Sure, I understand what you say, and have generally heeded that advice in the past - and got into trouble if I have not. This box only has one user, it has been running Thunderbird in this manner successfully for a very long time. Thanks for your replies though, I do appreciate it.
Adept Package Manager stopped working at some stage earlier in the year and I have only had apt-get for updates and installs (which is fine because I actually prefer the command line). Maybe the 2 breaks are related in some way. Also may be that my run of good luck on this install has come to an end . . . Roger > Really difficult to help someone who has gone outside their packaging > system and who has installed a local version of a package just for one > user. > > > > On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 9:26 PM, Roger Searle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Prior to today, thunderbird was running from files extracted from a > tar.gz > > downloaded from mozilla.com into ~/.mozilla-thunderbird, which is also > where my > > mail profile/folder is. apt-get removed those files (not the mail > folders) and > > set up to run as below. First attempt to get it going this morning was > by > > re-extracting from the tar.gz into ~/.mozilla-thunderbird. It will > run, but > > throws the error "failed to connect to server". That was v2.0.0.4. So > I got > > the latest v2.0.0.17 this evening, extracted into > ~/mozilla-thunderbird. Files > > owned by root, so (getting desperate and considering a re-install): > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo chown -R roger:roger > /home/roger/.mozilla-thunderbird/ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo chmod -R 774 /home/roger/.mozilla-thunderbird/ > > > > Still, "failed to connect to server"... > > Roger > > > > > > > >> there doesn't seem to be a thunderbird binary. > >> > >> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 7:13 PM, Roger Searle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> wrote: > >> > Quoting Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> > > >> >> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 6:25 AM, Roger Searle > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> >> wrote: > >> >> > Hi, this morning "sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade" > >> offered > >> >> a > >> >> > thunderbird update among other things. Consequently thunderbird > >> failed > >> >> to load, > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> what is the output of > >> >> > >> >> dpkg -L thunderbird > >> >> > >> >> ? > >> > > >> > warning: LONG output > >> > > >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -L thunderbird > >> > /. > >> > > > > >
