Installing Thunderbird in Solaris

1. Site: http://www.sunfreeware.com/mozila

2. Download package:
thunderbird-2.0.0.18-enUS.solaris10.i386.pkg.bz2

3. Unzip the package

4. Add the package:
pkgadd -d thunderbird-2.0.0.18-enUS.solaris10.i386.pkg

5. A folder is created in /opt/sfw/bin and /opt/sfw/lib as thunderbird

6. Go to /opt/sfw/bin/thunderbird

7. Press ./thunderbird and the thunderbird gets started

8. To run thunderbird from anywhere do:

PATH=$PATH?/opt/sfw/bin ; export $PATH

9. Write thunderbird from anywhere and it gets started

10. To get Thunderbird from Desktop do:
ln -s /opt/sfw/lib/thunderbird/thunderbird /Desktop

By,
Faisal
Mannaco Microsystems, Inc.
Jr. Unix Administrator