How do you install thunderbird in Linux using apt-get command?
Here is a tutorial to learn how to install thunderbird using apt-get command.
Step 1: Open terminal with su access and enter the command as shown below:
apt-get install thunderbird -y
Step 2: After completion, the install command exits and instructs the user to restart the running instances of thunderbird if it is running already.
Result of the Command Execution shown below:
root@hiox:~ apt-get install thunderbird -y
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
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Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
Suggested packages:
thunderbird gnome support latex xft fonts
The following NEW packages will be installed:
thunderbird
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