After you upgrade thunderbird, remember to add "^mozilla-thunderbird" to the "exclude" expression in /etc/slapt-get/slapt-getrc", before your next system upgrade. Otherwise, your new thunderbird will be replaced with the old one. HTH, Dave Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 22, 2021, at 11:23 AM, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi Al, > > quick answer: after each upgrade. > This is: thunderbird -P --allow-downgrade (mind the capital P) > > Cheers, > Didier > >> Le 22/07/2021 à 16:57, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit : >> Hi, Didier. >> Quick question: since I installed a version of Thunderbird according to the instructions you linked to last week, do I still need to use "-p allow-downgrade" to bring it up after a new install? (I hope I wrote that right, as I did it from memory.) >> Thanks! >> Al >>> On 7/21/21 3:57 AM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: >>> Hi Brandt, >>> >>> short answer: >>> http://slackware.uk/slint/x86_64/slint-14.2.1/testing/README >>> >>> Discard the comment about Speech Dispatcher, a fairly recent >>> one is already in Slint. >>> >>> More: >>> https://slint.fr/doc/ >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Didier >>> -- >>> Didier Spaier >>> >>> Le 21/07/2021 à 08:53, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit : >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> >>>> I just checked the version of Thunderbird in slint, and I saw it is about 10 versions out of date. Is there a way to get a newer version of the software? I know, I can probably get it from github, but I must admit, it is not my favorite way of installing software. > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list