On Wed, 2007-10-31 at 19:35 -0600, Christopher A. Williams wrote: > 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! > > > Tried this and several other suggestions, as well as a number of things on the Lotus forums. Nothing works. I get that same Assertion 'c->xlib.lock' failed error message. <rant> I'm really not happy with Notes at this point. How does IBM expect to sell this for real money. F8 by comparison is FREE and actually works! Reliably at that. </rant> OK - now that I'm done with my rant, I'd appreciate other suggestions to get this going. -- ==================================================== In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. --Yogi Berra
