{"id":36,"date":"2006-08-17T13:09:28","date_gmt":"2006-08-17T20:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/2006\/08\/17\/ubuntu-install-sunbird\/"},"modified":"2009-03-17T07:45:22","modified_gmt":"2009-03-17T14:45:22","slug":"ubuntu-install-sunbird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/ubuntu-install-sunbird\/","title":{"rendered":"Ubuntu – install Sunbird"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve recently migrated a few of my workstations to Ubuntu Linux<\/a>, and so far I’m satisfied and excited with the useability of this operating system.<\/p>\n

One thing I had major trouble with on Fedora was installing Sunbird<\/a>. probably my naivety but nonetheless the process was a breeze (no pun intended, for those in the know) on Ubuntu. I followed these command lines I found on another site:<\/p>\n

Download and Install<\/em><\/p>\n

From your terminal:<\/em><\/p>\n

cd \/opt<\/p>\n

Changes us into the \/opt directory<\/em><\/p>\n

sudo wget -c ftp:\/\/ftp.mozilla.org\/pub\/mozilla.org\/calendar\/sunbird\/releases\/0.3a2\/sunbird-0.3a2.en-US.linux-i686.tar.bz2<\/p>\n

downloads Sunbird to your \/opt folder<\/em><\/p>\n

sudo tar -xvf sunbird-0.3a2.en-US.linux-i686.tar.bz2<\/p>\n

this extracts Sunbird into a new Sunbird folder in the \/opt directory<\/em><\/p>\n

sudo chown -R root:root \/opt\/sunbird\/<\/p>\n

this changes the sunbird folder owner to root<\/em><\/p>\n

sudo gedit \/usr\/bin\/sunbird.sh<\/p>\n

Now we’re placing a file in \/usr\/bin\/ that tells the OS how to start sunbird
\nPlace the following text into the new document<\/em><\/p>\n

cd \/opt\/sunbird\/
\n.\/sunbird<\/p>\n

Save and close the new document<\/em><\/p>\n

sudo chmod +x \/usr\/bin\/sunbird.sh<\/p>\n

this changes our sunbird.sh file to an executable<\/em><\/p>\n

sudo gedit \/usr\/share\/applications\/sunbird.desktop<\/p>\n

Now we’re creating the icon in your Applicaitons menu
\nPlace the following text in the new file<\/em><\/p>\n

[Desktop Entry]
\nName=Sunbird
\nComment=Calendar Application
\nExec=sunbird.sh
\nIcon=\/opt\/sunbird\/chrome\/icons\/default\/default.xpm
\nTerminal=false
\nType=Application
\nCategories=Application;Office;
\n
\nSave and close the new document<\/em><\/p>\n

killall gnome-panel<\/p>\n

this restarts the gnome panels Go to Applications > Office > Sunbird<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m posting this to help others searching for this topic, as well as to remind myself in case I need to do it again!<\/p>\n

Related websites:
\noriginal post “Sunbird Installation on Ubuntu Breezy”<\/a><\/p>\n

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