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Which is the proper way to add Lightning calendar to Thunderbird (60+)?
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A recent update of Thunderbird in Ubuntu (version 60.2.1) broke the Lightning calendar installed as add-on. See here. Mozilla provides Lightning as bundled in the last versions, but Ubuntu (and Debian?) package do not, so now there is a mismatch between the Thunderbird version in the repositories and the add-on provided by Mozilla (5.4, only useful for Thunderbird 52).
One suggested option is to search and install beta releases provided by Mozilla, but it looks as a workaround (future automatic updates are compromised). Another is to delete the non-compatible Ligthning add-on and install a separate package (xul-ext-lightning
) via apt, but it is not localised (only available in English since at least 2010).
So, which is the proper "future-proof" way to install Lightning in Mozilla Thunderbird from now on (as intended by Ubuntu maintainers)?
- Remove the internal add-on (
.xpi
) and install (xul-ext-lightning
) [this package will be updated accordingly, together with Thunderbird and, eventually, localised] - Keep the Mozilla add-on until the mismatch with Thunderbird apt package is fixed
- Remove the add-on and wait until a future Thunderbird apt package provides it integrated (as Mozilla bundles it for other platforms)
apt thunderbird extension lightning
|
show 1 more comment
A recent update of Thunderbird in Ubuntu (version 60.2.1) broke the Lightning calendar installed as add-on. See here. Mozilla provides Lightning as bundled in the last versions, but Ubuntu (and Debian?) package do not, so now there is a mismatch between the Thunderbird version in the repositories and the add-on provided by Mozilla (5.4, only useful for Thunderbird 52).
One suggested option is to search and install beta releases provided by Mozilla, but it looks as a workaround (future automatic updates are compromised). Another is to delete the non-compatible Ligthning add-on and install a separate package (xul-ext-lightning
) via apt, but it is not localised (only available in English since at least 2010).
So, which is the proper "future-proof" way to install Lightning in Mozilla Thunderbird from now on (as intended by Ubuntu maintainers)?
- Remove the internal add-on (
.xpi
) and install (xul-ext-lightning
) [this package will be updated accordingly, together with Thunderbird and, eventually, localised] - Keep the Mozilla add-on until the mismatch with Thunderbird apt package is fixed
- Remove the add-on and wait until a future Thunderbird apt package provides it integrated (as Mozilla bundles it for other platforms)
apt thunderbird extension lightning
1
Option #1 is the fix.
– heynnema
Oct 18 '18 at 14:20
1
@heynnema, option #1 is the fix if you are ok with the calendar in English. Given thatxul-ext-lightning
has not been fixed for i18n in the last 10 years, i would not hold my breath.
– Rmano
Oct 18 '18 at 14:42
FairMiles, it's not at all "future-proof" (and risky versus possible critical bug-fixes) but another option is to stick with an old version until a fix is out.
– Rmano
Oct 18 '18 at 14:45
1
@Rmano but you have to downgrade Thunderbird to use the old Lightning add-on. Extra note... TB 60.x disables a lot of existing, working, add-ons... sigh.
– heynnema
Oct 18 '18 at 14:49
@heynnema yes it finally killed off my beloved FireTray. heavy sigh
– Organic Marble
Oct 18 '18 at 19:55
|
show 1 more comment
A recent update of Thunderbird in Ubuntu (version 60.2.1) broke the Lightning calendar installed as add-on. See here. Mozilla provides Lightning as bundled in the last versions, but Ubuntu (and Debian?) package do not, so now there is a mismatch between the Thunderbird version in the repositories and the add-on provided by Mozilla (5.4, only useful for Thunderbird 52).
One suggested option is to search and install beta releases provided by Mozilla, but it looks as a workaround (future automatic updates are compromised). Another is to delete the non-compatible Ligthning add-on and install a separate package (xul-ext-lightning
) via apt, but it is not localised (only available in English since at least 2010).
So, which is the proper "future-proof" way to install Lightning in Mozilla Thunderbird from now on (as intended by Ubuntu maintainers)?
