We tame Thunderbird (we do portable in Linux)

I must say that in Linux make a portable version, often much easier, so let's get started:

1. Download bz2 thunderbird archive for example, from here
2. Unpack ( where we want, preferably fs so that it is not fat / ntfs ) in an arbitrary place A (still needed)
3. Run and customize (as long as everything is the usual way).
4. Close the Thunderbird and transfer to the A directory ~ / .thunderbird
5. Dessert:
5.1. Create a file (I called it run.sh) with the following contents:

#!/bin/bash
ln -s -f -t ~ "`pwd`/.thunderbird"
"`pwd`/thunderbird"
rm ~/.thunderbird

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5.2. Save the file and make it executable (I think it is not necessary to explain how)

Now on launching run.sh our tamedbird will be loaded.

The purpose of this is: I often rearrange the OS, and I’ve got a bit of a junk recovery and found such a solution for myself;)

UPD : also works with Skype