Setup guide

IBM Lotus Sametime 7.5 Release Notes Installation, migration, upgrade, and configuration
Downloading Sametime Connect 7.5 for Macintosh
To download the Sametime Connect 7.5 client files for Macintosh from your server, follow the instructions
below:
1.
Using a web browser, launch the URL
http://<hostname>/sametime/sametimeclient/sametime-connect-mac-7.5.0.comman
d, where <hostname> is the host name of your Sametime 7.5 server, for example,
st75server.com.
2.
Save the client install package to your local drive.
3.
Follow the instructions below to install the Sametime Connect client.
4.
The first time you launch the client, you'll need to enter the host name of your Sametime server. Use
the name of the server from which you downloaded the files, unless your administrator has instructed
you to use a different server.
Installing Sametime Connect 7.5 for Windows
Launch the install program (
sametime-connect-win-7.5.0.exe
) to begin the installation. You will be
prompted for required information. The install program will create a Sametime Connect icon on your
Windows desktop.
To uninstall Sametime Connect, use the Windows Add-Remove Programs utility.
Installing Sametime Connect 7.5 for Macintosh
1.
Launch the install program (
sametime-connect-mac-7.5.0.command
) to extract the Sametime
Connect application .dmg file to a directory of your choice.
2.
Launch the
.dmg
file to create a virtual drive on the Desktop.
3.
Open the virtual drive and drag the Sametime folder from there to your Applications folder.
4.
Go to the new copy of the Sametime folder and launch the Sametime application.
To uninstall Sametime Connect, browse to your Applications folder, locate the Sametime application
folder and drag it to the trash
Installing Sametime Connect 7.5 for Linux
1. As a superuser (for example. while logged in as root), run the install program using the following
command:
rpm -i sametime-connect-lin-7.5.0-1.i386.rpm
2. Launch Sametime using the following command:
/usr/bin/sametime
To uninstall Sametime Connect, use the following command, as a superuser:
rpm -e sametime-connect-lin-7.5.0-1
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