Information about the package, thunderbird, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The thunderbird package is designed for, Mozilla Thunderbird mail/newsgroup client.
Package Name:
thunderbird
Summary:
Mozilla Thunderbird mail/newsgroup client
Description:
Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
52.7.0
Release:
1.el6.centos
Size:
72 M
Repository:
updates
From Repository:
Licence:
MPLv1.1 or GPLv2+ or LGPLv2+
Control the thunderbird package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install thunderbird
This command will install thunderbird on the server.
yum remove thunderbird
This command will un-install thunderbird on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove thunderbird, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove thunderbird
This command will un-install thunderbird on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove thunderbird when using the -y flag.
yum update thunderbird
This command will update thunderbird to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove thunderbird, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update thunderbird
This command will update thunderbird to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove thunderbird when using the -y flag.
yum info thunderbird
This command will show you core information about the thunderbird package.
yum deplist thunderbird
This command will show you the dependencies for thunderbird. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update thunderbird
This command will check if there is an update waiting on thunderbird. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.