Installing Lotus Domino 8.5.x on Ubuntu server

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 Wizard
Initializing InstallShield Wizard…
Preparing Java(tm) Virtual Machine…
……………………………..
(snip)
……………………………..
.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 Wizard
Initializing 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