Installing IBM Lotus Notes 8.5 Beta on openSUSE 11.0

IBM has recently released a public beta of Lotus Notes 8.5 which will have many improvements and features above what the 8.0 family will give. I went to the beta site and was overjoyed to see they had RPM, DEB and their standard installer avaliable (about time IBM, about time). After I was overcome with joy, I decided to uninstall the current version of 8.0.1 and go ahead and install 8.5 via RPM package which was easily enough:

sudo rpm -ivh ibm_lotus_notes-8.5.i586.rpm

It installs, runs post installation scripts, and I go ahead launch and configure it. Not only does it have a smaller memory footprint so far, but for some odd reason it looks so much better (havn’t dug into why I think it looks better, but the fonts are much better). I notice that the sametime integration isn’t there, so I install the sametime package that came with the RPMS downloads with

sudo rpm -ivh ibm_lotus_sametime-8.5.i586.rpm

Setup sametime and was back up and running in no time FLAT. I haven’t done too much with it, other then send some emails and chat on sametime a little bit (sametime is still 8.0, even though the installer says 8.5).

Here is a list of all the RPM packages that are included:
ibm_lotus_activities-8.5.i586.rpm
ibm_lotus_sametime-8.5.i586.rpm
ibm_lotus_cae-8.5.i586.rpm
ibm_lotus_symphony-8.5.i586.rpm
ibm_lotus_notes-8.5.i586.rpm

I may install activites and symphony at some point, but right now I wouldn’t use them.

Lotus Notes 8.5

Keep posted I’ll write a wiki for installation at some point.

Note: although I have not tested with Lotus NOtes 8.5, you will probably need the following package for the application to work correctly:
libgnomeprintui

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26 Comments

  • October 14, 2008 | Permalink |

    hi there,

    i have the problem, that notes isn’t launching after installation. i’ve installed it exactly the way you explained, but nothing is happening, when i try to launch the app. any ideas?

  • ben.kevan
    October 15, 2008 | Permalink |

    Hi,

    To me it sounds like you’re running Lotus Notes 8.5 on a KDE Installation.

    For this to work please do the following:

    sudo zypper in libgnomeprintui

    (it may be libgnomeprint-ui, in older versions.. can’t remember).

    Once you install that you should be able to launch it just fine.

    Ben

  • Guillaume
    October 24, 2008 | Permalink |

    “sudo zypper in libgnomeprintui”
    Thanks for the tip!!! Searched why neither 8.0.1 / 8.5 qould not work and that did the trick.

    The error message were a big ambigous and I was searching in the wrong direction (java runtime or sth), but with this package installed, it worked like a charm!

    ibm should comment that in a README file or sth.

    Thanks!

  • ben.kevan
    October 24, 2008 | Permalink |

    Hi Guillaume,

    I am actually contacting IBM to not only include that in the readme, but to actually add libgnomeprintui as a requirement for the rpm built for distributions.

    Not sure exactly what versoin it needs, but I think it’s:
    libgnomeprintui-2-2.so.0.1.0 (at least)

  • david4
    October 27, 2008 | Permalink |

    This doesn’t work for me. Lotus Notes freezes at some point at starting. What should I do?

  • ben.kevan
    October 27, 2008 | Permalink |

    David,

    What is the output of:

    rpm -qa | grep ibm
    &
    rpm -qa | grep libgnome

    Can you try running notes from the command line? This may give better debugging output.

