Installing Lotus Notes 8.5.3 on 32-bit Linux

Instructions for 32bit Debian and Ubuntu based distributions:  Last updated 2013-01-23

If you need install instructions for a 64-bit Linux, refer to http://ddurdle.blogspot.ca/2012/04/installing-lotus-notes-853-on-linux.html and http://ddurdle.blogspot.ca/2013/01/this-blog-post-is-strictly-about.html

Although the IBM Lotus Notes 8.5.3 was designed for GNOME 2 and has dependencies for GNOME 2 libraries, this install with the instructions provided below will result in IBM Lotus Notes install that will work with almost any window-manager.  I confirmed it works with Cinnamon, MATE, and GNOME 3.

installed to - 
/opt/ibm/lotus/notes/
/etc/lotus

32-bit:

1. install the deb of lotus notes,
• sudo dpkg -i –force-all ibm-lotus-notes-8.5.3.i586.deb
2. install gtk hack (from https://github.com/sgh/lotus-notes_gtk2.23.3/)
• (validate permissions of  libnotesgtkfix.so)
• copy libnotesgtkfix.so and notes-wrapper to /opt/ibm/lotus/notes/
• make chmod +x notes-wrapper sudo cp notes-wrapper libnotesgtkfix.so /opt/ibm/lotus/notes/
3. fix LotusNotes8.5.desktop file in /usr/share/applications
• [Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Name=Lotus Notes 8.5 Type=Application Exec=env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/ibm/lotus/notes/:/usr/lib32/:/usr/lib32/i386-linux-gnu/ /opt/ibm/lotus/notes/framework/../notes-wrapper %F Icon=/opt/ibm/lotus/notes/framework/shared/eclipse/features/com.ibm.notes.links.feature_8.5.3.20110916-0921/icons/notes.ico Terminal=false Categories=Application;Office;
4. Xterm required for initial setup
• When starting the application for the first time, you'll need to agree to a licensing agreement.  It appears not everyone has xterm installed as default, or perhaps had become removed.  Therefore, install xterm if not already installed
  • sudo apt-get install xterm

OPTIONAL: If you are missing the Microsoft fonts, install the following package:

ttf-xfree86-nonfree