RHBA-2023:6015 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated rhel9/thunderbird-flatpak container image is now available in the Red Hat container registry.

Description

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

Flatpak is a system for running graphical applications as containers. Installing an application as a Flatpak rather than as an individual package allows it to be installed and updated independently of the host operating system.

This updates the rhel9/thunderbird-flatpak image of Thunderbird in the Red Hat container registry.

Solution

To install and use Red Hat Enterprise Linux Flatpak content available in the the Red Hat Container Catalog, make sure that you have the latest version of the Flatpak client installed on your system:

yum update flatpak

After updating the Flatpak packages, add the Flatpak remote to your system:

flatpak remote-add rhel https://flatpaks.redhat.io/rhel.flatpakrepo

Provide the credentials for your Red Hat Enterprise Linux account:

podman login registry.redhat.io

Podman only saves credentials until the user logs out. To save your credentials permanently, run:

cp $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/containers/auth.json $HOME/.config/flatpak/oci-auth.json

To enable the RHEL Flatpak remote for a set of workstations within an organization, you should use a Registry Service Account. Credentials can be installed system-wide at /etc/flatpak/oci-auth.json.

Then, you can install the Thunderbird Flatpak container image:

flatpak install rhel org.thunderbird.Thunderbird

For more information about the image, search the <image_name> in the Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog: https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/search.

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hidden Content for x86_64 9 x86_64

Fixes

• RHELPLAN-166372 - Update thunderbird:flatpak module stream for Thunderbird 115.3 release

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/search