My experience with IBM Notes 9 and 9.0.1 is that installing all required dependencies will break X and render your 64-bit Ubuntu installation unusable for the most part.
The reason is that the deb package as distributed by IBM is designed to be installed on 32-bit systems only.
However, you can fix the package dependencies to make it install properly and work flawlessly on your 64-bit Ubuntu. This is similar to miquel's approach above, only that he removes all dependencies, while I'll modify them to be compatible with both 32-bit and 64-bit Ubuntu versions.
Dependencies are mostly libraries the program is dynamically liked to, so I ran this command on an 32-bit Ubuntu 12.04 with IBM Notes installed:
$ for f in $(find /opt/ibm/ -type f -exec ldd {} \; | grep -v executable | fgrep -v libc.so.6 | sed 's/\([^(]*\)(.*)$/\1/' | grep i386-linux-gnu | awk '{print $3}' | sort | uniq ); do apt-file search $f; done | grep -v dbg | awk '{print $1}' | sort | uniq | sed 's/:$//'
This was the output:
libart-2.0-2 libgconf-2-4 libnspr4 libx11-6 zlib1g
libasound2 libgcrypt11 libnspr4-0d libxau6
libatk1.0-0 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 libnss3 libxcb1
libavahi-client3 libglib2.0-0 libnss3-1d libxcb-render0
libavahi-common3 libgnome2-0 libogg0 libxcb-shm0
libavahi-glib1 libgnomecanvas2-0 liborbit2 libxcomposite1
libbonobo2-0 libgnome-keyring0 libp11-kit0 libxcursor1
libbonoboui2-0 libgnomeui-0 libpam0g libxdamage1
libc6 libgnomevfs2-0 libpango1.0-0 libxdmcp6
libcairo2 libgnutls26 libpcre3 libxext6
libcanberra0 libgpg-error0 libpixman-1-0 libxfixes3
libcomerr2 libgssapi-krb5-2 libpng12-0 libxft2
libcups2 libgtk2.0-0 libpopt0 libxi6
libdbus-1-3 libhunspell-1.3-0 libselinux1 libxinerama1
libdbus-glib-1-2 libice6 libsm6 libxml2
libexpat1 libjpeg62 libstdc++6 libxp6
libffi6 libk5crypto3 libtasn1-3 libxrandr2
libfontconfig1 libkeyutils1 libtdb1 libxrender1
libfreetype6 libkrb5-3 libuuid1 libxss1
libgail18 libkrb5support0 libvorbis0a libxt6
libgcc1 libltdl7 libvorbisfile3 libxtst6
Then I untar'd IBM Notes:
$ tar --extract --file /path/to/NOTES_9.0.1_LINUX_DI_EN_Evaluation.tar --directory ~/Desktop
extracted the package's contents:
$ mkdir ~/Desktop/repackage
$ cp ~/Desktop/ibm-notes-9.0.1.i586.deb ~/Desktop/repackage/
$ cd ~/Desktop/repackage/
$ dpkg-deb -x ibm-notes-9.0.1.i586.deb common
$ dpkg-deb --control ibm-notes-9.0.1.i586.deb
and edited the deb package's control file:
$ vi DEBIAN/control
to replace the default dependencies with the list above (plus some additions). This is the modified control file:
Package: ibm-notes
Version: 9.0.1-20131022.1138
Section: Office
Priority: extra
Architecture: i386
Pre-Depends: gdb:i386 | gdb:amd64, coreutils:i386 | coreutils:amd64, unzip:i386 | unzip:amd64, bash:i386 | bash:amd64, procps:i386 | procps:amd64, grep:i386 | grep:amd64, sed:i386 | sed:amd64, libart-2.0-2:i386, libasound2:i386, libatk1.0-0:i386, libavahi-client3:i386, libavahi-common3:i386, libavahi-glib1:i386, libbonobo2-0:i386, libbonoboui2-0:i386, libc6:i386, libcairo2:i386, libcanberra0:i386, libcomerr2:i386, libcups2:i386, libdbus-1-3:i386, libdbus-glib-1-2:i386, libexpat1:i386, libffi6:i386, libfontconfig1:i386, libfreetype6:i386, libgail18:i386, libgcc1:i386, libgconf-2-4:i386, libgcrypt11:i386, libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:i386, libglib2.0-0:i386, libgnome2-0:i386, libgnomecanvas2-0:i386, libgnome-keyring0:i386, libgnomeui-0:i386, libgnomevfs2-0:i386, libgnutls26:i386, libgpg-error0:i386, libgssapi-krb5-2:i386, libgtk2.0-0:i386, libhunspell-1.3-0:i386, libice6:i386, libjpeg62:i386, libk5crypto3:i386, libkeyutils1:i386, libkrb5-3:i386, libkrb5support0:i386, libltdl7:i386, libnspr4:i386, libnspr4-0d:i386, libnss3:i386, libnss3-1d:i386, libogg0:i386, liborbit2:i386, libp11-kit0:i386, libpam0g:i386, libpango1.0-0:i386, libpcre3:i386, libpixman-1-0:i386, libpng12-0:i386, libpopt0:i386, libselinux1:i386, libsm6:i386, libstdc++6:i386, libtasn1-3:i386 | libtasn1-4:i386 | libtasn1-5:i386 | libtasn1-6:i386, libtdb1:i386, libuuid1:i386, libvorbis0a:i386, libvorbisfile3:i386, libx11-6:i386, libxau6:i386, libxcb1:i386, libxcb-render0:i386, libxcb-shm0:i386, libxcomposite1:i386, libxcursor1:i386, libxdamage1:i386, libxdmcp6:i386, libxext6:i386, libxfixes3:i386, libxft2:i386, libxi6:i386, libxinerama1:i386, libxml2:i386, libxp6:i386, libxrandr2:i386, libxrender1:i386, libxss1:i386, libxt6:i386, libxtst6:i386, zlib1g:i386, unity-gtk2-module:i386, libcanberra-gtk-module:i386, libxss1:i386, gtk2-engines-murrine:i386, p11-kit-modules:i386, libp11-kit-gnome-keyring:i386, ttf-xfree86-nonfree:i386 | ttf-xfree86-nonfree:amd64
