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I just tried upgrading from 22.04 to 24.04 but something went wrong with Thunderbird (the transition to snaps) and the update aborted.

Now the package manager tells me:

Transaction failed: The package system is broken. The following packages have unmet dependencies:
thunderbird-locale-en: Depends: thunderbird (>= 2:1snap1-0ubuntu3) but 1:115.18.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 is installed
thunderbird-locale-en-us: Depends: thunderbird (>= 2:1snap1-0ubuntu3) but 1:115.18.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 is installed
thunderbird-locale-es: Depends: thunderbird (>= 2:1snap1-0ubuntu3) but 1:115.18.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 is installed
thunderbird-locale-es-es: Depends: thunderbird (>= 2:1snap1-0ubuntu3) but 1:115.18.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 is installed

Thunderbird (version 115.18.0) opens and works, but I want to properly upgrade to Ubuntu 24.04 with a properly functioning Thunderbird.

Can anyone help? Thank you.

guiverc
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Try uninstalling the installed version.

To do this, open a terminal and run:

sudo apt autoremove
sudo apt clean
sudo apt remove --purge thunderbird*
sudo snap remove thunderbird

Upgrade Ubuntu

Install Thunderbird from the .deb packages

kyodake
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Install the snap version of Thunderbird in Ubuntu 22.04 alongside the apt version of Thunderbird with sudo snap install thunderbird. Check if the Thunderbird snap package is working in Ubuntu 22.04.

The new Thunderbird snap instance will ask you to enter your name, email address and password. Once the details have been filled out click Configure manually, then copy the settings from your existing Thunderbird apt application into your new Thunderbird snap application. The new Thunderbird instance will then populate your inbox with the same email messages as you already have in your old Thunderbird instance.

Then you will be able to upgrade to Ubuntu 24.04 successfully.

karel
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