User`s guide

IBM Lotus Notes, Domino, Domino Designer 8 Release Notes
To run the installation in graphical mode, enter:
./install
To run the installation in console mode, enter:
./install -console
To run the installation in silent mode, enter:
./install -silent -options <path to
unix_response.dat>
The new ISMP installations can also be uninstalled in both graphical and console modes from the
/opt/ibm/lotus/notes/latest/<platform>/_uninst directory.
To run the uninstall in graphical mode, enter:
./uninstaller.bin
To run the uninstall in console mode, enter:
./uninstaller.bin -console
z
When installing on a system with low disk space, a message may display indicating that there may
not be enough temporary disk space, and to try using -is:tempdir, in order to use a temporary
directory on a partition with more disk space.
To run the installation specifying the temporary directory, enter:
./setupPlatform.bin -is:tempdir "<directory>"
where <directory> is the name of a directory on a partition with more available disk space
z
The new installer validates the group name such that the user must belong to the group being
specified. If you successfully installed with specific user and group names in previous Domino
versions, it does not necessarily mean that the previously supplied group name will now be valid.
If you provide user and group names, and the following message appears: "Group <group name> is
not a valid group for user <user name>...," either (1) add the user to the group you are supplying or
(2) as that user, type the "id" command and choose a valid group that the user already belongs to.
z
Existing
script.dat
files from previous Domino versions cannot be used with the new ISMP
installer. Modify a local copy of the file sample unix_response.dat provided with the install kits.
More options are now available than in the previous installation's script.dat file. Take note of the
following information:
z
If you select a Setup Type other than CustomServer, do not modify any of the Feature sections,
for example, the "License" feature. Use these feature options to customize your installation when
using a Setup Type of CustomServer.
z
Do not attempt to record a response file at this time. The installation will hang and the response
file will be incomplete. Use the file sample unix_response.dat provided with the install kits.
Domino Server
Invalid path entries for new UNIX ISMP installer
The following are invalid characters for the UNIX ISMP installation:
' ^ ( ) | { } [ ] \ : * ? " < > | as well as a space
Note that the installer may not warn you if you have entered one or more of these invalid characters,
depending on the platform you are installing on.
136