User:Glda19

HowTo repackage Lightning for Linux and Windows

The purpose of this document is to provide a short tutorial on how to repackage Lightning so that it ships all binaries parts for Linux and Windows and can be installed in a shared profile.

Basically you'll need to:
* download lightning-0.9-tb-linux.xpi and lightning-0.9-tb-win.xpi (these files only work for Thunderbird 2)

For Thunderbird 3.0 you'll need Lightning 1.0b1 and for Thunderbird 3.1 it works with Lightning 1.0b2!

• rename both .xpi files to .zip and extract them to the same folder
  * create new subfolder ./platform/Linux_x86-gcc3/components
  * create new subfolder ./platform/WINNT_x86-msvc/components
  * move all *.so files from ./components to ./platform/Linux_x86-gcc3/components
  * move all *.dll files from ./components to ./platform/WINNT_x86-msvc/components
  * The final folder structure should look like
  lightning.xpi
  + chrome
  + components
  + defaults
  + js
  + platform
  + Linux_x86-gcc3
  + components
  + WINNT_x86-msvc
  + components
  + chrome.manifest
  + install.rdf

• open file ./install.rdf with text editor and search for em:targetPlatform
  * change the line to
  <em:targetPlatform>WINNT_x86-msvc</em:targetPlatform>
  <em:targetPlatform>Linux_x86-gcc3</em:targetPlatform>
  * package all files in a new zip archive and rename it from .zip to .xpi
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