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How To Install Mozilla Sunbird 0.7 on Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon

October 26th, 2007 · Posted by Toor · 6 Comments

Mozilla Sunbird is a standalone calendar application for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. With Sunbird, you can manage your schedule easily, and store it where you want to. Sunbird 0.7 was released yesterday. The new release includes a redesigned event/task dialog, new event summary dialog, and other new features and changes. You can read release notes for more information.

To install Sunbird 0.7 on Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon, you can execute the following steps:

  1. Download Sunbird 0.7 from here.
  2. Run these commands in your terminal:

    sudo tar zxvf sunbird-0.7.en-US.linux-i686.tar.gz -C /opt/
    sudo chown -R root:root /opt/sunbird/
    sudo chmod -R 755 /opt/sunbird/
  3. Create GNOME menu item:
    sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/sunbird.desktop

    Then add:

    [Desktop Entry]
    Encoding=UTF-8
    Name=Sunbird
    Comment=Calendar application
    Exec=/opt/sunbird/sunbird
    Icon=/opt/sunbird/icons/mozicon128.png
    Terminal=false
    Type=Application
    Categories=Application;Network;
    StartupNotify=true

Now you can launch Sunbird by clicking Applications → Internet → Sunbird.

Sunbird

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6 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Jim M // Nov 2, 2007 at 3:01 pm

    Hi,
    Thanks for the straight forward procedure for installing SB on Gutsy, however after doing the above, SB will not execute (just sits there after HD light flashed momentarily). I’ve been able to install and use several versions before with no problems (0.5 and 0.7pre). There doesn’t appear to be a “profile.ini” anywhere. Is this a problem? Thanks for any help or suggestions.

  • 2 Sherri // Dec 30, 2007 at 7:08 am

    Well, hello, I cant even run these commands at all, I am getting all sorts of errors and I need a calender badly, its crucial.

    Thanks
    Sherri

  • 3 gewissen // Jan 29, 2008 at 7:39 pm

    Actually, at least for Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy, Sunbird is available in the packages. Check Add/Remove (from the menu) or Synaptic - look for package sunbird.
    Much easier, and it adds itself.
    Or, I guess you can do
    sudo apt-get install sunbird

  • 4 Ulrich // Feb 28, 2008 at 10:10 am

    @gewissen:
    Yes you could do taht, but then you would still be stuck with version 0.5….

  • 5 Tyler // Mar 30, 2008 at 9:09 pm

    Sits and attempts to run for me too, nothing actually gets accomplished. Maybe I’ll restart

  • 6 fab // Apr 1, 2008 at 8:06 am

    Have a look at this forum:
    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=597441
    Someone got it running after executing:
    sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
    I didn’t follow the procedure myself, but I hope it helps.

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