On Tue, 2007-10-30 at 10:02 -0600, Phil Meyer wrote: > Phil Meyer wrote: > > Christopher A. Williams wrote: > >> Has anyone found the set of magic incantations that will enable you to > >> install Lotus Notes 8.0 on F7 (or F8T3)? > >> > >> I've had nothing but nightmarish troubles getting any of it to work. All > >> of my on-line searches of archives have also turned up nothing. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> > >> Chris > >> > >> -- > >> ==================================================== > >> In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. > >> In practice there is. > >> > >> --Yogi Berra > >> > >> > > > > Hmmm... Worked fine on several F7 systems here. No problems at all. > > > > I really wish it was packageable, but it dumps a ton of stuff into the > > home directory of the person installing it. > > > > The Notes installer is NOT meant for multi user systems. :( > > > > > After thinking about it... > > We all have SUN's java installed and alternatives set so that it is the > default. > > We also all have eclipse fully loaded. > > Assuming you installed the jdk1.5.0_09 rpm from SUN: > > # set java alternatives > rm /var/lib/alternatives/java > /usr/sbin/alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java > /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.4.2-gcj/bin/java 1 > /usr/sbin/alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java > /usr/java/jdk1.5.0_09/bin/java 2 > /usr/sbin/alternatives --install /usr/bin/javac javac > /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.4.2-gcj/bin/javac 1 > /usr/sbin/alternatives --install /usr/bin/javac javac > /usr/java/jdk1.5.0_09/bin/javac 2 > > If you have a different version of SUN's java installed, or if its in a > different place, simply modify the lines above appropriately. > > Then try the Lotus Notes install again. > > Good Luck! > Aha! I had done the first with Java, but not the second. I'm playing with rawhide on this system now, so I'll give it a try. Cheers, Chris -- ==================================================== In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. --Yogi Berra
