Cross-platform calendar Using Sunbird in Ubuntu
Posted by Admin on October 16th, 2006
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Install Sunbird in Ubuntu Dapper Drake
Download Latest version of Sunbird from here to your /opt directory
Once you download the sunbird you need to extract using the following command
sudo tar -jxvf sunbird-0.3rc1.en-US.linux-i686.tar.bz2
Now you have sunbird directory in your /opt
Now you need to setup the folder owner using the following command
sudo chown -R root:root /opt/sunbird/
Change the permissions using the following command
sudo chmod -R 755 /opt/sunbird/
Create a link for the program
sudo ln -s /opt/sunbird/sunbird /usr/bin/sunbird
Now you need to craete a application menu for this you need to create a file
sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/sunbird.desktop
add the following lines and save the file
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Sunbird
Comment=Calendar Application
Exec=sunbird
Icon=/opt/sunbird/chrome/icons/default/default.xpm
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Application;Office;
Now you can refresh gnome desktop using the following command
sudo killall gnome-panel
This will complete the installation and application menu creation.
Now if you want to access sunbird you need to go to Applications—>Office—>Sunbird you can see this in the following screen
This will open a windows like below with Dayview Calender
Now we will see some Screenshots for Sunbird calender
Week View Calender
Multi Week View Calender
Moth View Calender
New Task Window
New Event Window
Mozilla Sunbird Details
Sunbird add-ons window
November 25th, 2008 at 12:13 am
I’ve been trying to install sunbird via tar for a few days with no luck. Following the instructions here gave me success. Great set of instructions.
Thanks,
Burt