- Remove the internal add-on (
.xpi
) and install (xul-ext-lightning
) [this package will be updated accordingly, together with Thunderbird and, eventually, localised] - Keep the Mozilla add-on until the mismatch with Thunderbird apt package is fixed
- Remove the add-on and wait until a future Thunderbird apt package provides it integrated (as Mozilla bundles it for other platforms)
apt thunderbird extension lightning
A recent update of Thunderbird in Ubuntu (version 60.2.1) broke the Lightning calendar installed as add-on. See here. Mozilla provides Lightning as bundled in the last versions, but Ubuntu (and Debian?) package do not, so now there is a mismatch between the Thunderbird version in the repositories and the add-on provided by Mozilla (5.4, only useful for Thunderbird 52).
One suggested option is to search and install beta releases provided by Mozilla, but it looks as a workaround (future automatic updates are compromised). Another is to delete the non-compatible Ligthning add-on and install a separate package (xul-ext-lightning
) via apt, but it is not localised (only available in English since at least 2010).
So, which is the proper "future-proof" way to install Lightning in Mozilla Thunderbird from now on (as intended by Ubuntu maintainers)?
- Remove the internal add-on (
.xpi
) and install (xul-ext-lightning
) [this package will be updated accordingly, together with Thunderbird and, eventually, localised] - Keep the Mozilla add-on until the mismatch with Thunderbird apt package is fixed
- Remove the add-on and wait until a future Thunderbird apt package provides it integrated (as Mozilla bundles it for other platforms)
apt thunderbird extension lightning
apt thunderbird extension lightning
edited Oct 26 '18 at 17:56
FairMiles
asked Oct 18 '18 at 13:32
FairMilesFairMiles
16513
16513
1
Option #1 is the fix.
– heynnema
Oct 18 '18 at 14:20
1
@heynnema, option #1 is the fix if you are ok with the calendar in English. Given thatxul-ext-lightning
has not been fixed for i18n in the last 10 years, i would not hold my breath.
– Rmano
Oct 18 '18 at 14:42
FairMiles, it's not at all "future-proof" (and risky versus possible critical bug-fixes) but another option is to stick with an old version until a fix is out.
– Rmano
Oct 18 '18 at 14:45
1
@Rmano but you have to downgrade Thunderbird to use the old Lightning add-on. Extra note... TB 60.x disables a lot of existing, working, add-ons... sigh.
– heynnema
Oct 18 '18 at 14:49
@heynnema yes it finally killed off my beloved FireTray. heavy sigh
– Organic Marble
Oct 18 '18 at 19:55
|
show 1 more comment
1
Option #1 is the fix.
– heynnema
Oct 18 '18 at 14:20
1
@heynnema, option #1 is the fix if you are ok with the calendar in English. Given thatxul-ext-lightning
has not been fixed for i18n in the last 10 years, i would not hold my breath.
– Rmano
Oct 18 '18 at 14:42
FairMiles, it's not at all "future-proof" (and risky versus possible critical bug-fixes) but another option is to stick with an old version until a fix is out.
– Rmano
Oct 18 '18 at 14:45
1
@Rmano but you have to downgrade Thunderbird to use the old Lightning add-on. Extra note... TB 60.x disables a lot of existing, working, add-ons... sigh.
– heynnema
Oct 18 '18 at 14:49
@heynnema yes it finally killed off my beloved FireTray. heavy sigh
– Organic Marble
Oct 18 '18 at 19:55
1
1
Option #1 is the fix.
– heynnema
Oct 18 '18 at 14:20
Option #1 is the fix.
– heynnema
Oct 18 '18 at 14:20
1
1
@heynnema, option #1 is the fix if you are ok with the calendar in English. Given that
xul-ext-lightning
has not been fixed for i18n in the last 10 years, i would not hold my breath.– Rmano
Oct 18 '18 at 14:42
@heynnema, option #1 is the fix if you are ok with the calendar in English. Given that
xul-ext-lightning
has not been fixed for i18n in the last 10 years, i would not hold my breath.– Rmano
Oct 18 '18 at 14:42
FairMiles, it's not at all "future-proof" (and risky versus possible critical bug-fixes) but another option is to stick with an old version until a fix is out.
– Rmano
Oct 18 '18 at 14:45
FairMiles, it's not at all "future-proof" (and risky versus possible critical bug-fixes) but another option is to stick with an old version until a fix is out.