    Thanks

  • david4
    October 27, 2008 | Permalink |

    david@linux-qjos:~> rpm -qa | grep libgnome
    libgnomecanvasmm-2.23.1-1.18
    libgnomecups-0.2.3-63.1
    libgnomecanvas-2.20.1.1-42.2
    libgnome-2.22.0-30.2
    libgnomesu-1.0.0-250.1
    libgnomebt0-0.11.0-52.1
    libgnomeprintui-2.18.2-35.1
    libgnomeprint-2.18.4-33.1
    libgnomesu0-1.0.0-250.1
    libgnomeui-2.22.1-22.1
    libgnomekbd-2.22.0-22.1
    libgnome-menu2-2.22.1-22.1
    libgnome-desktop-2-2-2.22.1-26.1

    rpm -qa | grep ibm
    libmtp8-0.3.0-0.pm.5
    libmatroska-0.8.1-76.1
    libmng-1.0.10-56.1
    libmm14-1.4.2-58.1
    libmms0-0.4-0.pm.2
    libmp3lame0-3.98.2-1.1
    ibm_lotus_notes-8.5-20080822.1349
    libmpcdec5-1.2.6-5.1
    libmtp-hal-0.3.0-0.pm.5
    libmysqlclient15-5.0.51a-27.1
    libmpeg2convert0-0.5.1-4.1
    libmtp7-0.2.6.1-16.1
    libmpfr1-2.3.1-4.1
    glibmm2-2.16.1-23.1
    libmowgli1-0.5.0-1.pm.0
    libmusicbrainz4-2.1.5-3.1
    libmp4v2-1.5.0.1-10.pm.0
    libmpeg2-0-0.5.1-4.1
    libmcs1-0.7.0-0.pm.2
    libmspack0-0.0.20060920alpha-65.1
    libmad0-0.15.1b-9.1

    When I ran it from a command line for the first time it showed me some license agreement. I pressed “1″ which means that I agreed, than it stopped. When I launched it again this was the output :

    david@linux-qjos:~> ibm_lotus_notes
    david@linux-qjos:~>
    2008/10/27 23:14:51.113 CONFIG eclipse.buildId=client_620_beta2_20080815-1631
    java.fullversion=J2RE 1.6.0 IBM J9 2.4 Linux x86-32 jvmxi3260-20080415_18762 (JIT enabled, AOT enabled)
    J9VM – 20080415_018762_lHdSMr
    JIT – r9_20080415_1520
    GC – 20080415_AA
    BootLoader constants: OS=linux
    , ARCH=x86
    , WS=gtk
    , NL=en_US

    Framework arguments: -plugincustomization /opt/ibm/lotus/notes/framework/rcp/plugin_customization.ini
    Command-line arguments: -os linux -ws gtk -arch x86 -data /home/david/lotus/notes/data/workspace -plugincustomization /opt/ibm/lotus/notes/framework/rcp/plugin_customization.ini ::class.method=com.ibm.rcp.core.internal.logger.frameworkhook.writeSession() ::thread=main ::loggername=com.ibm.rcp.core.internal.logger.frameworkhook
    2008/10/27 23:14:51.135 SEVERE Application error ::class.method=unknown ::thread=main ::loggername=org.eclipse.osgi

    java.lang.RuntimeException: No application id has been found.
    at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppContainer.startDefaultApp(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.MainApplicationLauncher.run(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Unknown Source)
    at com.ibm.rcp.core.internal.launcher.Main.startLaunch(Unknown Source)
    at com.ibm.rcp.core.internal.launcher.Main.main(Unknown Source)
    at com.ibm.rcp.core.internal.launcher.Main.run(Unknown Source)
    2008/10/27 23:14:51.798 INFO BundleEvent STOPPED ::class.method=unknown ::thread=Thread-4 ::loggername=com.ibm.rcp.lapinvoker
    2008/10/27 23:14:51.811 SEVERE An unexpected runtime error has occurred. ::class.method=unknown ::thread=Framework Event Dispatcher ::loggername=org.eclipse.osgi

    java.lang.IllegalStateException
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager$EventThread.postEvent(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.ListenerQueue.dispatchEventAsynchronous(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.log.Activator.log(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.log.Activator.bundleChanged(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager$EventThread.run(Unknown Source)
    2008/10/27 23:14:51.814 SEVERE FrameworkEvent.ERROR ::class.method=unknown ::thread=Framework Event Dispatcher ::loggername=org.eclipse.equinox.log

    java.lang.IllegalStateException
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager$EventThread.postEvent(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.ListenerQueue.dispatchEventAsynchronous(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.log.Activator.log(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.log.Activator.bundleChanged(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager$EventThread.run(Unknown Source)

    … splash screen showed and that was it, nothing further.

