Lightning 1.0b1-tb+sm-linux - no worky for x86_64 gcc3

[Shane Gibson]

All - I have a 64bit OpenSuSE 11.2 desktop. I tried installing:

lightning-1.0b1-tb+sm-linux.xpi

With Thunderbird 3.0.1. I get the following message:

"Lightning" could not be installed because it is not compatible with your
Thunderbird build type (Linux_x86_64-gcc3). Please contact the author of
this item about the problem."

Any idea if 64bit linux builds will be supported with the Lightning
extension? I poked around a bit on the Lightning site, news postings, and
the Mozilla extensions site, but couldn't find anything about this.

Thanks a ton in advance for any input.

~~Shane

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his facade, is faking sanity." -- John Astin

[Simon Paquet]

Shane Gibson wrote on 21. Jan 2010:

> With Thunderbird 3.0.1. I get the following message:
>
> "Lightning" could not be installed because it is not compatible
> with your Thunderbird build type (Linux_x86_64-gcc3). Please
> contact the author of this item about the problem."
>
> Any idea if 64bit linux builds will be supported with the Lightning
> extension? I poked around a bit on the Lightning site, news postings,
> and the Mozilla extensions site, but couldn't find anything about
> this.

Try this:
http://mozilla.osuosl.org/pub/mozilla.org/calendar/lightning/releases/1.0b1/contrib/linux-x86_64/

If it doesn't work, though, you'll have to wait for builds from your
distribution vendor (SUSE).

Cya
Simon

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[John Thompson]

On 2010-01-21, Simon Paquet <web...@babylonsounds.com> wrote:

> Shane Gibson wrote on 21. Jan 2010:
>
>> With Thunderbird 3.0.1. I get the following message:
>>
>> "Lightning" could not be installed because it is not compatible
>> with your Thunderbird build type (Linux_x86_64-gcc3). Please
>> contact the author of this item about the problem."
>>
>> Any idea if 64bit linux builds will be supported with the Lightning
>> extension? I poked around a bit on the Lightning site, news postings,
>> and the Mozilla extensions site, but couldn't find anything about
>> this.

> Try this:
> http://mozilla.osuosl.org/pub/mozilla.org/calendar/lightning/releases/1.0b1/contrib/linux-x86_64/
>
> If it doesn't work, though, you'll have to wait for builds from your
> distribution vendor (SUSE).

Or build it yourself from source. I use the spec file from the Fedora
src.rpm on koji.fedoraproject.org and just tweak the version number to
use the latest source code from Mozilla.

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-John (jo...@os2.dhs.org)

[Shane Gibson]

Simon Paquet wrote:
>> Try this:
>>
http://mozilla.osuosl.org/pub/mozilla.org/calendar/lightning/releases/1.0b1/contrib/linux-
x86_64/

Thanks Simon - this seems to be working.

John Thompson wrote:
> Or build it yourself from source.

John - I hear ya - but I always like to install from mainstream if possible,
it makes updating a lot easier. Color me lazy ...

Thanks guys - appreciate the help.