Install procedure 8.5 on Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid

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I have downloaded the IBM Lotus Notes 8.5 for Linux (Debian Install) English (C1W0TEN) package to install on Ubuntu. I unpack to get the different DEB files and launch the one for the Notes client. The first warning I get is that I try to install an AMD64 package on a 32-bit system (it is the only Linux DEB package available for download !). Googling I find that you can force through a --force-architecture command. OK, it installs, no message whatsoever. But then ???

I’ve read on the internet to launch /opt/ibm/lotus/notes/notes. Nothing happens. No program icon available either. What am I doing wrong? My Ubuntu is up to date for the rest. Even in the 8.5 administrator help IBM doesn’t provide a step-by-step install procedure. This won’t help users switch easily to a Linux box I’m afraid…

Anyone got it installed successfully? Thanks for any help!

PS : I’m sorry, I just noticed I posted this in the Notes 8 forum instead of 8.5. I cannot move it?

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Subject: Re: Install procedure 8.5 on Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid

Lotus Notes 8.5 is only compiled for 32bit architechtures and if forced to be installed on AMD64 it won’t find all the necessary 32 bit libraries it is dependent on. You’re best option is to use a chroot environment. You can search on the internet for “Ubuntu chroot 32 64 bit” for tutorials how to set it up. Then once you have a 32 bit chroot environment, install notes there and then run inside the chroot to have all of the 32 dependencies available for Notes.