– Rmano
Oct 18 '18 at 14:45
1
1
@Rmano but you have to downgrade Thunderbird to use the old Lightning add-on. Extra note... TB 60.x disables a lot of existing, working, add-ons... sigh.
– heynnema
Oct 18 '18 at 14:49
@Rmano but you have to downgrade Thunderbird to use the old Lightning add-on. Extra note... TB 60.x disables a lot of existing, working, add-ons... sigh.
– heynnema
Oct 18 '18 at 14:49
@heynnema yes it finally killed off my beloved FireTray. heavy sigh
– Organic Marble
Oct 18 '18 at 19:55
@heynnema yes it finally killed off my beloved FireTray. heavy sigh
– Organic Marble
Oct 18 '18 at 19:55
|
show 1 more comment
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Mozilla provides Lightning as bundled in the last versions, but Ubuntu (and Debian?) package do not [...]
yes, both do not, but they provide lightning via a seperate package (xul-ext-lightning
resp. lightning
) in their repositories.
debian also provides lang-packs (lightning-l10n-...
) for lightning and ubuntu does not. --> that's IMHO the main issue.
[...] so now there is a mismatch between the Thunderbird version in the repositories and the add-on provided by Mozilla [...]
there isn't really a "mismatch"... for whatever reason mozilla simply does not provide lightning as add-on anymore.
EDIT: have a look at the last section of this answer.
(5.4, only useful for Thunderbird ≤52)
to avoid further confusion: lightning 5.4 is only intended to work with thunderbird 52.0!
there is no "one and only right solution" because every workaround has it's pros & cons and depends on your preferences and skills... nonetheless i try to prioritize them:
- (if you are ok with lightning in english) the best is definitely to uninstall the lightning-addon and install lightning (
xul-ext-lightning
) via the repositories:
https://askubuntu.com/a/1084095/354350
EDIT: at the latest now jump to the last section of this answer.
- if you need a different language, probably extracting the
e2fda1a4-762b-4020-b5ad-a41df1933103.xpi
(=lightning-addon) from the official mozilla-releases (for every release) and installing into your profile via the addon-manager may be a reasonable workaround:
https://askubuntu.com/a/1084220/354350 - you can also use the archive provided by mozilla as a whole and update it on its own. - the packages (
thunderbird*
andxul-ext-lightning
) from the repository should be uninstalled in this case. - if you are not afraid of potential bugs and do frequent backups of your data, installing the lightning-betas may also work for you:
https://askubuntu.com/a/1084255/354350 - if you are a skilled tinkerer, you can perhaps use the debian-packages or parts of it (eventually with auto-update), but it is very likely you will end in dependency hell!
- if you are that skilled and seriously think about the last workaround, creating a PPA with lightnings lang-packs and providing them to all other users may be by far a better utilization of your time.
- staying with an old thunderbird <60 for ages and using an already outdated lightning 5.4 is a really bad idea and should definitely be avoided!
there may be 2 future-proof real solutions for all users, but i would not count on that we see even one of them soon:
- ubuntu should finally fix it's packages and include lang-packs into/for the lightning-package (
xul-ext-lightning
)! ...as debian does. mozilla could probably release lightning as add-on again and stop forcing users to fiddle around with separately downloaded betas and so on...
EDIT: since january 2019 (after nearly 2 years) mozilla resp. thunderbird (re)published lightning >=6.2 (for thunderbird >=60) as addon again!
