Notes 8.0.1 client on 64 bit Ubuntu Gutsy

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Subject: Notes 8.0.1 client on 64 bit Ubuntu Gutsy

Feedback Type: Suggestion

Product Area: Notes 8 Client

Technical Area: Install

Platform: Linux

Release: 8.0.1

Reproducible: Not applicable

I confess, this is not at all my work, it's just how I did the installation after trying multiple methods I found on the web which I am sure were all excellent but did not work for me.
Eventually I created this step by step installation guide.

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How to install 8.0.1 on Gutsy
(you may need to replace the quotes ' and double quotes " on the command lines)

Installing the pre-requisites:

$ sudo apt-get install ttf-xfree86-nonfree gawk apt-cache search lib32 | awk '{print $1}' |grep -v "\-dev" | grep -v "\-dbg"

I created a location for the 32-bit libraries and one for the extracted files in my install directory:

$ cd ~/install
$ mkdir debs debs_tmp

retrieve following 32-bit libraries from http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/
(it's a bit of searching that is well worth the effort)

libavahi-client3_0.6.20-2ubuntu3_i386.deb
libavahi-common3_0.6.20-2ubuntu3_i386.deb
libavahi-glib1_0.6.20-2ubuntu3_i386.deb
libbonoboui2-0_2.20.0-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
libcroco3_0.6.1-1build2_i386.deb
libdbus-1-3_1.1.1-3ubuntu4_i386.deb
libdbus-glib-1-2_0.74-1_i386.deb
libeel2-2_2.20.0-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
libgnome2-0_2.20.0-1ubuntu4_i386.deb
libgnomecanvas2-0_2.20.0-1ubuntu1_i386.deb
libgnome-desktop-2_2.20.0-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
libgnome-keyring0_2.20-0ubuntu4_i386.deb
libgnome-menu2_2.20.0-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
libgnomeprint2.2-0_2.18.2-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
libgnomeprintui2.2-0_2.18.1-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
libgnomeui-0_2.20.0-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
libgnomevfs2-0_2.20.0-0ubuntu3_i386.deb
libgsf-1-114_1.14.7-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
libgsf-1-dev_1.14.7-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
librsvg2-2_2.18.2-1_i386.deb
librsvg2-common_2.18.2-1_i386.deb
libselinux1_2.0.15-2ubuntu1_i386.deb
libsepol1_2.0.3-1_i386.deb
libstartup-notification0_0.9-1_i386.deb
libxkbfile1_1.0.3-0ubuntu1_i386.deb

Extract the libraries:

$ cd ../debs_tmp; for i in ../debs/*_i386.deb; do ar x $i; tar xvzf data.tar.gz; done

Copy the libraries to the /usr/lib32 location:

$ sudo cp -r usr/lib/* /usr/lib32; sudo cp -r lib/* /usr/lib32

reboot the system.

Installing the client:

NOTE: If you do not link sh to bash, you will get "Generic LSE Failure" errors when you run the client after install. I'm not sure if this needs to be done only before the install, or only before the client is run, or both.

$ sudo mv /bin/sh /bin/sh.org
$ sudo ln -s /bin/bash /bin/sh

I copied the tar to my install directory and opened a terminal window, where I typed:

$ cd ~/install/notes-8/
$ mkdir 8.0.1
$ cd 8.0.1
$ tar xvf ../C19U2EN.tar
$ sudo ./setup.sh -V useNotesDataForWorkspace="true"

You will now get the InstallShield GUI.
I accept the terms / Accept default path (/opt/ibm/lotus/notes) / Select all features / Install / Finish

After the install, before we forget it, restore link to dash:

$ sudo mv /bin/sh.org /bin/sh

now you will have to change the security parameters on the /etc/lotus directory.

$ sudo chmod -R 755 /etc/lotus

If you run the client with the "lotus" directory that is created in your home directory, the client will not run. It seems that it is not created properly as part of the install, but it will be correctly created as part of the initial run. So I move the original...

$ sudo mv ~/lotus ~/lotus.org

Now start the Notes Client

$ /opt/ibm/lotus/notes/notes

The client will now launch. You will see lots of information in the terminal as well. Eventually you will get the typical new-client wizard.

After a few more seconds, you should have the Getting Started screen!

You may need to reboot for the icons to show up in the menu.

Feedback number LBUS7CSNY5 created by ~Miriam Dwofreesterakol on 03/16/2008