How To Install thunderbird on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install thunderbird on Rocky Linux 8. thunderbird is Mozilla Thunderbird mail/newsgroup client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install thunderbird on Rocky Linux 8.

What is thunderbird

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

We can use yum or dnf to install thunderbird on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install thunderbird.

Install thunderbird on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install thunderbird using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install thunderbird

Install thunderbird on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install thunderbird using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install thunderbird

How To Uninstall thunderbird on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the thunderbird package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove thunderbird

thunderbird Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/thunderbird
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/04
/usr/lib/.build-id/04/7c001f87ec314d80dc793c9d0dd088afbf6093
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c/d53bc954a7aa419817395a94c07d2625ab5281
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e/c4fbac80588fefbac3f7e5885e056f44478173
/usr/lib/.build-id/11
/usr/lib/.build-id/11/0495988e4b39e98fe5bc3db4077c0915a8f941
/usr/lib/.build-id/19
/usr/lib/.build-id/19/a3a705fb89062b57afbea377418ac390c10a69
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/usr/lib/.build-id/39/50a98aea2a5458e554a2039bf8fafe38d6c45c.1
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e/340263330239133a362eb60ff688e128876b76
/usr/lib/.build-id/65
/usr/lib/.build-id/65/77b54034475625837c2816f9242d714f3cc2c2
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad/31b0eac7b74d778e76cbbfb621246eb6ac01d0
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce/d978ce1f528f4f9c7433dab8b30060ad2ee4d9
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1/b0f539c1a019ec99f1042f66117d505041939a
/usr/lib64/mozilla/extensions/{3550f703-e582-4d05-9a08-453d09bdfdc6}
/usr/lib64/thunderbird
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/LICENSE
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/application.ini
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/chrome
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/chrome/icons
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/chrome/icons/default
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/chrome/icons/default/calendar-alarm-dialog.png
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/chrome/icons/default/calendar-event-dialog.png
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/chrome/icons/default/calendar-event-summary-dialog.png
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/chrome/icons/default/calendar-task-dialog.png
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/chrome/icons/default/calendar-task-summary-dialog.png
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/chrome/icons/default/default128.png
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/chrome/icons/default/default16.png
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/chrome/icons/default/default22.png
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/chrome/icons/default/default24.png
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/chrome/icons/default/default256.png
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/chrome/icons/default/default32.png
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/chrome/icons/default/default48.png
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/chrome/icons/default/default64.png
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/components
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/components/compreg.dat
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/components/xpti.dat
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/defaults
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/defaults/messenger
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/defaults/messenger/mailViews.dat
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/defaults/pref
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/defaults/pref/all-redhat.js
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/defaults/pref/channel-prefs.js
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/dependentlibs.list
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/dictionaries
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/distribution
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/distribution/extensions/[email protected]
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/distribution/extensions/[email protected]
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/distribution/extensions/[email protected]
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/distribution/extensions/[email protected]
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/usr/lib64/thunderbird/distribution/extensions/[email protected]
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/distribution/extensions/[email protected]
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/features/[email protected]
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/fonts/TwemojiMozilla.ttf
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/greprefs
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/greprefs/all-redhat.js
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/gtk2/libmozgtk.so
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/isp
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/isp/Bogofilter.sfd
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/isp/DSPAM.sfd
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/isp/POPFile.sfd
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/isp/SpamAssassin.sfd
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/isp/SpamPal.sfd
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/libldap60.so
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/libldif60.so
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/liblgpllibs.so
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/libmozgtk.so
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/libmozsandbox.so
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/libmozsqlite3.so
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/libmozwayland.so
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/libprldap60.so
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/libxul.so
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/omni.ja
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/pingsender
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/platform.ini
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/plugin-container
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/thunderbird
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/thunderbird-bin
/usr/share/appdata/mozilla-thunderbird.appdata.xml
/usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/thunderbird.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/thunderbird.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/thunderbird.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/thunderbird.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/thunderbird.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/thunderbird.png
/usr/share/mozilla/extensions/{3550f703-e582-4d05-9a08-453d09bdfdc6}
/usr/bin/thunderbird
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/14
/usr/lib/.build-id/14/d7833cb3c9b19590cd38c6edb55056236a925a
/usr/lib/.build-id/14/d7833cb3c9b19590cd38c6edb55056236a925a.1
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/usr/lib/.build-id/62/a2c46717cf5bc92a19e6a767c77dc9762ba7ed
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/usr/lib/.build-id/df
/usr/lib/.build-id/df/42093ab4ac14a9da2c2a8fc25a138e8b1df84a
/usr/lib64/mozilla/extensions/{3550f703-e582-4d05-9a08-453d09bdfdc6}
/usr/lib64/thunderbird
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/LICENSE
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/application.ini
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/chrome
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/chrome/icons
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/chrome/icons/default
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/chrome/icons/default/calendar-alarm-dialog.png
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/chrome/icons/default/calendar-event-dialog.png
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/chrome/icons/default/calendar-event-summary-dialog.png
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/chrome/icons/default/calendar-task-dialog.png
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/chrome/icons/default/calendar-task-summary-dialog.png
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/chrome/icons/default/default128.png
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/chrome/icons/default/default16.png
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/chrome/icons/default/default22.png
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/chrome/icons/default/default24.png
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/chrome/icons/default/default256.png
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/chrome/icons/default/default32.png
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/chrome/icons/default/default48.png
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/chrome/icons/default/default64.png
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/components
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/components/compreg.dat
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/components/xpti.dat
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/defaults
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/defaults/messenger
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/defaults/messenger/mailViews.dat
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/defaults/pref
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/defaults/pref/all-redhat.js
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/defaults/pref/channel-prefs.js
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/dependentlibs.list
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/dictionaries
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/distribution
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/distribution/extensions/[email protected]
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/distribution/extensions/[email protected]
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/distribution/extensions/[email protected]
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References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install thunderbird on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.