Lightning works fine fromxul-ext-lightning
after uninstalling the plugin (I use Thunderbird in English) but it breaks regional formats for the whole Thunderbird (so not only Lightning becomes affected by the lack of lang-packs). For example, I prefer 24-h format and I cannot get it with Lightning installed: [Thunderbird / Edit / Preferences / Advanced / Date and Time Formatting] just ignores my setting of whole system regional format (which is "English(Australia)") and shows the am-pm format…
– FairMiles
Nov 16 '18 at 12:23
add a comment |
Fix for lightning & exchange calendar
Thunderbird did an automatic update this morning to version 60.2.1 and my calendar (this is provided by work MS office365 (exchange) disappeared. I had been living on legacy Lightning and EWS plugins which were now incompatible. So after some effort I am now back up and running - this is what I did:
1) start Thunderbird goto Tools -> Add-ons and remove the incompatible plugins (greyed out) then quit Thunderbird
2) added xul-ext-lighning from repositories using Synaptic
3) restarted Thunderbird open Calendar pane, under the drop-down menu on right of tool bar I found an option to unsubscribe to the now defunct 'Exchange' calendar (I am not sure this is necessary but this is what I did) and I think you could do this directly from the Events and Tasks tab
4) goto Tools -> Add-ons and download and install the TbSync plugin, restart Thunderbird
5) Under the Edit tab select the new entry 'Synchronization Settings (TbSync)'; bottom left click button 'Account actions' -> '+ New account'; fill in details user name, password and exchange server (I had to use 'custom' option as TbSync could not automatically discover the work 365 server address); after a couple of minutes everything synced and calendar and address book were all correctly re-established.
One question I have is I am not sure how to set TbSync to automatically resynchronise or even if this is a problem.
Addendum - Due to change in TbSync, you now need to also download the Exchange Active Sync (EAS) plugin as well
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Mozilla provides Lightning as bundled in the last versions, but Ubuntu (and Debian?) package do not [...]
yes, both do not, but they provide lightning via a seperate package (xul-ext-lightning
resp. lightning
) in their repositories.
debian also provides lang-packs (lightning-l10n-...
) for lightning and ubuntu does not. --> that's IMHO the main issue.
[...] so now there is a mismatch between the Thunderbird version in the repositories and the add-on provided by Mozilla [...]
there isn't really a "mismatch"... for whatever reason mozilla simply does not provide lightning as add-on anymore.
EDIT: have a look at the last section of this answer.
(5.4, only useful for Thunderbird ≤52)
to avoid further confusion: lightning 5.4 is only intended to work with thunderbird 52.0!
there is no "one and only right solution" because every workaround has it's pros & cons and depends on your preferences and skills... nonetheless i try to prioritize them:
- (if you are ok with lightning in english) the best is definitely to uninstall the lightning-addon and install lightning (
xul-ext-lightning
) via the repositories:
https://askubuntu.com/a/1084095/354350
EDIT: at the latest now jump to the last section of this answer.
- if you need a different language, probably extracting the
e2fda1a4-762b-4020-b5ad-a41df1933103.xpi
(=lightning-addon) from the official mozilla-releases (for every release) and installing into your profile via the addon-manager may be a reasonable workaround:
https://askubuntu.com/a/1084220/354350 - you can also use the archive provided by mozilla as a whole and update it on its own. - the packages (
thunderbird*
andxul-ext-lightning
) from the repository should be uninstalled in this case. - if you are not afraid of potential bugs and do frequent backups of your data, installing the lightning-betas may also work for you:
https://askubuntu.com/a/1084255/354350 - if you are a skilled tinkerer, you can perhaps use the debian-packages or parts of it (eventually with auto-update), but it is very likely you will end in dependency hell!
- if you are that skilled and seriously think about the last workaround, creating a PPA with lightnings lang-packs and providing them to all other users may be by far a better utilization of your time.
- staying with an old thunderbird <60 for ages and using an already outdated lightning 5.4 is a really bad idea and should definitely be avoided!
there may be 2 future-proof real solutions for all users, but i would not count on that we see even one of them soon:
- ubuntu should finally fix it's packages and include lang-packs into/for the lightning-package (
xul-ext-lightning
)! ...as debian does. mozilla could probably release lightning as add-on again and stop forcing users to fiddle around with separately downloaded betas and so on...
EDIT: since january 2019 (after nearly 2 years) mozilla resp. thunderbird (re)published lightning >=6.2 (for thunderbird >=60) as addon again!
Lightning works fine fromxul-ext-lightning
after uninstalling the plugin (I use Thunderbird in English) but it breaks regional formats for the whole Thunderbird (so not only Lightning becomes affected by the lack of lang-packs). For example, I prefer 24-h format and I cannot get it with Lightning installed: [Thunderbird / Edit / Preferences / Advanced / Date and Time Formatting] just ignores my setting of whole system regional format (which is "English(Australia)") and shows the am-pm format…
– FairMiles
Nov 16 '18 at 12:23
add a comment |
Mozilla provides Lightning as bundled in the last versions, but Ubuntu (and Debian?) package do not [...]
yes, both do not, but they provide lightning via a seperate package (xul-ext-lightning
resp. lightning
) in their repositories.
debian also provides lang-packs (lightning-l10n-...
