HOWTO: Installing Lotus Notes 7.0 on Ubuntu
This morning I tried installing Lotus Notes 7.0 on Ubuntu Edgy-Eft.
I ran into the notoriously infamous “Could not validate mozilla version” message, that I’d seen a lot of times before. In case you also run into this problem. Here’s a howto to get you out:
Note: These steps are to be run as root
1. Install libmotif3:
sudo apt-get install libmotif3
2. Install gtk1.2:
sudo apt-get install libgtk1.2
3. Remove dash:
sudo apt-get remove dash
4. Create a location where you want to install Lotus Notes:
sudo mkdir -p "/opt/IBM/Workplace Managed Client/"
5. Make this directory writable by you:
sudo chown ketan.ketan "/opt/IBM/Workplace Managed Client/"
Note: None of these steps are to be performed as root
1. Extract the Lotus Notes package:
unzip /opt/downloads/C93D1NA.zip -d notes
2. Change into the directory where you just extracted notes:
cd notes
3. Extract the Lotus Notes installer:
unzip Personality.zip
4. Change some file permissions:
chmod 755 setuplinux.bin setup_wct_platform.bin
5. Copy the setup file to the correct location:
cp setuplinux.bin updateSite/features/com.ibm.workplace.notesinstall.linux.feature_7.0.1.0000-0900/bin/linux
6. Now we are all set up to install:
./setup_wct_platform.bin
That should be able to get you through the installer. Add a comment on this entry in case you are unable to get things done.
Update on 23rd March, 2007: Does lotus notes not work even after these instructions ?