Notes 8 Client on F7 (or F8)

[Christopher A. Williams]

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

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In theory there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice there is.

--Yogi Berra