Installing Lotus Domino 8.5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3

Am having fun and games trying to get Domino 8.5 working on Linux.

After spending quite some time trying ( and failing ) to get it running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux ( RHEL ) 4, I decided to try an updated version of the OS, 5.0 update 3 aka 5.3.

I downloaded the code as C1SQ1EN.tar, extracted it to a temporary directory ( /tmp ) and then installed it via the command /tmp/linux/domino/install -console.

However, when I attempted to run the server to perform the setup: -

su - notes

cd /local/notesdata/

/opt/ibm/lotus/bin/server

I received the error: -

expr: error while loading shared libraries: libc.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

A quick Google led me here: -

Domino ../linux/startup script evaluates Red Hat 5.3 as Red Hat 3

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21367942

This suggests that the server script looks at the file /etc/issue which contains the line: -

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.3 (Tikanga)

and evaluates the version as Red Hat 3 rather than 5.3. This causes an environment variable LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.19 to be set, which isn't correct for this later release of RHEL.

The TechNote directed me to amend the server script, but I decided to plow my own furrow and simply backup/amend /etc/issue to read: -

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.1 (Tikanga)

which appeared to have the same effect.

Having made this minor change, I was able to start the server, and complete the setup.

Caveat

This worked for me - I'm not sure if there are any other knock-on effects from this modification, and I will follow the TechNote at a later date. Don't try this at home, kids.

Caveat