How can we install Thunderbird Beta versions on Ubuntu linux?

If you don't know how to install it, may be you'd be better off using the release version? https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/installing-thunderbird-linux

christ1 said

If you don't know how to install it, may be you'd be better off using the release version? https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/installing-thunderbird-linux

Ive been using the release version for 10+ years on linux. I can download unzip and run it that way but was looking for some install instructions or maybe a PPA for the beta version or a snap package perhaps.

Using MX-Linux here, which like Ubuntu is a Debian derivative. I download *.bz2 files from here:

https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/thunderbird/releases/

https://www.mozilla.org/thunderbird/beta/all/

Just extract it in a separate folder from the Release and use the ProfileManager for a separate Profile. The folder will need read/write permissions for the user to do updates. A easy way is you have it in Home.

Wayne, thanks for taking the time to answer! I had looked all over for this and for some reason could not find a PPA link. I really appreciate it!

also "thunderbird ubuntu beta" fwiw