Having trouble installing Thunderbird on Ubuntu.

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I downloaded Thunderbird and I can't figure out how to install it. There isn't an installer - in fact, there don't seem to be any executables in the package at all.

The file I got is called "thunderbird-2.0.0.9.tar.gz". If this is the wrong file, tell me. I'll feel stupid, but that's better than having no email :D.

Needless to say, I'm pretty new to Linux. I've been using Ubuntu 7.10 for about three and a half hours now.
 
That is a compressed file sort of like a zip file. You'll have to use a utility to uncompress it to get to the files inside. I don't have direct experience with this type of file but there are free utility programs you can use.
 
It would be much easier to go in the Synaptic package manager application, do a search for Thunderbird & let it download/install by itself (it'll just ask for a password before it starts downloading).
 
Indeed. You should always use your OSs native package management features instead of generic tarballs, sources or installers.
 

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