On install XFCE *.iso we have the thunderbird version 128.5.1esr (64-bit). But this version will be updated automatic to version 136 and here the trouble starts: extensions stop working for example.
I had a look to “manjaro-xfce-24.2.1-241216-linux612.iso” where thunderbird version 128.5.1esr (64-bit) will be installed.
I think there are different “channels” for thunderbird monthly and esr ( yearly )
See all the forum posts about thunderbird 136 .
Hi @JohnML,
Something weird is going on, because:
$ pamac search --installed thunderbird
thunderbird 136.0-1 extra
Standalone mail and news reader from mozilla.org
But when you look deeper, it says 128:
$ pamac info thunderbird
Name : thunderbird
Version : 128.8.0-1
Description : Standalone mail and news reader from mozilla.org
URL : https://www.thunderbird.net/
Licences : MPL-2.0 GPL-2.0-only LGPL-2.1-only
Repository : extra
Installed Size : 235.7 MB
Groups : --
Depends On : glibc gtk3 libgdk-3.so=0-64 libgtk-3.so=0-64 mime-types dbus libdbus-1.so=3-64 dbus-glib alsa-lib nss hunspell sqlite ttf-font libvpx libvpx.so=9-64 zlib bzip2 libbz2.so=1.0-64 botan2 libwebp
libwebp.so=7-64 libwebpdemux.so=2-64 libevent libjpeg-turbo libffi libffi.so=8-64 nspr gcc-libs libx11 libxrender libxfixes libxext libxcomposite libxdamage pango libpango-1.0.so=0-64 cairo
gdk-pixbuf2 freetype2 libfreetype.so=6-64 fontconfig libfontconfig.so=1-64 glib2 libglib-2.0.so=0-64 pixman libpixman-1.so=0-64 gnupg json-c libcanberra ffmpeg icu libicui18n.so=76-64
libicuuc.so=76-64
Optional Dependencies : hunspell-en_us: Spell checking, American English [Installed]
libotr: OTR support for active one-to-one chats
libnotify: Notification integration [Installed]
Required By : --
Optional For : --
Provides : --
Replaces : --
Conflicts With : --
Packager : Leonidas Spyropoulos <artafinde@archlinux.org>
Build Date : Thu 06 Mar 2025 22:39:32
Install Date : Sun 09 Mar 2025 15:37:29
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Validated By : Signature
Backup files : --
And indeed, the About page shows:
https://i.imgur.com/ogNo3Ok.png
So I suspect that isn’t why your extensions stopped working.
Manjaro does not support nor provide ESR versions (unless of course it already is in Arch repo).
If you require such version - you can get it from AUR
$ pamac search thunderbird-esr
thunderbird-esr-bin 128.7.1-1 AUR
Standalone Mail/News reader - binary version
Thunderbird is provided by upstream Arch Linux and it is 136.0 everywhere.
$ mbn info thunderbird -q
Branch : archlinux
Name : thunderbird
Version : 136.0-1
Repository : extra
Build Date : Fri 07 Mar 2025 10:42:08
Packager : Leonidas Spyropoulos <artafinde@archlinux.org>
Branch : unstable
Name : thunderbird
Version : 136.0-1
Repository : extra
Build Date : Fri 07 Mar 2025 10:42:08
Packager : Leonidas Spyropoulos <artafinde@archlinux.org>
Branch : testing
Name : thunderbird
Version : 136.0-1
Repository : extra
Build Date : Fri 07 Mar 2025 10:42:08
Packager : Leonidas Spyropoulos <artafinde@archlinux.org>
Branch : stable
Name : thunderbird
Version : 136.0-1
Repository : extra
Build Date : Fri 07 Mar 2025 10:42:08
Packager : Leonidas Spyropoulos <artafinde@archlinux.org>
To get rid of these thunderbird troubles ( extensions ) i don’t use the repoversions of thunderbird anymore. I installed the ESR Version from thunderbird and that application updates itself 