thunderbird-beta on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "thunderbird-beta" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install thunderbird-beta on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                thunderbird-beta
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall thunderbird-beta on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                thunderbird-beta
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "thunderbird-beta" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone thunderbird-beta's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/thunderbird-beta.git 
            
                        
                ~/thunderbird-beta
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/thunderbird-beta folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/thunderbird-beta
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the thunderbird-beta package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1408989
Name: thunderbird-beta
PackageBaseID: 37073
PackageBase: thunderbird-beta
Version: 123.0b5-1
Description: Beta version of standalone mail and news reader from mozilla.org
URL:
NumVotes: 17
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: yurikoles
Submitter: Det
FirstSubmitted: 1273301712
LastModified: 1707902283
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/thunderbird-beta.tar.gz