8.5.2 FP3 released
Earlier this week IBM released Notes/Domino 8.5.2 FP3. Its works well under Windows 7, hwever Under Linux (Ubuntu 10.10) it fails just after it starts with the following error message:
dpkg: error processing /home/nick/DownloadDirector/Notes 8.5.2 Gold/8.5.2 FP3/Ubuntu/ibm_lotus_notes_fixpack-8.5.2.i586.deb (--install):
parse error, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/control' near line 2 package 'ibm-lotus-notes-fixpack': error in Version string '8.5.2-20110711.1400_FP3': invalid character in revision number
IBM just cant get the installs and FP installs for Ubuntu right, every one since 8.5.1 has had issues. Come on IBM get your Linux act together and start getting this right.
I am told that this error is a real error and need to be reported. Anyone come across this before?
Labels: 8.5.2, Domino, Fix Packs, FP 3, Linux, Notes, Ubuntu
posted by Nick at 12:27 pm
1 Comments:
Hi Nick. I'm sorry that IBM is stupid and won't fix this. I had the problem in FP2 as well. The issue is with the underscore in the revision number.
Just in case you haven't figured it out already:
1) Open up the lotus_notes852FP3_linuxUb.tar file in the GUI with by right-clicking on it and choosing "Extract".
2) In the directory that you extracted to, there are three folders: "DEBIAN", "opt", and "user".
3) Go to the "DEBIAN" folder and edit the file called "control".
4) Edit the line that says, "Version: 8.5.2-20110711.1400_FP3" and change it to this: "Version: 8.5.2-20110711.1400FP3" (In other words, remove the underscore).
5) From the command line, Rebuild the package by doing a "dpkg --build (directory that you extracted to originally) /home/bill/fp3.deb"
The command I used was, "dpkg --build /home/bill/Desktop/FP3/ /home/billdor/Desktop/fp3.deb".
6. Install the .deb file you just created with "dpkg -i" or using the GUI.
Good luck.
Bill D.
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