Thunderbird is a popular email client that is available for Linux, Windows, and macOS. In this tutorial, we will explain how to install Thunderbird on Fedora CoreOS Latest using the command-line interface.
Before starting the installation process, you need to make sure that your system has the following components:
It's always recommended to update the system before installing any new software. You can update the system by running the following command in the Terminal:
sudo dnf update
Go to the Thunderbird download page at https://www.thunderbird.net/ and download the latest version for Linux. You may need to choose the 64-bit or 32-bit version depending on your system’s architecture.
Alternatively, you can use the following command to download the latest version of Thunderbird from the command line:
wget https://download.mozilla.org/?product=thunderbird-latest-SSL&os=linux64&lang=en-US
Once the download is complete, you need to extract the Thunderbird archive to a suitable directory. You can do this by running the following command in the Terminal:
tar -xvf thunderbird*.tar.bz2 -C /opt/
This will extract the archive to the /opt/ directory.
To access Thunderbird from the Terminal, you need to create a symbolic link for the Thunderbird executable. You can do this by running the following command:
sudo ln -s /opt/thunderbird/thunderbird /usr/bin/thunderbird
This will create a symbolic link for the Thunderbird executable.
You can now launch Thunderbird by executing the following command in the Terminal:
thunderbird
This will launch Thunderbird, and you can start configuring your email accounts.
In this tutorial, we explained how to install Thunderbird on Fedora CoreOS Latest using the command-line interface. Thunderbird is a powerful email client that can be used to manage multiple email accounts, calendars, and tasks. We hope that this tutorial helps you get started with Thunderbird on your Fedora CoreOS Latest installation.
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