ThunderSec Installation Instructions

#ThunderSec Installation Instructions

##Installation from Mozilla Add-ons Page

1. Open the Mozilla Add-ons page for ThunderSec at:

   https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/thundersec/

2. Click "Download Now" and save the XPI file to your computer.

3. Launch Thunderbird.

4. Open the "Thunderbird" menu which is typically located on the rightmost edge of the toolbar, then choose "Add-ons".

5. Click the setting button, then choose "Install Add-on from File..."

6. In the "Select add-on to install" window, navigate to and then select the recently download XPI file, then click "Open".

7. Click "Install Now".

8. Return the Thunderbird Add-ons screen, and ensure that the Thundersec add-on appears in the list and is enabled.

##Installation Using a Zipfile from Github

This procedure will install the most recent, and possibly pre-release, version of ThunderSec.

1. Exit Thunderbird if it is running.

2. Locate your Thunderbird profile directory. If needed, refer to this document from Mozilla to locate your profile.

   http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Thunderbird

3. Using your browser, download the following file, saving it into the "extensions" subdirectory within your Thunderbird profile. For some browsers, this will require pressing "Save As" instead of "Save" when prompted.

   https://github.com/itemir/thundersec/archive/master.zip

4. Open a command prompt, and change directory into the profile directory identified above, and then change into the "extensions" subdirectory.

5. Unzip the thundersec-master.zip file.

6. Rename the newly created "thundersec-master" directory to "thundersec@community".

7. Launch Thunderbird.

8. Some versions of Thunderbird may prompt you to "Allow this installation" when launching Thunderbird. If that happens, check the "Allow this installation" checkbox and click "Continue" then "Restart Thunderbird".

##Installation Using git from Github

This procedure will install the most recent, and possibly pre-release, version of ThunderSec.

1. Exit Thunderbird if it is running.

2. Locate your Thunderbird profile directory. If needed, refer to this document from Mozilla to locate your profile.

   http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Thunderbird

3. Open a command prompt, and change directory into the profile directory identified above, and then change into the "extensions" subdirectory.

4. Use git to clone the necessary files from GitHub into a subdirectory called "thundersec@community". This should use a command similar to:

   git clone https://github.com/itemir/thundersec.git thundersec@community

5. Launch Thunderbird.

6. Some versions of Thunderbird may prompt you to "Allow this installation" when launching Thunderbird. If that happens, check the "Allow this installation" checkbox and click "Continue" then "Restart Thunderbird".

Please ping Ilker or Tim with any questions.