Life with Linux

Performed standard install of Feisty to the hard drive. Copy the tar to the Desktop and open a terminal window and type:

$ sudo mv /bin/sh /bin/sh.org
$ sudo ln -s /bin/bash /bin/sh
$ cd ~/Desktop
$ mkdir Notes8Beta3
$ cd Notes8Beta3
$ tar xvf ../notes8_linux_beta3_prod.tar
$ sudo ./setup.sh

You will now get the InstallShield GUI. It'll make sense when you go through it, and except for selecting all components, it's just the straight defaults.

Next (Intro screen)/I accept both terms/Next (License)/Accept default path (/opt/ibm/lotus/notes)/Next (Path)/Select all features/Next (Features)/Install (Summary)/ (Wait a while ) /Finish

After the install, you will have to change the parameters on the /etc/lotus directory.

$ sudo chmod -R 777 /etc/lotus

Another problem: if you run the client with the "lotus" directory that is created in your home directory, the client will not run. It seems that it is not created properly as part of the install, but it will be correctly created as part of the initial run. So...

$ mv ~/lotus ~/lotus.org

No icons are created as part of this install. Others have mentioned icons, but I've never gotten any icons...

So, now to run the client. AFAICT, no icons were created as part of this process, so how do you start it? From the command line:

$ /opt/ibm/lotus/notes/notes

That should be it.