On Nov 12, 2007 1:47 AM, Christopher A. Williams <fedoralists@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > 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. Don't know if you ever got this going, but I just stumbled across an interesting page where the author suggests press ctrl-z at an appropriate point to suspend the install, thus allowing you to patch the JRE before it goes south: http://nocoast-tech.blogspot.com/2007/11/fedora-8-and-lotus-notes-8-java-issues.html