  • ben.kevan
    October 27, 2008 | Permalink |

    David,

    Very interesting issue. I would like to help you fix, and put the resolution here, please email me at ben.kevan at (NODAMNSPAM) gmail.com.

    It seems as though there is a problem with your eclipse running.

    Please email me the output of:
    rpm -qa | grep java
    uname -i

    Thanks.. we’ll try to get this working ASAP.

  • mblenton
    December 23, 2008 | Permalink |

    Just to confirm that Lotus Notes 8.5 public beta 2 works just fine under openSUSE 11.1 and KDE 4.1. Fonts are a little bit ugly but probably fixable.

    libgnomeprint* are still required, rpm installation should be fixed to fail if those libs are not available.

  • December 23, 2008 | Permalink |

    I’ve a similar problem like David above. I read the requirements needed in the PDF from IBM, installed the libgnomeprint and -ui. The rpm installation went OK, but I can’t get it running. I’d be very happy if you could give me a bit of advice. I’ve also have java 1.6 openjdk and -sun installed. Error message when trying to start:
    sevst-l-crc6442x:~ # ibm_lotus_notes
    sevst-l-crc6442x:~ #
    2008/12/23 23:57:25.799 CONFIG eclipse.buildId=client_620_beta2_20080815-1631
    java.fullversion=J2RE 1.6.0 IBM J9 2.4 Linux x86-32 jvmxi3260-20080415_18762 (JI
    T enabled, AOT enabled)
    J9VM – 20080415_018762_lHdSMr
    JIT – r9_20080415_1520
    GC – 20080415_AA
    BootLoader constants: OS=linux
    , ARCH=x86
    , WS=gtk
    , NL=en_US

    Framework arguments: -plugincustomization /opt/ibm/lotus/notes/framework/rcp/pl
    ugin_customization.ini
    Command-line arguments: -os linux -ws gtk -arch x86 -data /root/lotus/notes/dat
    a/workspace -plugincustomization /opt/ibm/lotus/notes/framework/rcp/plugin_custo
    mization.ini ::class.method=com.ibm.rcp.core.internal.logger.frameworkhook.write
    Session() ::thread=main ::loggername=com.ibm.rcp.core.internal.logger.frameworkh
    ook
    2008/12/23 23:57:25.803 SEVERE Application error ::class.method=unknown ::thread
    =main ::loggername=org.eclipse.osgi