) for lightning and ubuntu does not. --> that's IMHO the main issue.
[...] so now there is a mismatch between the Thunderbird version in the repositories and the add-on provided by Mozilla [...]
there isn't really a "mismatch"... for whatever reason mozilla simply does not provide lightning as add-on anymore.
EDIT: have a look at the last section of this answer.
(5.4, only useful for Thunderbird ≤52)
to avoid further confusion: lightning 5.4 is only intended to work with thunderbird 52.0!
there is no "one and only right solution" because every workaround has it's pros & cons and depends on your preferences and skills... nonetheless i try to prioritize them:
- (if you are ok with lightning in english) the best is definitely to uninstall the lightning-addon and install lightning (
xul-ext-lightning
) via the repositories:
https://askubuntu.com/a/1084095/354350
EDIT: at the latest now jump to the last section of this answer.
- if you need a different language, probably extracting the
e2fda1a4-762b-4020-b5ad-a41df1933103.xpi
(=lightning-addon) from the official mozilla-releases (for every release) and installing into your profile via the addon-manager may be a reasonable workaround:
https://askubuntu.com/a/1084220/354350 - you can also use the archive provided by mozilla as a whole and update it on its own. - the packages (
thunderbird*
andxul-ext-lightning
) from the repository should be uninstalled in this case. - if you are not afraid of potential bugs and do frequent backups of your data, installing the lightning-betas may also work for you:
https://askubuntu.com/a/1084255/354350 - if you are a skilled tinkerer, you can perhaps use the debian-packages or parts of it (eventually with auto-update), but it is very likely you will end in dependency hell!
- if you are that skilled and seriously think about the last workaround, creating a PPA with lightnings lang-packs and providing them to all other users may be by far a better utilization of your time.
- staying with an old thunderbird <60 for ages and using an already outdated lightning 5.4 is a really bad idea and should definitely be avoided!
there may be 2 future-proof real solutions for all users, but i would not count on that we see even one of them soon:
- ubuntu should finally fix it's packages and include lang-packs into/for the lightning-package (
xul-ext-lightning
)! ...as debian does. mozilla could probably release lightning as add-on again and stop forcing users to fiddle around with separately downloaded betas and so on...
EDIT: since january 2019 (after nearly 2 years) mozilla resp. thunderbird (re)published lightning >=6.2 (for thunderbird >=60) as addon again!
Lightning works fine fromxul-ext-lightning
after uninstalling the plugin (I use Thunderbird in English) but it breaks regional formats for the whole Thunderbird (so not only Lightning becomes affected by the lack of lang-packs). For example, I prefer 24-h format and I cannot get it with Lightning installed: [Thunderbird / Edit / Preferences / Advanced / Date and Time Formatting] just ignores my setting of whole system regional format (which is "English(Australia)") and shows the am-pm format…
– FairMiles
Nov 16 '18 at 12:23
add a comment |
Mozilla provides Lightning as bundled in the last versions, but Ubuntu (and Debian?) package do not [...]
yes, both do not, but they provide lightning via a seperate package (xul-ext-lightning
resp. lightning
) in their repositories.
debian also provides lang-packs (lightning-l10n-...
) for lightning and ubuntu does not. --> that's IMHO the main issue.
[...] so now there is a mismatch between the Thunderbird version in the repositories and the add-on provided by Mozilla [...]
there isn't really a "mismatch"... for whatever reason mozilla simply does not provide lightning as add-on anymore.
EDIT: have a look at the last section of this answer.
(5.4, only useful for Thunderbird ≤52)
to avoid further confusion: lightning 5.4 is only intended to work with thunderbird 52.0!
there is no "one and only right solution" because every workaround has it's pros & cons and depends on your preferences and skills... nonetheless i try to prioritize them:
- (if you are ok with lightning in english) the best is definitely to uninstall the lightning-addon and install lightning (
xul-ext-lightning
) via the repositories:
https://askubuntu.com/a/1084095/354350
EDIT: at the latest now jump to the last section of this answer.
