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Having issues installing Thunderbird...using Debian
I need help compiling Thunderbird in Debian. I'm wanting the most up to date Thunderbird and they way to do that is though compiling it...however, once I get done compiling it and issue the command "sudo make install" I get this error:
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/josh/Downloads/comm-central/mail/installer'
Makefile:98: *** you need an "--enable-static" build to package a build. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/josh/Downloads/comm-central/mail/installer'
make: *** [install] Error 2
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/josh/Downloads/comm-central/mail/installer'
Makefile:98: *** you need an "--enable-static" build to package a build. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/josh/Downloads/comm-central/mail/installer'
make: *** [install] Error 2
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Inappropriate?The error is exactly what it says it is. You should provide the --enable-static option in your mozconfig file and do a full clean rebuild.
This will build Thunderbird in a static library configuration that is the only configuration we support in distributed builds.
Note that we don't commonly use make install. make package and extracting the resultant archive into an empty directory may serve you better.
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Inappropriate?Thanks, that did help...I got it installed.
I just have one problem...now when I try to start Thunderbird, nothing happens...so I tried it in there terminal in case there was an error...nothing happens...
"josh@LivingRoom:~/Downloads/comm-central$ '/usr/local/bin/thunderbird'
josh@LivingRoom:~/Downloads/comm-central$"
It just goes right back to the command line...
I’m confused
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