    java.lang.RuntimeException: No application id has been found.
    at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppContainer.startDefaultApp(
    Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.MainApplicationLauncher.run(Unknown
    Source)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runAppli
    cation(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(Un
    known Source)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Unknown Source)
    at com.ibm.rcp.core.internal.launcher.Main.startLaunch(Unknown Source)
    at com.ibm.rcp.core.internal.launcher.Main.main(Unknown Source)
    at com.ibm.rcp.core.internal.launcher.Main.run(Unknown Source)
    2008/12/23 23:57:25.971 WARNING One or more bundles are not resolved because the
    following root constraints are not resolved: ::class.method=unknown ::thread=ma
    in ::loggername=org.eclipse.osgi
    2008/12/23 23:57:25.971 WARNING Bundle update@../../shared/eclipse/plugins/com.i
    bm.collaboration.realtime.location_8.0.1.20080815-0428.jar was not resolved. ::c
    lass.method=unknown ::thread=main ::loggername=org.eclipse.osgi
    2008/12/23 23:57:25.975 WARNING Missing required bundle com.ibm.rtc.web.utils_0.
    0.0. ::class.method=unknown ::thread=main ::loggername=com.ibm.collaboration.rea
    ltime.location
    2008/12/23 23:57:25.975 WARNING The following is a complete list of bundles whic
    h are not resolved, see the prior log entry for the root cause if it exists: ::c
    lass.method=unknown ::thread=main ::loggername=org.eclipse.osgi
    2008/12/23 23:57:25.979 WARNING Bundle update@../../shared/eclipse/plugins/com.i
    bm.collaboration.realtime.telephony.ui_8.0.1.20080815-0428.jar [553] was not res
    olved. ::class.method=unknown ::thread=main ::loggername=org.eclipse.osgi
    2008/12/23 23:57:25.979 WARNING Missing required bundle com.ibm.collaboration.re
    altime.location_0.0.0. ::class.method=unknown ::thread=main ::loggername=com.ibm
    .collaboration.realtime.telephony.ui
    2008/12/23 23:57:25.979 WARNING Bundle update@../../shared/eclipse/plugins/com.i
    bm.collaboration.realtime.location_8.0.1.20080815-0428.jar [554] was not resolve d. ::class.method=unknown ::thread=main ::loggername=org.eclipse.osgi
    2008/12/23 23:57:25.979 WARNING Missing required bundle com.ibm.rtc.web.utils_0. 0.0. ::class.method=unknown ::thread=main ::loggername=com.ibm.collaboration.rea ltime.location
    2008/12/23 23:57:25.979 WARNING Bundle update@../../shared/eclipse/plugins/com.i bm.collaboration.realtime.filetransfer.win32_8.0.1.20080815-0428.jar [592] was n ot resolved. ::class.method=unknown ::thread=main ::loggername=org.eclipse.osgi
    2008/12/23 23:57:25.979 WARNING Bundle update@../../shared/eclipse/plugins/com.i bm.collaboration.realtime.location.embedded_8.0.0.20080815-0428.jar [595] was no t resolved. ::class.method=unknown ::thread=main ::loggername=org.eclipse.osgi
    2008/12/23 23:57:25.979 WARNING Missing host com.ibm.collaboration.realtime.loca tion_8.0.0. ::class.method=unknown ::thread=main ::loggername=com.ibm.collaborat ion.realtime.location.embedded
    2008/12/23 23:57:25.979 WARNING Bundle update@../../shared/eclipse/plugins/com.i bm.collaboration.realtime.telephony.ui.embedded_8.0.0.20080815-0428.jar [600] wa s not resolved. ::class.method=unknown ::thread=main ::loggername=org.eclipse.os gi
    2008/12/23 23:57:25.983 WARNING Missing host com.ibm.collaboration.realtime.tele phony.ui_8.0.0. ::class.method=unknown ::thread=main ::loggername=com.ibm.collab oration.realtime.telephony.ui.embedded
    2008/12/23 23:57:26.164 INFO BundleEvent STOPPED ::class.method=unknown ::thread =Thread-4 ::loggername=com.ibm.rcp.lapinvoker

  • john
    January 1, 2009 | Permalink |

    Same trouble as david.cant get this to work.installed sun java, installed libgnome, chekced dependencies on lnotes.disabled effect in kde.tried it in gnome now.still no solution to this problem.

  • john
    January 2, 2009 | Permalink |

    installed libmotif and 3 other related packages as said in the install guide. and tried installing the stable vesion and was able to get the graphical installation goin .installed and is working fine.

  • Andy
    February 2, 2009 | Permalink |

    Has this been resolved? I’m running into the exact same issue as david and Joakim Brosten. It runs my fine on my opensuse11 i386, but I’m now trying 11.1 x86_64.

  • February 2, 2009 | Permalink |

    Andy,

    What desktop environment are you running? How are you starting Lotus Notes?

    Have you installed libgnomeprintui? How about openmotif22-libs?

    Please do the following:

    sudo zypper in openmotif22-libs libgnomeprintui && /opt/ibm/lotus/notes/notes

    If that doesn’t work can you paste the output or email it to me @ ben (dot) kevan (at) gmail (dot) com

    Thanks.

