The configuration of Thunderbird is very similar to Mozilla-1.7.8 and hence the options will not be discussed. Refer to the Mozilla-1.7.8 instructions for explanations and additional configuration information.

Compile Thunderbird by running the following commands:

export MOZILLA_OFFICIAL="1" &&
export BUILD_OFFICIAL="1" &&
export MOZ_THUNDERBIRD="1" &&

sed -i -e 's/$(destdir)$(bindir)/$(DESTDIR)$(mozappdir)/' \
       mail/app/Makefile.in &&
 
./configure --prefix=/usr \
            --with-default-mozilla-five-home=/usr/lib/thunderbird-1.0.6 \
            --with-system-zlib \
            --with-system-png \
            --enable-application=mail \
            --enable-default-toolkit=gtk2 \
            --enable-extensions=wallet,spellcheck,xmlextras,webservices \
            --enable-crypto \
            --enable-xft \
            --enable-xinerama \
            --enable-optimize \
            --enable-reorder \
            --enable-strip \
            --enable-cpp-rtti \
            --enable-single-profile \
            --enable-necko-protocols=http,file,jar,viewsource,res,data \
            --enable-image-decoders=default,-xbm \
            --disable-freetype2 \
            --disable-accessibility \
            --disable-debug \
            --disable-tests \
            --disable-logging \
            --disable-pedantic \
            --disable-installer \
            --disable-profilesharing \
            --disable-mathml \
            --disable-oji \
            --disable-plugins \
            --disable-necko-disk-cache &&
make

You should add the --with-system-jpeg switch to the configure script if you have libjpeg installed.

If you're building the Enigmail extension, execute the following steps:

tar -zxf ../enigmail-0.92.0.tar.gz -C extensions &&
tar -zxf ../ipc-1.1.3.tar.gz -C extensions &&
build/autoconf/make-makefile extensions/ipc extensions/enigmail &&
make -C extensions/ipc &&
make -C extensions/enigmail

Install Thunderbird by running the following commands as the root user:

make install &&
install -d /usr/include/thunderbird-1.0.6/nss &&
cp -Lf dist/private/nss/*.h dist/public/nss/*.h \
    /usr/include/thunderbird-1.0.6/nss

If you're installing the Enigmail extension, issue the following commands as the root user:

make -C extensions/ipc install &&
make -C extensions/enigmail install

To enable multi-user operation, execute the following as the root user:

cd /usr/lib/thunderbird-1.0.6 &&
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$PWD" &&
export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME="$PWD" &&
./regxpcom &&
./regchrome &&
touch `find . -name *.rdf`

Finally, unset the build variables from the unprivileged user's environment:

unset MOZILLA_OFFICIAL &&
unset BUILD_OFFICIAL &&
unset MOZ_THUNDERBIRD