- if you need a different language, probably extracting the
e2fda1a4-762b-4020-b5ad-a41df1933103.xpi
(=lightning-addon) from the official mozilla-releases (for every release) and installing into your profile via the addon-manager may be a reasonable workaround:
https://askubuntu.com/a/1084220/354350 - you can also use the archive provided by mozilla as a whole and update it on its own. - the packages (
thunderbird*
andxul-ext-lightning
) from the repository should be uninstalled in this case. - if you are not afraid of potential bugs and do frequent backups of your data, installing the lightning-betas may also work for you:
https://askubuntu.com/a/1084255/354350 - if you are a skilled tinkerer, you can perhaps use the debian-packages or parts of it (eventually with auto-update), but it is very likely you will end in dependency hell!
- if you are that skilled and seriously think about the last workaround, creating a PPA with lightnings lang-packs and providing them to all other users may be by far a better utilization of your time.
- staying with an old thunderbird <60 for ages and using an already outdated lightning 5.4 is a really bad idea and should definitely be avoided!
there may be 2 future-proof real solutions for all users, but i would not count on that we see even one of them soon:
- ubuntu should finally fix it's packages and include lang-packs into/for the lightning-package (
xul-ext-lightning
)! ...as debian does. mozilla could probably release lightning as add-on again and stop forcing users to fiddle around with separately downloaded betas and so on...
EDIT: since january 2019 (after nearly 2 years) mozilla resp. thunderbird (re)published lightning >=6.2 (for thunderbird >=60) as addon again!
Mozilla provides Lightning as bundled in the last versions, but Ubuntu (and Debian?) package do not [...]
yes, both do not, but they provide lightning via a seperate package (xul-ext-lightning
resp. lightning
) in their repositories.
debian also provides lang-packs (lightning-l10n-...
) for lightning and ubuntu does not. --> that's IMHO the main issue.
[...] so now there is a mismatch between the Thunderbird version in the repositories and the add-on provided by Mozilla [...]
there isn't really a "mismatch"... for whatever reason mozilla simply does not provide lightning as add-on anymore.
EDIT: have a look at the last section of this answer.
(5.4, only useful for Thunderbird ≤52)
to avoid further confusion: lightning 5.4 is only intended to work with thunderbird 52.0!
there is no "one and only right solution" because every workaround has it's pros & cons and depends on your preferences and skills... nonetheless i try to prioritize them:
- (if you are ok with lightning in english) the best is definitely to uninstall the lightning-addon and install lightning (
xul-ext-lightning
) via the repositories:
https://askubuntu.com/a/1084095/354350
EDIT: at the latest now jump to the last section of this answer.
- if you need a different language, probably extracting the
e2fda1a4-762b-4020-b5ad-a41df1933103.xpi
(=lightning-addon) from the official mozilla-releases (for every release) and installing into your profile via the addon-manager may be a reasonable workaround:
https://askubuntu.com/a/1084220/354350 - you can also use the archive provided by mozilla as a whole and update it on its own. - the packages (
thunderbird*
andxul-ext-lightning
) from the repository should be uninstalled in this case. - if you are not afraid of potential bugs and do frequent backups of your data, installing the lightning-betas may also work for you:
https://askubuntu.com/a/1084255/354350 - if you are a skilled tinkerer, you can perhaps use the debian-packages or parts of it (eventually with auto-update), but it is very likely you will end in dependency hell!
- if you are that skilled and seriously think about the last workaround, creating a PPA with lightnings lang-packs and providing them to all other users may be by far a better utilization of your time.
- staying with an old thunderbird <60 for ages and using an already outdated lightning 5.4 is a really bad idea and should definitely be avoided!
there may be 2 future-proof real solutions for all users, but i would not count on that we see even one of them soon:
- ubuntu should finally fix it's packages and include lang-packs into/for the lightning-package (
xul-ext-lightning
)! ...as debian does. mozilla could probably release lightning as add-on again and stop forcing users to fiddle around with separately downloaded betas and so on...