  • Andy
    February 3, 2009 | Permalink |

    Installing openmotif22-libs and libgnomeprintui32bit totally fixed it! Thanks so much for your help!

  • February 3, 2009 | Permalink |

    Not a problem at all Andy. I’ve opened a case with bugzilla.novell.com to talk upstream with IBM to put in a requires openmotif22-libs and libgnomeprintui in the rpm .spec

    Glad it helped.

  • Yogesh
    February 24, 2009 | Permalink |

    I have installed ‘ibm_lotus_notes-8.5.i586.rpm’ on RHEL 5.1 .
    How can I configure the Domino Server ?
    Please respond early !

    Thanks in Advance !

  • February 24, 2009 | Permalink |

    @Yogesh

    Yogesh,

    You installed the client and not the server.

    You’ll have to download the server rpm’s and install.

    (I think that’s what you’re asking for)

  • February 25, 2009 | Permalink |

    @Andy
    I’d suggest you to install all the appropriate gnome*32 libs additionaly to the gnome-libs the system’ve installed in 64-versions…

  • grigo
    February 27, 2009 | Permalink |

    Although I may be a bit offtopic I am writing here in hope for some help.
    I am trying to install Notes 8.0.1 on FC10 with KDE. Notes kit is not a rpm, it is a binary version and unfortunately I do not have access to other linux Notes kits. FC10 was updated with yum update yesterday. After reading all above I have checked and installed as follows:

    # rpm -qa |grep gnomep
    libgnomeprint22-2.18.5-1.fc10.i386
    libgnomeprintui22-2.18.3-1.fc10.i386
    libgnomeprint22-devel-2.18.5-1.fc10.i386
    libgnomeprintui22-devel-2.18.3-1.fc10.i386
    # rpm -ihv openmotif-2.1.30.i386.rpm
    Preparing… ########################################### [100%]
    1:openmotif ########################################### [100%]

    It all made no difference. I get the same error as I did before installing openmotif:

