Installing Sunbird
Firstly, you must get hold of the latest release of Sunbird, by following the link below and selecting the corresponding operating system that you are currently using, if the English (United States) build is required.
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/
For Windows users: ...
For Linux users (correct for Ubuntu and variants):
Open a terminal window and type the following lines -
sudo bash
cp /home/username/sunbird-0.7.en-US.linux-i686.tar.gz /usr/lib
cd /usr/lib
This changes us into the /usr/lib directory
tar -xvf sunbird-0.7.en-US.linux-i686.tar.gz
This extract the Sunbird files into a new folder in the /usr/lib directory
chown -R root:root /usr/lib/sunbird/
This changes the sunbird folder owner to root
gedit /usr/bin/sunbird.sh
Now we're placing a file in /usr/bin/ that tells the OS how to start sunbird
Place the following text into the new document -
cd /usr/lib/sunbird/
./sunbird
Save and close the new document
chmod +x /usr/bin/sunbird.sh
this changes our sunbird.sh file to an executable
gedit /usr/share/applications/sunbird.desktop
Now we're creating the icon in your Applications menu
Place the following text in the new file
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Sunbird
Comment=Calendar Application
Exec=sunbird.sh
Icon=/usr/lib/sunbird/chrome/icons/default/default.xpm
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Application;Office;
Save and close the new document
killall gnome-panel
This restarts the gnome panels
Now you can find Sunbird in the main menu. Go to Applications > Office > Sunbird. Launch it and agree to the licence agreement
For Mac users:
- Double-click the downloaded .dmg file to mount it.
- Accept the license agreement.
- Drag the Sunbird application to the Applications folder on your system.
- Double-click the Sunbird application to start up Sunbird.
For localized builds: ...