EDIT: since january 2019 (after nearly 2 years) mozilla resp. thunderbird (re)published lightning >=6.2 (for thunderbird >=60) as addon again!
edited 7 mins ago
answered Oct 18 '18 at 17:05
DJCrashdummyDJCrashdummy
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Lightning works fine fromxul-ext-lightning
after uninstalling the plugin (I use Thunderbird in English) but it breaks regional formats for the whole Thunderbird (so not only Lightning becomes affected by the lack of lang-packs). For example, I prefer 24-h format and I cannot get it with Lightning installed: [Thunderbird / Edit / Preferences / Advanced / Date and Time Formatting] just ignores my setting of whole system regional format (which is "English(Australia)") and shows the am-pm format…
– FairMiles
Nov 16 '18 at 12:23
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Lightning works fine fromxul-ext-lightning
after uninstalling the plugin (I use Thunderbird in English) but it breaks regional formats for the whole Thunderbird (so not only Lightning becomes affected by the lack of lang-packs). For example, I prefer 24-h format and I cannot get it with Lightning installed: [Thunderbird / Edit / Preferences / Advanced / Date and Time Formatting] just ignores my setting of whole system regional format (which is "English(Australia)") and shows the am-pm format…
– FairMiles
Nov 16 '18 at 12:23
Lightning works fine from
xul-ext-lightning
after uninstalling the plugin (I use Thunderbird in English) but it breaks regional formats for the whole Thunderbird (so not only Lightning becomes affected by the lack of lang-packs). For example, I prefer 24-h format and I cannot get it with Lightning installed: [Thunderbird / Edit / Preferences / Advanced / Date and Time Formatting] just ignores my setting of whole system regional format (which is "English(Australia)") and shows the am-pm format…– FairMiles
Nov 16 '18 at 12:23
Lightning works fine from
xul-ext-lightning
after uninstalling the plugin (I use Thunderbird in English) but it breaks regional formats for the whole Thunderbird (so not only Lightning becomes affected by the lack of lang-packs). For example, I prefer 24-h format and I cannot get it with Lightning installed: [Thunderbird / Edit / Preferences / Advanced / Date and Time Formatting] just ignores my setting of whole system regional format (which is "English(Australia)") and shows the am-pm format…– FairMiles
Nov 16 '18 at 12:23
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Fix for lightning & exchange calendar
Thunderbird did an automatic update this morning to version 60.2.1 and my calendar (this is provided by work MS office365 (exchange) disappeared. I had been living on legacy Lightning and EWS plugins which were now incompatible. So after some effort I am now back up and running - this is what I did:
1) start Thunderbird goto Tools -> Add-ons and remove the incompatible plugins (greyed out) then quit Thunderbird
2) added xul-ext-lighning from repositories using Synaptic
3) restarted Thunderbird open Calendar pane, under the drop-down menu on right of tool bar I found an option to unsubscribe to the now defunct 'Exchange' calendar (I am not sure this is necessary but this is what I did) and I think you could do this directly from the Events and Tasks tab
4) goto Tools -> Add-ons and download and install the TbSync plugin, restart Thunderbird
5) Under the Edit tab select the new entry 'Synchronization Settings (TbSync)'; bottom left click button 'Account actions' -> '+ New account'; fill in details user name, password and exchange server (I had to use 'custom' option as TbSync could not automatically discover the work 365 server address); after a couple of minutes everything synced and calendar and address book were all correctly re-established.
One question I have is I am not sure how to set TbSync to automatically resynchronise or even if this is a problem.
Addendum - Due to change in TbSync, you now need to also download the Exchange Active Sync (EAS) plugin as well
add a comment |
Fix for lightning & exchange calendar
Thunderbird did an automatic update this morning to version 60.2.1 and my calendar (this is provided by work MS office365 (exchange) disappeared. I had been living on legacy Lightning and EWS plugins which were now incompatible. So after some effort I am now back up and running - this is what I did:
1) start Thunderbird goto Tools -> Add-ons and remove the incompatible plugins (greyed out) then quit Thunderbird
2) added xul-ext-lighning from repositories using Synaptic
3) restarted Thunderbird open Calendar pane, under the drop-down menu on right of tool bar I found an option to unsubscribe to the now defunct 'Exchange' calendar (I am not sure this is necessary but this is what I did) and I think you could do this directly from the Events and Tasks tab
4) goto Tools -> Add-ons and download and install the TbSync plugin, restart Thunderbird
5) Under the Edit tab select the new entry 'Synchronization Settings (TbSync)'; bottom left click button 'Account actions' -> '+ New account'; fill in details user name, password and exchange server (I had to use 'custom' option as TbSync could not automatically discover the work 365 server address); after a couple of minutes everything synced and calendar and address book were all correctly re-established.
