Corebird GTK+ 3 Twitter Client for Linux Ubuntu Desktop. Install Corebird 1.0.1 Twitter Client in Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04 and Derivatives.
Open terminal and run the following commands to install Corebird 1.0.1 in Ubuntu:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/corebird
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install corebird
If you wish to remove and uninstall corebird, run the command given below:
$ sudo apt-get remove corebird
Set Up Corebird on Ubuntu
Once installed, open Corebird from Ubuntu Dash. Type Corebird and click on it to open the Twitter Client.
For the first time users, you will be asked to authorise Corebird using your Twitter account. All you need is to authorise your Twitter account to use Corebird. Once done, you are ready to use Corebird.
Install Corebird 1.0.1 on Ubuntu 14.04
Please note that Corebird 1.0.1 is not supported on Ubuntu 14.04.
Here’s waht the PPA Launchpad page says, as the twitter client depends on GTK+ >=3.12, Ubuntu 14.04 users need to add the GNOME3 and GNOME3 Staging PPA.
To install the to add the GNOME3 and GNOME3 Staging PPA, run:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3-staging
Please add and install the GNOME 3 Staging PPA on your own risk. It might break your system. Please use it on your own risk.
To remove the GNOME3 and GNOME3 Staging PPA (after the twitter client installed):
$ sudo add-apt-repository -r ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3
$ sudo add-apt-repository -r ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3-staging