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[Pueblo Native <pueblonative@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Registration Account wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> This is a seemingly simple question for which I have no answer. I
> downloaded thunderbird 2.0 from Mozilla in its native .tar.gz file format.
> There is an amazingly lack of install instructions in Mozilla as there
> is the assumption that your distro does all the normal install functions.
> I have unpacked the file and seen several .bin files that you would
> think would install - It doesn't. There are also a few .sh files that
> you would think would install - they don't. Yes I have checked the files
> permissions.
> Can anyone help me with a (simple) install of thunderbird 2.0 from the
> native .tar.gz file in a open suse 10.2 environment.
> Many thanks
> Scott
>
>   
If you are going with the tarball, there's no need for an "installation"
program.  Once unpacked, Thunderbird works directly out of the directory
that you have it in. But like several in here have said, you can use the
mozilla.org rpm site and get a custom, OpenSuse 10.2 rpm.
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