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How do I run Thunderbird 3 which I downloaded? Well, I can get it to run by executing the Thunderbird shell script file. However that creates a terminal windows as well and will close Thunderbird if it is closed.

I am running Ubuntu 9.10.

How do I get it to open without the terminal?

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You didn't say what version of Ubuntu you're running, but have you tried installing it from the packages so that it installs a menu entry for you?

Exactly how you do this depends on the version of Ubuntu, but from a command prompt sudo aptitude install thunderbird will probably work, or try these instructions or these instructions I found via Google.

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  • Hi, I have updated my question. Unfortunately from the command prompt, it installs Thunderbird 2.x
    – Dasoal
    Mar 24, 2010 at 11:26
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    Then try the alternative instructions I provided ;) Both detail how to install Thunderbird 3.
    – Cry Havok
    Mar 24, 2010 at 12:08
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You could also try the steps from this site:

  1. Add the Mozilla PPA in your source list using:

    $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa
    
  2. Update source list using:

    $ sudo apt-get update
    
  3. Install Thunderbird 3 using:

    $ sudo apt-get install thunderbird-3.0
    
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I installed T-Bird 3 myself and I run it like this:

/opt/product/thunderbird/thunderbird

where /opt/product/thunderbird is the directory I installed to. That works fine for me with no terminal window. However, if I were to do this again I would instead install using the Ubuntuzilla project @ Source Forge. I used this to get Firefox 3.6 with no problems. The only downside is that I can't upgrade FireFox from within FireFox; I have to use the Update Manager to do it (though I do get notified from within FireFox).

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