Firefox and Thunderbird

by scott_glaser — last modified Mar 24, 2008 01:27 AM

— filed under: Post-Install Solutions

Firefox is now the default web browser in Fedora Linux. The award-winning Web browser is better than ever. Browse the Web with confidence - Firefox protects you from viruses, spyware and pop-ups. Enjoy improvements to performance, ease of use and privacy. It's easy to import your favorites and settings and get started. Thunderbird is not yet installed by default, but that is what this procedure is about. Thunderbird delivers. Enjoy safe, fast, and easy e-mail, with intelligent spam filters, quick message search, and customizable views. Brought to you by the makers of Firefox, Thunderbird makes email better.

Applicable to Fedora Versions

Requirements

This procedure assumes that you have a working Fedora installation and you have configured yum to use rpm.livna.org

Doing the work

Installing Thunderbird

Open a terminal
In the terminal window enter the following.
```
su -c 'yum install thunderbird'
```

In the terminal window enter the following.

Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
development               100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00     
extras-development        100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00     
Reading repository metadata in from local files
primary.xml.gz            100% |=========================| 820 kB    00:01     
################################################## 2241/2241
Parsing package install arguments>
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Downloading header for thunderbird to pack into transaction set.
thunderbird-1.5.0.7-3.fc6 100% |=========================|  69 kB    00:00     
---> Package thunderbird.i386 0:1.5.0.7-3.fc6 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================
 Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size 
=============================================================================
Installing:
 thunderbird             i386       1.5.0.7-3.fc6    development        22 M

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install      1 Package(s)         
Update       0 Package(s)         
Remove       0 Package(s)         

Total download size: 22 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y

At the prompt enter "y", then press enter.

The following will then be displayed:

Downloading Packages:
(1/1): thunderbird-1.5.0. 100% |=========================|  22 MB    00:45     
Running Transaction Test<
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Installing: thunderbird                  ######################### [1/1] 

Installed: thunderbird.i386 0:1.5.0.7-3.fc6
Complete!

Once this message is displayed the installation is complete.
Once installed Thunderbird can be found at "Applications->Internet->Thunderbird Email".

Configuring Thunderbird

In the upper menubar, select "Applications->Internet->Thunderbird Email".
In the Import window, select the Netscape 6, 7 or Moxilla 1.x radio button or select Don't import anything. That decision will be dictated by your installation. Then select "Next."
In the Import window once Import Complete is displayed, select "Finish".
In the Account Wizard "New Account Setup" window, select the "Email Account" radio button. Then select "Next".
In the Account Wizard "Identity" window, fill in the required infromation. The information may be found on you ISPs FAQ or with your e-mail provider as in the case of Gmail. Then select "Next".
In the Account Wizard "Server Information" window, fill in the required infromation. The information may be found on you ISPs FAQ or with your e-mail provider as in the case of Gmail. Then select "Next".
In the Account Wizard "User Names" window, fill in the required infromation. This is normally the Username of the e-mail account holder.
In the Account Wizard "Account Name" window, fill in the required infromation. I is normal to use the e-mail addresss as the account name. This make for easy tracking if you have multiple e-mail accounts.
In the Account Wizard "Congratulations" window, select the "Download messages now" radio button. Then select "Finish".
The Account Wizard window should close revealing Thunderbird. Thunderbird will now attempt do download your e-mail from the account you just established.

Troubleshooting

How to test

Send and E-mail to yourself to verify that the configuration is correct. If this does not work check with you ISP or e-mail providers Mail Setup help pages.

More Information

Disclaimer

We test this stuff on our own machines, really we do. But you may run into problems, if you do, come to #fedora on freenode.net.

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