Moma's notes
Installing IBM Lotus Symphony office-suite on Linux
Study first http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Symphony
Then get it
1) Switch off
Compiz (3d
desktop). The installer (not the app itself) has a bug and will stop if
Compiz is activated.
Fusion-icon
is a handy tool to toggle between Compiz and an ordinary flat
(Metacity)
desktop. It will put an icon on the system tray (panel).
To avoid the compiz hassle you may also run the installer in console
(text) mode
$ sudo sh
./IBM_Lotus_Symphony_linux.bin -console
2) Then
follow this
guide... to install Lotus Symphony.
Do not forget to change the file permissions of $HOME/.lotus/ directory. Your
username must own the directory, not the root (admin) user.
Run this
command
$ sudo chown -R $USER
$HOME/.lotus/
3) I
noticed that the Symphony's internal web browser did not work. This
workaround may fix it.
The MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME variable should point to a web browser, such as
Mozilla's Firefox, Seamonkey or GNOME's Epiphany browser.
I try the Ubuntu's Firefox here.
$ export
MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/
$ "/opt/ibm/lotus/Symphony/framework/shared/eclipse/plugins/com.ibm.productivity.tools.standalone.addin_3.0.1.20080529-0018/apps/IBM
Lotus Symphony"
I stole the horrible long command line from the Symphony's menu (icon)
file. You may create a shell script and run these two lines to start
the Lotus Symphony.
It still shows the same error (once) but the internal web browser works
fine.
Go back to http://www.futuredesktop.org