IBM Notes 9.0.1 on Ubuntu 14.10 64bit

Introduction

IBM Notes is a collaborative client software platform from IBM.

This page explains how to install IBM Notes 9.0.1 on Ubuntu 14.10 64bit

Get the software

• Notes trial can be downloaded from http://www-01.ibm.com/software/lotus/category/messaging/
• Scripts to fix dependencies can be downloaded from https://github.com/sgh/lotus-notes_gtk2.23.3

Extract Notes archive

$ tar xfv NOTES_9.0.1_LINUX_DI_EN_Evaluation.tar

ibm-activities-9.0.1.i586.deb

ibm-feedreader-9.0.1.i586.deb

ibm-notes-9.0.1.i586.deb

ibm-opensocial-9.0.1.i586.deb

ibm-sametime-9.0.1.i586.deb

license.tar

smartupgrade.sh

Install pre-dependencies

sudo apt-get libgnome-desktop-2-17:i386 libpam0g:i386 libxp6:i386 libxtst6:i386

Generate fixed package

-Execute script to generate "ibm-notes-x.x.x.i586-fixed.deb" (takes some time):

fix-9.0.1-dependencies.sh

Install fixed package

sudo dpkg -i ibm-notes-9.0.1.i586-fixed.deb

Run IBM Notes

/opt/ibm/notes/notes

Errors and solutions

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