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Introduction

Love Thunderbird, but also need to manage your schedule? Do it from within the popular email client. Lightning extension to Thunderbird enables a fully featured Calendar Application which also allows sending or receiving meeting invitations via email. Lightning also supports Web-based calendars, such as Google Calendar.

Requirements

Thunderbird 3.0.X is supported by Ubuntu team and is available in repositories for Ubuntu Lucid 10.04.

Thunderbird 3.1.X will be supported by Ubuntu team and is available in repositories for Ubuntu Maverick 10.10.

Thunderbird 2.0.X is supported by Ubuntu Karmic 9.10 until 10.10 release (October 2010).

Version

Lightning 0.9

Lightning 1.0b1

Lightning 1.0b2

Thunderbird 2.0.X

Compatible

Not compatible

Not compatible

Thunderbird 3.0.X

Not compatible

Compatible

Not compatible

Thunderbird 3.1.X

Not compatible

Not compatible

Compatible

Summary of the availability is listed below. Read below for detailed instructions.

Version

32-bit

64-bit

Thunderbird 2.0.X

Ubuntu Repositories

Ubuntu Repositories

Thunderbird 3.0.X

Mozilla Add-ons Website

Mozilla Contrib

Thunderbird 3.1.X

Mozilla Add-ons Website

Mozilla Contrib

Before proceeding with the installation, please ensure you've reviewed the Lightning Linux System Requirements.

Lightning for Thunderbird 3.0

Thunderbird 3.0 requires Lightning version 1.0b1. Thunderbird version 3.0.5 or greater is recommended.

Lightning extension is architecture-specific. Only 32-bit version is available from Mozilla Add-ons site. That is, if you are running 64-bit Thunderbird, you must run 64-bit Lightning.

If you are running 32-bit version of Ubuntu, download 32-bit version of the extension.

If you are running 64-bit version of Ubuntu,

Do not try to install both 32-bit and 64-bit Lightning. Select one of two versions below that matches your Thunderbird application.

OR

Lightning for Thunderbird 3.1

Thunderbird 3.1 requires Lightning version 1.0b2. Thunderbird version 3.1.2 or greater is recommended.

Lightning extension is architecture-specific. Only 32-bit version is available from Mozilla Add-ons site. That is, if you are running 64-bit Thunderbird, you must run 64-bit Lightning.

If you are running 32-bit version of Ubuntu, download 32-bit version of the extension.

If you are running 64-bit version of Ubuntu,

Do not try to install both 32-bit and 64-bit Lightning. Select one of two versions below that matches your Thunderbird application.

OR

Lightning for Thunderbird 2.0

Lightning 0.9 is the current version available for Thunderbird 2.0.X.

Installation of Lightning 0.9 for Karmic Koala 9.10

Lightning extension is now provided by Ubuntu universe repositories. Install package by clicking here: lightning-extension

In order to enable Google Calendar integration, add calendar-google-provider extension.

That will install version 0.9 of Lightning.

Installation of Lightning 0.9 for Hardy Heron 8.04 when lightning-extension is not provided

This information is relevant to those who want to use the latest version of Lightning. Current version is 0.9 (November 2009).

Selecting Architecture for Lightning Extension

Lightning extension is architecture-specific. That is, if you are running 64-bit Thunderbird, you must run 64-bit Lightning.

If you are running 32-bit version of Ubuntu, download 32-bit version of the extension.

If you are running 64-bit version of Ubuntu,

Do not try to install both 32-bit and 64-bit Lightning. Select one of two versions below that matches your Thunderbird application.

Downloading and Installing 32-bit Lightning

  1. Point your browser to http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/calendar/lightning/releases/0.9/

  2. Right-click the link named lightning-0.9.linux-i686.xpi and choose "Save Link As..." to download and save the file to your hard disk.

  3. In Mozilla Thunderbird, open Add-ons from the Tools menu.
  4. Click the Install button, and locate/select the file you downloaded and click "OK".
  5. Restart Thunderbird.

Downloading and Installing 64-bit Lightning

  1. Point your browser to http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/calendar/lightning/releases/0.9/contrib/linux-x86_64/

  2. Right-click the link named lightning-0.9-linux-x86_64.xpi and choose "Save Link As..." to download and save the file to your hard disk.

  3. In Mozilla Thunderbird, open Add-ons from the Tools menu.
  4. Click the Install button, and locate/select the file you downloaded and click "OK".
  5. Restart Thunderbird.

Troubleshooting

Still having problems?

Post your questions in : the Ubuntu Forums and we will try to help you.

Further Reading


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