Thunderbird 0.8

[larryboy7]

For some reason when I attempt to install and run Thunderbird 0.5 in Red Hat 8.0 nothing happens.

I have tried it both ways:

1. I used File Roller to unpack the archive and then attempted to run the thunderbird script.

and

2. I used b2zip to unzip the file. Then I unpacked the file using tar and then attempted to run the thunderbird script.

After both methods nothing happens when the script is ran. No errors or anything. I even thought that perhaps my original file was bad so I deleted it and started over.

HELP!

[mdwatts]

Originally posted by larryboy7

After both methods nothing happens when the script is ran. No errors or anything. I even thought that perhaps my original file was bad so I deleted it and started over.


If the script is not in a directory in your PATH (echo $PATH to check), did you prefix the script with './'?

./name_of_script

Are you root when installing? See if

su -
<enter root password>

./name_of_script

works.

[larryboy7]

OK. When running from the console as root I get:

[root@localhost thunderbird]# bash thunderbird
./thunderbird-bin: /lib/i686/libpthread.so.0: version `GLIBC_2.3.2' not found (required by /usr/lib/thunderbird/libnspr4.so)

So this is a dependency issue...

I downloaded the appropriate files and attempted to install them and I recieve:

root@localhost internet_temp]# rpm -Uhv glibc-2.3.2-4.80.8.i386.rpm
warning: glibc-2.3.2-4.80.8.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID db42a60e
error: Failed dependencies:
glibc-common = 2.3.2-4.80.8 is needed by glibc-2.3.2-4.80.8

or

root@localhost internet_temp]# rpm -Uhv glibc-common-2.3.2-4.80.8.i386.rpm
warning: glibc-common-2.3.2-4.80.8.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID db42a60e
error: Failed dependencies:
glibc < 2.3.2 conflicts with glibc-common-2.3.2-4.80.8
glibc-common = 2.2.93-5 is needed by (installed) glibc-2.2.93-5

What am I doing wrong during the installation processes?

[YECoyote]

You only need to unzip using:

tar jxvf Thunderbird-file

and execute it with ./thunderbird

[larryboy7]

In the end I have decided to take the easy way out: I downloaded and installed a compiled version for my version of glibc.

It works great now!

Thanks for the help!