How to Install Thunderbird on OpenBSD

This tutorial will guide you through the steps to install Thunderbird on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

• OpenBSD installed on your machine
• Access to the terminal
• Web browser to download Thunderbird from https://www.thunderbird.net/

Step 1: Download Thunderbird

1. Open your web browser and go to https://www.thunderbird.net/.
2. Click on the "Download" button to download the Thunderbird package.
3. Choose where to save the downloaded package.

Step 2: Extract the Package

1. Open the terminal on OpenBSD.
2. Navigate to the directory where the Thunderbird package was saved.
3. Use the following command to extract the package:

tar xjf thunderbird-{version}.tar.bz2

Note: Replace {version} with the version number of the Thunderbird package you downloaded.

Step 3: Move the Extracted Package

1. Navigate to the extracted Thunderbird directory:

cd thunderbird

2. Move the extracted directory to /opt/:

sudo mv . /opt/thunderbird

Step 4: Create a Symlink

1. Create a symlink for easy access to Thunderbird:

sudo ln -s /opt/thunderbird/thunderbird /usr/local/bin/thunderbird

2. Verify that the symlink was created correctly:

ls -l /usr/local/bin/thunderbird

Step 5: Launch Thunderbird

1. To launch Thunderbird, simply type the following command in the terminal:

thunderbird

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Thunderbird on OpenBSD.

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