Calendar:Installing Sunbird: Difference between revisions

Calendar:Installing Sunbird (view source)

Revision as of 10:19, 27 July 2008

1,155 bytes added , 27 July 2008

no edit summary

Pluk77

132

edits

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 <small>[[Calendar:User_Documentation|<< Back to Calendar User Documentation]]</small>
-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.
+==Requirements==
+===Lightning===
+Lightning runs as an extension for Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.x
+===Sunbird===
+....
+==Download==
+You can download either the Latest Stable Release or the Latest Nightly Build. The latest nightly build has more features than the latest stable release but might have severe bugs that can cause data loss or crash your application.
-http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/
+Don't use the nightly builds with production data as data loss and other scary things can occur. If you do not want to risk any data loss use the latest stable release.
+[http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/lightning/download.html Latest Stable Lightning Release & Nightly Builds]
-'''For Windows users:''' ...
+[http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/download.html Latest Stable Sunbird Release & Nightly Builds]
+==Installation==
+ '''IMPORTANT:''' If you have been using the old Calendar Extension, be sure
+ to backup the ICS file that it put in your profile directory, and uninstall
+ the Calendar Extension before installing Lightning. After you have installed
+ Lightning, you can then import your old events and tasks from the backed up
+ ICS file.
+===Lightning===
+# In Thunderbird, open the extension manager using the Tools -> Add-ons menu item.
+# Click the "Install" button. Locate and select the file you downloaded and click "OK"
+# Close and reopen Thunderbird to finish the install
+# Please read the Lightning release notes before you use this software.
+===Sunbird===
+'''For Windows users:'''
 '''For Linux users''' (correct for Ubuntu and variants):