[Blogged in the spirit of appearing in a Google search next time I hit this problem in 6 months time having forgotten this fix, as I always do]
When one tries to install Domino 8.5.x (specifically 8.5.2) on a clean Linux install (specifically Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick, though I’ve seen in on Centos and Fedora too), the Domino installer script just fails silently:
root@henderson:/install/linux/domino# ./install -console
Lotus Domino for Unix Install Program
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InstallShield WizardInitializing InstallShield Wizard…
Preparing Java(tm) Virtual Machine…
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(snip)
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.root@henderson:/install/linux/domino#
No errors get written to the screen or any log files. To get some troubleshooting data, one needs to force output to a log file:
root@henderson:/install/linux/domino# ./install -is:log /tmp/domino852log.txt
Lotus Domino for Unix Install Program
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Your DISPLAY is currently set to localhost:10.0
Answer Yes to continue in graphic mode
Answer No to continue in console mode
Answer Exit to exit application.
Do you wish to continue in graphic mode?[Yes]
No
Continuing in console mode
InstallShield WizardInitializing InstallShield Wizard…
Preparing Java(tm) Virtual Machine…
……………………………..
(snip)
……………………………..
.root@henderson:/install/linux/domino#
Of course, the install still fails, but this time we get an error message in the log file:
ERROR: Invalid bundled JVM. Missing ‘jvm’ file.
It turns out that this is demonstrating that the ‘JVM’ files required are part of a missing prerequisite. To fix this, run the following (appropriate for Ubuntu):
apt-get install libgnomeprintui2.2-0 ia32-libs ttf-xfree86-nonfree
This then allows the installer to move on into the menu driven install process.
Make sense?
P.S. IBM, can we please have the installer logging out to a log file by default? Even better, the installer on AIX does a number of pre-install compatibility checks – can we not have that on Ubuntu and the other Linux distros too?