Launching Thunderbird after the installation is not a big task, just like any other application, go to the Application launcher and there search for it. Search and Install Mozilla Mail clientĬlick on the Search icon, their type- Thunderbird, as its icon appears, click on the Install button.

Alternatively, you can search for it as well. And from the Dock, click on the Software App icon. Open Gnome SoftwareĬlick on the Activities link given on the left top side of the default Gnome interface of Debian 11 Linux. Once the installation is completed, reboot your system. Use Snap to install ThunderbirdĪfter installing the Snap, we can use it further to get Mozilla’s open-source mail client on our Debian 11 system. sudo apt install snapd sudo snap install core 8. It is a universal package manager that installs the application in an isolated space, hence can work on almost all operating systems. Unlike Ubuntu systems, Snap is not available on Debian Linux out of the box. Save the file by pressing Ctrl+O and then exit it Ctrl+X.Īlso, create an Application launcher shortcut for the same: sudo cp ~/Desktop/sktop /usr/share/applications/ Icon=/opt/thunderbird/chrome/icons/default128.png nano ~/Desktop/sktopĬopy-Paste the following code in the file: Now, manually create the Thunderbird Desktop and Application launcher shortcuts. Move to /opt directory: sudo mv thunderbird /opt 6. Now, extract the file: tar -xvf thunderbird-*.tar.bz2 Once you have downloaded the Thunderbird on your system, open the terminal, extract and move the file to some safe place.įirst switch to the Downloads directory: cd Downloads The version available through the default repository of Debian 11 is not the latest one, hence to get the most recent stable version of Thunderbird, visit its official website (link) and click on the Free Download button. #2nd way: Using the Tarball file for the latest version 4. However, the version available through it would not be the latest one. Just use the APT package manager to install it. Packages to install Thunderbird are by default available through the Debian 11 official repository, hence we don’t have to add any third-party repo. Next, start with executing a system update and upgrade command this will install all the latest available updates on your Debian 11. To open it, go to Application launcher and search for – Terminal. The best way to install applications on Linux is using the command line, for that run the Terminal app on your Debian 11. There are multiple ways to install Thunderbird on Debian Linux 11, here we will discuss the best possible ones… FAQ Steps to install Thunderbird on Debian 11 Linux

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