Lightning plugin for Thunderbird only works when installed
from Ubuntu

It seems that if i install the lightning thunderbird plugin from the Ubuntu
Hardy repository it runs just fine. If i install the XPI directly from the web
site the plugin doesn't work at all. I get a really weird view with a split
screen and i can't see any appointments.

Any idea why this happens ?

Hugo Palma wrote:
> It seems that if i install the lightning thunderbird plugin from the
> Ubuntu Hardy repository it runs just fine. If i install the XPI
> directly from the web site the plugin doesn't work at all. I get a
> really weird view with a split screen and i can't see any
> appointments.
> 
> Any idea why this happens ? Thanks

Yes. Mozilla uses a much older version of the GCC than Debian and Ubuntu 
and these two versions are not ABI compatible. The Ubuntu maintainer of 
this package re-compiles the package with the newer GCC and then it 
worksd again...

Best regards
	Andreas
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been reborn with its strength renewed, and the followers of Mammon

Andreas Tscharner wrote:
> 
> 
> Hugo Palma wrote:
>> It seems that if i install the lightning thunderbird plugin from the
>> Ubuntu Hardy repository it runs just fine. If i install the XPI
>> directly from the web site the plugin doesn't work at all. I get a
>> really weird view with a split screen and i can't see any
>> appointments.
>>
>> Any idea why this happens ? Thanks
> 
> Yes. Mozilla uses a much older version of the GCC than Debian and Ubuntu 
> and these two versions are not ABI compatible. The Ubuntu maintainer of 
> this package re-compiles the package with the newer GCC and then it 
> worksd again...
> 
> Best regards
>     Andreas


Or, IIRC, you can install libstdc++5 from synaptic first, then you can 
use the Mozilla built XPI file.

HTH

Alan

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The way out is open!

Andreas Tscharner wrote:
> 
> 
> Hugo Palma wrote:
>> It seems that if i install the lightning thunderbird plugin from the
>> Ubuntu Hardy repository it runs just fine. If i install the XPI
>> directly from the web site the plugin doesn't work at all. I get a
>> really weird view with a split screen and i can't see any
>> appointments.
>>
>> Any idea why this happens ? Thanks
> 
> Yes. Mozilla uses a much older version of the GCC than Debian and Ubuntu
> and these two versions are not ABI compatible. The Ubuntu maintainer of
> this package re-compiles the package with the newer GCC and then it
> worksd again...
> 
> Best regards
>     Andreas

That explains it.

Alan Lord wrote:
> Andreas Tscharner wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hugo Palma wrote:
>>> It seems that if i install the lightning thunderbird plugin from
the
>>> Ubuntu Hardy repository it runs just fine. If i install the XPI
>>> directly from the web site the plugin doesn't work at all. I get a
>>> really weird view with a split screen and i can't see any
>>> appointments.
>>>
>>> Any idea why this happens ? Thanks
>>
>> Yes. Mozilla uses a much older version of the GCC than Debian and
>> Ubuntu and these two versions are not ABI compatible. The Ubuntu
>> maintainer of this package re-compiles the package with the newer GCC
>> and then it worksd again...
>>
>> Best regards
>>     Andreas
> 
> 
> Or, IIRC, you can install libstdc++5 from synaptic first, then you can
> use the Mozilla built XPI file.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Alan
>