    Locking assertion failure. Backtrace:
    #0 /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.so.0 [0xdec767]
    #1 /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.so.0(xcb_xlib_unlock+0×31) [0xdec831]
    #2 /usr/lib/libX11.so.6(_XReply+0×254) [0x3b18ee4]
    #3 /tmp/istemp11773058170732/_bundledJRE_/jre/bin/xawt/libmawt.so(XineramaQueryScreens+0×8c) [0x8f727c]
    #4 /tmp/istemp11773058170732/_bundledJRE_/jre/bin/xawt/libmawt.so(xineramaInit+0×5a) [0x8e27f6]
    #5 /tmp/istemp11773058170732/_bundledJRE_/jre/bin/xawt/libmawt.so(awt_init_Display+0xf9) [0x8e2955]
    #6 /tmp/istemp11773058170732/_bundledJRE_/jre/bin/xawt/libmawt.so(Java_sun_awt_X11GraphicsEnvironment_initDisplay+0×1e) [0x8e2b86]
    #7 /tmp/istemp11773058170732/_bundledJRE_/jre/bin/libj9vm23.so [0x123d52]
    #8 /tmp/istemp11773058170732/_bundledJRE_/jre/bin/libjclscar_23.so(java_lang_J9VMInternals_initializeImpl+0×7e) [0xfb93da]
    #9 /tmp/istemp11773058170732/_bundledJRE_/jre/bin/libjclscar_23.so(java_lang_Class_forNameImpl+0×2be) [0xfc180a]
    #10 /tmp/istemp11773058170732/_bundledJRE_/jre/bin/libjclscar_23.so(java_lang_J9VMInternals_initializeImpl+0×7e) [0xfb93da]
    #11 /tmp/istemp11773058170732/_bundledJRE_/jre/bin/libjclscar_23.so(java_lang_Class_forNameImpl+0×2be) [0xfc180a]
    #12 /tmp/istemp11773058170732/_bundledJRE_/jre/bin/libj9vm23.so [0x14e064]
    #13 /tmp/istemp11773058170732/_bundledJRE_/jre/bin/libj9prt23.so [0xa4e168]
    #14 /tmp/istemp11773058170732/_bundledJRE_/jre/bin/libj9vm23.so [0x14cb29]
    #15 /tmp/istemp11773058170732/_bundledJRE_/jre/bin/libj9thr23.so [0x9dc117]
    #16 /lib/libpthread.so.0 [0xca451f]
    #17 /lib/libc.so.6(clone+0×5e) [0xbda04e]
    Locking assertion failure. Backtrace:
    #0 /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.so.0 [0xdec767]
    #1 /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.so.0(xcb_xlib_lock+0×2e) [0xdec90e]
    #2 /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 [0x3b18079]
    #3 /usr/lib/libX11.so.6(XGetVisualInfo+0×26) [0x3b0e246]
    #4 /tmp/istemp11773058170732/_bundledJRE_/jre/bin/xawt/libmawt.so [0x8e1be4]
    #5 /tmp/istemp11773058170732/_bundledJRE_/jre/bin/xawt/libmawt.so [0x8e1ddd]
    #6 /tmp/istemp11773058170732/_bundledJRE_/jre/bin/xawt/libmawt.so(awt_init_Display+0×1a5) [0x8e2a01]
    #7 /tmp/istemp11773058170732/_bundledJRE_/jre/bin/xawt/libmawt.so(Java_sun_awt_X11GraphicsEnvironment_initDisplay+0×1e) [0x8e2b86]
    #8 /tmp/istemp11773058170732/_bundledJRE_/jre/bin/libj9vm23.so [0x123d52]
    #9 /tmp/istemp11773058170732/_bundledJRE_/jre/bin/libjclscar_23.so(java_lang_J9VMInternals_initializeImpl+0×7e) [0xfb93da]
    #10 /tmp/istemp11773058170732/_bundledJRE_/jre/bin/libjclscar_23.so(java_lang_Class_forNameImpl+0×2be) [0xfc180a]
    #11 /tmp/istemp11773058170732/_bundledJRE_/jre/bin/libjclscar_23.so(java_lang_J9VMInternals_initializeImpl+0×7e) [0xfb93da]
    #12 /tmp/istemp11773058170732/_bundledJRE_/jre/bin/libjclscar_23.so(java_lang_Class_forNameImpl+0×2be) [0xfc180a]
    #13 /tmp/istemp11773058170732/_bundledJRE_/jre/bin/libj9vm23.so [0x14e064]
    #14 /tmp/istemp11773058170732/_bundledJRE_/jre/bin/libj9prt23.so [0xa4e168]
    #15 /tmp/istemp11773058170732/_bundledJRE_/jre/bin/libj9vm23.so [0x14cb29]
    #16 /tmp/istemp11773058170732/_bundledJRE_/jre/bin/libj9thr23.so [0x9dc117]
    #17 /lib/libpthread.so.0 [0xca451f]
    #18 /lib/libc.so.6(clone+0×5e) [0xbda04e]
    The installer is unable to run in graphical mode. Try running the installer with the -console or -silent flag.

    I have read on the libxcb page about a locking problem workaround but again it made no difference. I get exactly the same error. Anyone seen this before? Any idea?

    Thanks in advance.

  • February 27, 2009 | Permalink |

    @grigo

    What arch do you run?

    Also, I would intall it with the text mode (when I installed 8.0.1 previously the gui installer was a pain with java.).

    Installing in text mode was great.

    Or try logging in AS root (I know I know) and doing it that way (previously that worked for someone also).