Conflicts: ibm-notes-hotfix, ibm-notes-fixpack (<< 8.5.4), ibm-lotus-activities, ibm-lotus-cae, ibm-cae, ibm-lotus-feedreader, ibm-lotus-sametime, ibm-lotus-symphony, ibm-lotus-notes-fixpack, ibm-lotus-notes-hotfix, ibm-lotus-notes
Replaces: ibm-notes-fixpack, ibm-lotus-activities, ibm-lotus-cae, ibm-cae, ibm-lotus-feedreader, ibm-lotus-sametime, ibm-lotus-symphony, ibm-lotus-notes-fixpack, ibm-lotus-notes-hotfix, ibm-lotus-notes
Installed-Size: 830544
Maintainer: IBM Product <[email protected]>
Description: IBM Notes
IBM Notes software provides a robust and productive user experience with a single point of access to email, calendars, contacts, activities, instant messaging, feeds, collaboration tools, and business applications. Loaded with new features to help you work smarter, the new user interface presents the tools you need, when and where you need them. Plus, you get quick access to your business information in one integrated view, in the context of the work you're doing. That means you get your job done faster, and easier. You can also install the following optional features once you have installed IBM Notes: IBM Sametime, IBM Connections, IBM Feedreader, IBM OpenSocial.
Comments on the control file above:
The Pre-Depends
section contains the package list generated on 12.04
with specific architecture information that makes it compatible with
32-bit and 64-bit versions.
I also noticed that Precise's libtasn1-3
had been updated to
libtasn1-6
on 14.04, so I added all version numbers between 1-3 and
1-6 to the control file. Some trial and error showed that other
software was needed, like libcanberra,
libp11
and so on, which I
included. I also left dependencies to gdb
, coreutils
, etc, but accepting
both architectures.
I copied the modified DEBIAN
folder to common
:
$ cp -a DEBIAN common
recreated the package:
$ dpkg -b common ibm-notes-9.0.1.i586.deb
installed dependencies:
$ sudo apt-get install libart-2.0-2:i386 libasound2:i386 libatk1.0-0:i386 libavahi-client3:i386 libavahi-common3:i386 libavahi-glib1:i386 libbonobo2-0:i386 libbonoboui2-0:i386 libc6:i386 libcairo2:i386 libcanberra0:i386 libcomerr2:i386 libcups2:i386 libdbus-1-3:i386 libdbus-glib-1-2:i386 libexpat1:i386 libffi6:i386 libfontconfig1:i386 libfreetype6:i386 libgail18:i386 libgcc1:i386 libgconf-2-4:i386 libgcrypt11:i386 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:i386 libglib2.0-0:i386 libgnome2-0:i386 libgnomecanvas2-0:i386 libgnome-keyring0:i386 libgnomeui-0:i386 libgnomevfs2-0:i386 libgnutls26:i386 libgpg-error0:i386 libgssapi-krb5-2:i386 libgtk2.0-0:i386 libhunspell-1.3-0:i386 libice6:i386 libjpeg62:i386 libk5crypto3:i386 libkeyutils1:i386 libkrb5-3:i386 libkrb5support0:i386 libltdl7:i386 libnspr4:i386 libnspr4-0d:i386 libnss3:i386 libnss3-1d:i386 libogg0:i386 liborbit2:i386 libp11-kit0:i386 libpam0g:i386 libpango1.0-0:i386 libpcre3:i386 libpixman-1-0:i386 libpng12-0:i386 libpopt0:i386 libselinux1:i386 libsm6:i386 libstdc++6:i386 libtasn1-6:i386 libtdb1:i386 libuuid1:i386 libvorbis0a:i386 libvorbisfile3:i386 libx11-6:i386 libxau6:i386 libxcb1:i386 libxcb-render0:i386 libxcb-shm0:i386 libxcomposite1:i386 libxcursor1:i386 libxdamage1:i386 libxdmcp6:i386 libxext6:i386 libxfixes3:i386 libxft2:i386 libxi6:i386 libxinerama1:i386 libxml2:i386 libxp6:i386 libxrandr2:i386 libxrender1:i386 libxss1:i386 libxt6:i386 libxtst6:i386 zlib1g:i386 unity-gtk2-module:i386 libcanberra-gtk-module:i386 libxss1:i386 gtk2-engines-murrine:i386 p11-kit-modules:i386 libp11-kit-gnome-keyring:i386 ttf-xfree86-nonfree
(...)
0 upgraded, 139 newly installed, 0 to remove and 7 not upgraded.
Need to get 19.0 MB of archives.
After this operation, 70.0 MB of additional disk space will be used.
and installed IBM Notes:
$ sudo dpkg -i ibm-notes-9.0.1.i586.deb
Note that you will have to start Notes several times while setting it up. I even had to kill it once as it hung while connecting to the Domino server, but it runs without a hitch on my Trusty Tahr (14.04) installation.