NOTES CLIENT INSTALLATION AND UPGRADE


Installing and upgrading Notes on Linux
IBM® Lotus® Notes®installation on Linux® supports multi-user install.

If you are upgrading to the current Notes release using an rpm or deb install kit, and installed the earlier release with an ISMP installer uninstall the earlier release before installing the current release. This uninstall step is only required if you will be installing the current release using an rpm or deb install pckage.

For additional and related information about Notes deployment on the Linux platform, see postings in the Lotus Support site and the Lotus Notes and Domino wiki.

DEB kit install instructions:

Notes is available as a deb install kit for installing on the Ubuntu platform. If you are upgrading from a pre-Notes 8.5 release, uninstall Notes using the uninstall utility provided with that release.

Note See the "Considerations for installing and deploying Notes on Linux" topic in this guide before proceeding.

1. Shut down all applications.


2. Uninstall any Notes Beta installations.

3. As the root user, open a terminal window or file browser.

4. If you are obtaining the deb install kit from a Web downloads page, open your browser and navigate to the Web page from which to obtain the download.

5. Locate the Notes deb install kit and save it to your /root folder.


6. Navigate to the folder in which you saved the deb install kit and unpack the tar file.

7. Navigate to the directory that contains the unpacked deb files.


8. Specify the deb packages to install. Use either a command line or GUI install method.
Notes 8.5 deb install file names Notes 8.5.1 deb install file names
On initial startup, the license agreement appears. Read and accept the license agreement terms and continue with Notes setup.

RPM kit install instructions:

Notes is available as an rpm install kit for installing on the SuSE or Red Hat platforms. If you are upgrading from a pre-Notes 8.5 release, uninstall Notes using the uninstall utility provided with that release.

Note See the "Considerations for installing and deploying Notes on Linux" topic in this guide before proceeding.

1. Shut down all applications.


2. Uninstall any Notes Beta installations.

3. As the root user, open a terminal window or file browser.

4. If you are obtaining the rpm install kit from a Web downloads page, open your browser and navigate to the Web page from which to obtain the download.

5. Locate the Notes rpm install kit and save it to your /root folder.


6. Navigate to the folder in which you saved the rpm install kit and unpack the tar file.

7. Navigate to the directory that contains the unpacked rpm files.


8. Select the features to install by installing the additional rpms that have been included in the rpm install kit. Notes 8.5 rpm packages provide one required component (Notes) and four optional components (Connections, Composite Application Editor, Sametime, and Lotus Symphony). Optional components are dependent on the required component. The required component must be installed before installing optional components. Likewise, optional components must be uninstalled before the required component can be uninstalled. The rpm file names are Notes version-specific.

Notes 8.5 rpm install file names

Notes 8.5.1 rpm install file names
On initial startup, the license agreement appears. Read and accept the license agreement terms and continue with the Notes setup.

Running the Notes client on Linux as a user after root user install

After you install the Notes client, users can log in and run Notes.

1. Log in as a non-root user.

2. Start Notes by clicking the Computer option - More Applications... - New Applications - Lotus Notes.

3. Respond to Notes setup prompts as they appear.


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