    8.5 Final is out, you should check with your notes admin.

    Ben

  • grigo
    March 3, 2009 | Permalink |

    I run i386. I ran the installer as root in text mode as I needed to deactivate selinux before starting the install. I finally got this error:

    (Mar 4, 2009 9:45:54 AM), NotesCore-Install, com.installshield.wizardx.ascii.ModifyFile, err, Could not write ASCII file /etc/lotus/notes/notesrc.
    (Mar 4, 2009 9:45:54 AM), NotesCore-Install, com.installshield.wizardx.actions.AsciiFileUpdateWizardAction, err, WizardException: (error code = 200; message=”/etc/lotus/notes/notesrc (No such file or directory)”; exception = [ServiceException: (error code = 200; message = "/etc/lotus/notes/notesrc (No such file or directory)"; severity = 0; exception = [java.io.FileNotFoundException: /etc/lotus/notes/notesrc (No such file or directory)])])
    WizardException: (error code = 200; message=”/etc/lotus/notes/notesrc (No such file or directory)”; exception = [ServiceException: (error code = 200; message = "/etc/lotus/notes/notesrc (No such file or directory)"; severity = 0; exception = [java.io.FileNotFoundException: /etc/lotus/notes/notesrc (No such file or directory)])])
    at com.installshield.wizardx.ascii.ModifyFile.writeFile(Unknown Source)
    at com.installshield.wizardx.actions.AsciiFileUpdateWizardAction.execute(Unknown Source)
    at com.installshield.wizard.StandardWizardListener.execute(Unknown Source)
    at com.installshield.wizard.StandardWizardListener.currentBeanChanged(Unknown Source)
    at com.installshield.wizard.Wizard$RunThread.run(Wizard.java:1822)

    I created the missing file myself and restarted the install, I get exactly the same error. Some great installer IBM has made… :(
    Any idea where can I get the 8.5 installer from?

  • Azza
    April 27, 2009 | Permalink |

    I am a Newbie and am trying to get my day to day applications onto the Linux side of my pc so I can use it full time.

    I am having a slightly different problem trying to install Lotus notes.
    Having looked through this forum and following the instructions above I am getting the message.:
    Overall download size: 1.7 M. After the operation, additional 5.2 M will be used.
    Continue? [YES/no]: Y
    Retrieving package libgnomesu-1.0.0-296.11.x86_64 (1/6), 20.0 K (43.0 K unpacked)
    Failed to mount cd:///?devices=/dev/sr0 on /var/adm/mount/AP_0×00000002: No medium found (mount: No medium found on /dev/sr0)

    Abort, retry, ignore? [A/r/i]:

    Is this a simple thing or not?

  • ricardo
    May 16, 2009 | Permalink |

    Hello, I’ve tried installing Notes 8.5 on OpenSUSE 11.1. After successfully installing the RPM, I start Notes. I only get a terminal window about the license, I select 1(accept) and then nothing happens. I’m running KDE 4 and libgnomeprintui is installed (ver 2.18.3-1.23). This is the 64 bit version of OpenSUSE 11.1.

    Hope you can please help.

  • ricardo
    May 16, 2009 | Permalink |

    ricardo :
    Hello, I’ve tried installing Notes 8.5 on OpenSUSE 11.1. After successfully installing the RPM, I start Notes. I only get a terminal window about the license, I select 1(accept) and then nothing happens. I’m running KDE 4 and libgnomeprintui is installed (ver 2.18.3-1.23). This is the 64 bit version of OpenSUSE 11.1.
    Hope you can please help.

    fixed!!

    I realize Notes is apparently a 32 bit app, and I’m running 64 bit Linux. As per your blog, I tried installing the 32 bit version of libgnomeprintui, and that did the trick.

    This is a great blog, BTW

  • Amitabh Ranjan
    March 9, 2010 | Permalink |

    Does anyone have Lotus Notes 8.5 BETA for linux ? Its no longer on IBM site and I’ve accidentally deleted my download.

    I had been using LN 8 beta on linux for 2-3 years and now suddenly i have to boot to windows in office as we use lotus for mails. The 8.5 evaluation is time limited to only 60 days so I can’t use that.

    If someone has the beta RPMs i would really really appreciate if you could upload and give the link to me.
    Thanks in Advance.
    Amitabh
    (amitabhr at gmail)

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