Calendar:Installing Sunbird

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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):

First, try getting a supported version via your distribution's program/package management system. This will be very quick and easy, but the version delivered may be slightly behind the release curve. If you need the latest version, download the .tar.gz file from the Sunbird page to your desktop, and go though the following -

Open a terminal window and type the following lines -
sudo bash
cp /home/username/Desktop/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 accept the licence agreement

For Mac users:

1. Double-click the downloaded .dmg file to mount it.
2. Accept the license agreement.
3. Drag the Sunbird application to the Applications folder on your system.
4. Double-click the Sunbird application to start up Sunbird.

For localized builds: ...