In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Thunderbird email client on Debian latest version. Thunderbird is a popular email client that is designed to be secure, customizable, and easy to use on Linux, Windows, and Mac OS. The latest version of Thunderbird can be downloaded from https://www.thunderbird.net/.
Before we begin, make sure you have a Debian system up and running with administrative privileges.
The first thing we need to do is to download the Thunderbird setup file from the Thunderbird website. Open your web browser and navigate to https://www.thunderbird.net/. Once you are on the website, click on the “Download Thunderbird” button.
You will be presented with a list of download options. Choose the version of Thunderbird suitable for Debian, then click on the "download" button to start downloading the setup file.
$ wget "https://download.mozilla.org/?product=thunderbird-latest&os=linux64&lang=en-US"
Once the download is complete, navigate to the directory where the file was downloaded. Right-click on the file and select "Extract here" to extract its contents.
$ tar xvf thunderbird-*.tar.bz2
Move the extracted folder to /opt directory using the following command:
$ sudo mv thunderbird /opt/
Next, create a symbolic link for the Thunderbird executable file using the command below:
$ sudo ln -s /opt/thunderbird/thunderbird /usr/local/bin/
To launch Thunderbird, open the terminal and type the following command:
$ thunderbird
Thunderbird will launch and prompt you to create a new email account or import an existing one. Follow the prompts to complete the setup process.
In this tutorial, we have shown how to install Thunderbird email client on Debian latest. Thunderbird is an excellent email client that is designed to be secure, customizable, and easy to use. We hope this tutorial has been helpful to you.
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