Ubuntu – Thunderbird : email notification and unity-panel icon

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Problems:

  1. The main icon in unity-panel doesn't change when I receive an email.
  2. There is no pop up.

System setting:

  • Thunderbird is open.
  • Sound notification works.
  • Messaging Menu and Unity Launcher integration 1.3.1" in list of extensions.
  • Thunderbird 38.5.1
  • Ubuntu 14.04
  • My account is on Gmail.

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Update1:
I tried to install Web apps application with these instructions 

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webapps/preview
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install unity-webapps-preview

It doesnt work.Now the number of unread emails even doesnt show up in the icon below the screen.

Update:
I tried to install popper as an alternative but it doesnt support after Ubuntu 12.04

Best Answer

You can get Popper work again on Ubuntu 14.04 with the following actions (see bug 1683516 ):

sudo apt-get install libindicate-gtk3 libindicate5 python-indicate python-support

cd ~/Downloads
wget http://ppa.launchpad.net/ralf.hersel/rhersel-ppa/ubuntu/pool/main/p/popper/popper_0.31.3-0ubuntu1_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i popper_0.31.3-0ubuntu1_all.deb 

wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/i/indicator-messages/libindicator-messages-status-provider1_0.6.0-0ubuntu2_`dpkg --print-architecture`.deb
sudo dpkg -i libindicator-messages-status-provider1_0.6.0-0ubuntu2_`dpkg --print-architecture`.deb

wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/i/indicator-messages/indicator-messages_0.6.0-0ubuntu2_`dpkg --print-architecture`.deb
sudo dpkg -i indicator-messages_0.6.0-0ubuntu2_`dpkg --print-architecture`.deb

wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/i/indicator-messages/indicator-messages-gtk2_0.6.0-0ubuntu2_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i indicator-messages-gtk2_0.6.0-0ubuntu2_`dpkg --print-architecture`.deb

Then for MATE - mate-tweak -> Panel (Interface) -> Enable indicators.

Then Applications -> Internet -> Popper - set account settings.

cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/pin-indicators
[ /etc/apt/preferences.d/pin-indicators ]
Package: indicator-messages
Pin: version 0.6.0-0ubuntu2
Pin-Priority: 1337

Package: indicator-messages-gtk2
Pin: version 0.6.0-0ubuntu2
Pin-Priority: 1337

Package: libindicator-messages-status-provider1
Pin: version 0.6.0-0ubuntu2
Pin-Priority: 1337

Package: popper
Pin: version 0.31.3-0ubuntu1 
Pin-Priority: 1337

EOF

For Ubuntu 16.04 you can use my solution posted here on AskUbuntu.

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