How To Repackage 32bit Lotus Notes 8.5.2 for 64 bit systems

I repackaged Lotus Notes 8.5.2 for my 64bit install for myself and decided to share. My motivation was that I dislike using the "--force-arch" option with dpkg. I also wanted to create deb files that I could send to my coworkers.

To make a no-fuss package that installs, we need to automate the getlibs part of the install, create a symlink after the package is installed, and replace the 'i386' value with 'amd64' in the control file.

Assumptions: You have the ibm-lotus-notes-8.5.2.i586.deb file, along with getlibs and dpkg installed on your system. You'll also need to grab the attached lotus-notes-8.5.2.patch.txt. The instructions assume that the patch file and the deb file are in the same directory.

Note: Using 'sudo' so permissions don't get hosed.

1. Extract package contents
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   sudo dpkg-deb -x ibm-lotus-notes-8.5.2.i586.deb ibm-lotus-notes-8.5.2

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2. Extract package the debian control files
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   sudo dpkg-deb -e ibm-lotus-notes-8.5.2.i586.deb ibm-lotus-notes-8.5.2/DEBIAN

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3. Patch package files
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   sudo patch -p0 -i lotus-notes-8.5.2.patch.txt

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4. Rebuild deb file
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   sudo dpkg-deb -b ibm-lotus-notes-8.5.2 ibm-lotus-notes-8.5.2.amd64.deb

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Now, when you install the package, getlibs will automatically download the needed 32bit libraries.

Credits: Marcus Khoo's blog post which had great info on the needed libraries

Thanks for sharing this! Very useful.

For the other .deb's that come along, do i need to change only the i568 to amd64 in the control file? (like ibm-lotus-feedreader-8.5.2.i586.deb, ibm-lotus-notes-nl1-8.5.2.i586.deb, ibm-lotus-notes-core-ptbr-8.5.2.i586.deb, ibm-lotus-feedreader-nl1-8.5.2.i586.deb, ibm-lotus-activities-8.5.2.i586.deb and some more...)

Maybe some files are only present in the brazilian portuguese version.

Hugs from Brazil =)

Has getlibs found a new home or been deprecated by another package. There is a 404 on the freehostia.com site that is located in the forums now.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=474790

I've packaged up my lotus notes deb but looking for a "valid" copy of getlibs-all.deb. I can't wait to test the new package.

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Originally Posted by caligari2k

Has getlibs found a new home or been deprecated by another package. There is a 404 on the freehostia.com site that is located in the forums now.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=474790

I've packaged up my lotus notes deb but looking for a "valid" copy of getlibs-all.deb. I can't wait to test the new package.

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You can get getlibs from this PPA:

https://launchpad.net/~jcollins/+archive/jaminppa

I respun the getlibs for 10.10 Maverick in a PPA by itself.

https://launchpad.net/~nutznboltz/+a...py-getlibs-all

> the "--force-arch" option with dpkg.
What force-arch option!?

Code:

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# dpkg -i --force-arch ibm-lotus-notes-8.5.2.i586.deb
dpkg: unknown force/refuse option `arch'

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Originally Posted by zorg2

> the "--force-arch" option with dpkg.
What force-arch option!?

Code:

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# dpkg -i --force-arch ibm-lotus-notes-8.5.2.i586.deb
dpkg: unknown force/refuse option `arch'

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Ahh, its :-

dpkg --force-architecture -i <package>

Did anyone get past this message:
/opt/ibm/lotus/notes/notes: error while loading shared libraries: libgnomeprint-2-2.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory


I have installed these packages:
# dpkg -l | grep libgnomeprint
ii libgnomeprint2.2-0 2.18.6-1build2 The GNOME 2.2 print architecture - runtime files
ii libgnomeprint2.2-data 2.18.6-1build2 The GNOME 2.2 print architecture - data files
ii libgnomeprintui2.2-0 2.18.4-1build1 GNOME 2.2 print architecture User Interface - runtime f
ii libgnomeprintui2.2-common 2.18.4-1build1 GNOME 2.2 print architecture User Interface - common fi

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Originally Posted by zorg2

Did anyone get past this message:
/opt/ibm/lotus/notes/notes: error while loading shared libraries: libgnomeprint-2-2.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

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It's part of libgnomeprint2.2-0. If getlibs didn't install it for some reason, you can extract it out of the 32bit version and copy libgnomeprint-2-2.so.0.1.0 to /usr/lib32. Symlink /usr/lib32/libgnomeprint-2-2.so.0 to it.

The top post works along with this post:
http://usablesoftware.wordpress.com/...-64bit-beta-1/

fyi

mrguga did you ever figure out how to add the other packages such as the service pack and sametime?

Thanks