One question I have is I am not sure how to set TbSync to automatically resynchronise or even if this is a problem.
Addendum - Due to change in TbSync, you now need to also download the Exchange Active Sync (EAS) plugin as well
add a comment |
Fix for lightning & exchange calendar
Thunderbird did an automatic update this morning to version 60.2.1 and my calendar (this is provided by work MS office365 (exchange) disappeared. I had been living on legacy Lightning and EWS plugins which were now incompatible. So after some effort I am now back up and running - this is what I did:
1) start Thunderbird goto Tools -> Add-ons and remove the incompatible plugins (greyed out) then quit Thunderbird
2) added xul-ext-lighning from repositories using Synaptic
3) restarted Thunderbird open Calendar pane, under the drop-down menu on right of tool bar I found an option to unsubscribe to the now defunct 'Exchange' calendar (I am not sure this is necessary but this is what I did) and I think you could do this directly from the Events and Tasks tab
4) goto Tools -> Add-ons and download and install the TbSync plugin, restart Thunderbird
5) Under the Edit tab select the new entry 'Synchronization Settings (TbSync)'; bottom left click button 'Account actions' -> '+ New account'; fill in details user name, password and exchange server (I had to use 'custom' option as TbSync could not automatically discover the work 365 server address); after a couple of minutes everything synced and calendar and address book were all correctly re-established.
One question I have is I am not sure how to set TbSync to automatically resynchronise or even if this is a problem.
Addendum - Due to change in TbSync, you now need to also download the Exchange Active Sync (EAS) plugin as well
Fix for lightning & exchange calendar
Thunderbird did an automatic update this morning to version 60.2.1 and my calendar (this is provided by work MS office365 (exchange) disappeared. I had been living on legacy Lightning and EWS plugins which were now incompatible. So after some effort I am now back up and running - this is what I did:
1) start Thunderbird goto Tools -> Add-ons and remove the incompatible plugins (greyed out) then quit Thunderbird
2) added xul-ext-lighning from repositories using Synaptic
3) restarted Thunderbird open Calendar pane, under the drop-down menu on right of tool bar I found an option to unsubscribe to the now defunct 'Exchange' calendar (I am not sure this is necessary but this is what I did) and I think you could do this directly from the Events and Tasks tab
4) goto Tools -> Add-ons and download and install the TbSync plugin, restart Thunderbird
5) Under the Edit tab select the new entry 'Synchronization Settings (TbSync)'; bottom left click button 'Account actions' -> '+ New account'; fill in details user name, password and exchange server (I had to use 'custom' option as TbSync could not automatically discover the work 365 server address); after a couple of minutes everything synced and calendar and address book were all correctly re-established.
One question I have is I am not sure how to set TbSync to automatically resynchronise or even if this is a problem.
Addendum - Due to change in TbSync, you now need to also download the Exchange Active Sync (EAS) plugin as well
edited Nov 9 '18 at 10:21
answered Oct 31 '18 at 10:20
R.HobbsR.Hobbs
12
12
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Option #1 is the fix.
– heynnema
Oct 18 '18 at 14:20
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@heynnema, option #1 is the fix if you are ok with the calendar in English. Given that
xul-ext-lightning
has not been fixed for i18n in the last 10 years, i would not hold my breath.– Rmano
Oct 18 '18 at 14:42
FairMiles, it's not at all "future-proof" (and risky versus possible critical bug-fixes) but another option is to stick with an old version until a fix is out.
– Rmano
Oct 18 '18 at 14:45
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@Rmano but you have to downgrade Thunderbird to use the old Lightning add-on. Extra note... TB 60.x disables a lot of existing, working, add-ons... sigh.
– heynnema
Oct 18 '18 at 14:49
@heynnema yes it finally killed off my beloved FireTray. heavy sigh
– Organic Marble
Oct 18 '18 at 19:55