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Ubuntu 18.04 fresh installation, Thunderbird inbox "invaded" by large icons (coloured emojis)

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From my old HD (Ubuntu 16.04) I copied ~/.thunderbird and other programs to the new disk with Ubuntu 18.04 installed.

All went good.

I tried to install Opera. The installation was unsuccessful, a window asking something was held.

After that Thunderbird Local Folders -> Inbox (only) was invaded by large icons like this screenshot

Flowers, plants, trucks and others.

I restarted but those images are still there.

Opera was successfully installed.
What can I do to remove them?

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answered 1 Year ago luringdge · Accepted Answer

This fixed it for me:

sudo apt-get install fonts-symbola

but turns the icons b/w!

From https://ubuntu-mate.community/t/thunderbird-with-huge-icons-emoticons-mate-18-04/16249/23

Here's a way of getting colored icons:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:eosrei/fonts

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install fonts-twemoji-svginot

I did not have to uninstall fonts-symbola for this to work but I don't know how Thunderbird decides which to use.

New font info from http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/08/enable-color-emoji-linux-google-chrome-noto