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Offline dutuka

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Install Thunderbird
« on: February 24, 2021, 08:53:33 AM »
Hello TinyCore community,
I am new to TC and installed TC12, I tried to install Thunderbird but can not find it in Apps.
Can someone please tell me how to install Thunderbird and make in autostart on boot .Thank you.

dutuka

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Re: Install Thunderbird
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2021, 10:23:27 AM »
You don’t mention which architecture you’re using, but there’s a thunderbird-appimage extension in x86_64

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Re: Install Thunderbird
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2021, 10:47:59 AM »
I use the CorePlus-12.0.iso from here: http://tinycorelinux.net/12.x/x86/release/
Do i need to change to x86_64 architecture in order to install this thunderbird-appimage extension and which iso image should i pick?

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Re: Install Thunderbird
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2021, 11:27:18 AM »
Yes, you would need to change to x86_64 - you can use the TinyCorePure64 iso

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Re: Install Thunderbird
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2021, 01:53:18 PM »
I installed the 64 bit version, setup the GUI and installed thunderbird-appimage. Thank you for your help.
How can I auto start thunderbird on boot? Now I have to load thunderbird locally (in Apps) first, then i can start it in terminal.
When I tried to add my gmail account to thunderbird, it stucks on checking password. How can I resolve this?

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Re: Install Thunderbird
« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2021, 02:41:22 AM »
I created a .sh file in ~/.X.d folder and add this command in it:
tce-load -i thunderbird-appimage.tcz && thunderbird

That did the trick and start thunderbird on startup.

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Re: Install Thunderbird
« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2021, 04:13:30 AM »
Hi dutuka
You should append an  ampersand  to the end like this:
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tce-load -i thunderbird-appimage.tcz && thunderbird &
Otherwise it could block  ~/.xsession  from processing any other files you might have in  ~/.X.d.

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Re: Install Thunderbird
« Reply #7 on: February 25, 2021, 03:28:24 PM »
Thank you Rich, I added it.