I can see I have all required libraries, but when I launch thunderbird it complains that

XPCOMGlueLoad error for file /opt/thunderbird/libxul.so:
libXtst.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Couldn't load XPCOM.

I can't find any libXtst on apt, but I do have the latest libxtst6. So I don't understand the problem.

Anyone else has this problem and maybe a solution? Cheers!

Edit: I see that it's available on the beta ppa, but that's only for Ubuntu 22.02+. Probably I just have to wait until it's available in the stable ppa too...

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I can't seem to make Thunderbird (supernova, flatpak) work with mailto links from my browser. The system handler correctly launches Thunderbird, but then, after a short wait time, a dialogue appears:

"Thunderbird is already running, but is not responding. To use Thunderbird, you must first close the existing Thunderbird process, restart your device, or use a different profile."

If I do close down Thunderbird, then it works. But I'd expect to be able to have Thunderbird running.

Any ideas what's wrong here?

Does anybody have any insight on why the Thunderbird Flathub app seems to be unavailable? Even before that, we were still waiting on the Supernova update..

It's been over a month since the last beta build. No blog posts either. Things just seem to have stalled... But they actually haven't, there's commits happening in the repo. What's going on?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.eco.br/post/157578

Would someone please tell me how to install the new Thunderbird version on Manjaro?

Thanks!

It seems to me like that this is the most efficient way to read mails: to actually have the mails at the center of the screen in vertical view, not at any side, bottom or top.

Either option is fine with me:

1. Folders | e-mail | Inbox
2. Inbox | e-mail | Folders

Does anyone know if work has started on it? I've not seen any commits.

#Thunderbird Office Hours are BACK! We'll have 3 sessions starting Monday, June 12, at 10am UTC.

We invite you to join the video sessions to learn more about the first Thunderbird 115 beta, share your experience with it, or ask for help.

We're also welcoming ANY questions about general Thunderbird topics, so check in and share what's on your mind. We will take your questions on video, voice, or in Matrix.

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I use gmail but I'm looking to find another free provider to move. I've considered proton or tutonota but neither seem to support thunderbird without payment.

Thanks for creating this community. And fuck reddit!