Installing Groupwise 8

Applicable to Fedora Versions

• Fedora 12 x86 +
  
• Fedora 13 x86_64
• Fedora 14 x86_64
• Fedora 15 x86_64

Doing the work

Installing the client and testing it.

1. Groupwise is a 32-bit application.  Need to install some 32bit packages.  Become root with the following command

su --login root

2. Install the compat-libstdc++-33.i686

yum install compat-libstdc++-33.i686 -y

3. Novell provides a compressed file for the groupwise client. Download and unpack it.
4. change to the directory where you unpacked the client and then execute:

rpm -ivh --nodeps novell-groupwise-client-8.0.2-92614.i586.rpm

5. Installation is now complete.

Fedora 14 x86_64

1. Groupwise is a 32bit application, you'll need to install a bunch of 32 bit libraries.  So, become root

su -- login root

2. Install the following packages

yum install compat-libstdc++-33.i686 freetype.i686 glibc.i686 gtk2.i686 libX11.i686 libXext.i686 libXi.i686 libXt.i686 libXtst.i686 libgcc.i686 libstdc++.i686 audit-libs.i686 avahi-libs.i686 expat.i686 gamin.i686 gnutls.i686 jasper-libs.i686 krb5-libs.i686 libXau.i686 libXft.i686 pixman.i686 dbus-libs.i686 keyutils-libs.i686 libtasn1.i686

3. unzip groupwise

unzip GW802LinuxClient.zip

4. Install groupwise with the --nodeps option

rpm -ivh --nodeps novell-groupwise-client-8.0.2-90388.i586.rpm

5. change the selinux context of the groupwise-bin file

chcon -t execmem_exec_t '/opt/novell/groupwise/client/bin/groupwise-bin'

6. Launch groupwise and it should work properly
   

Fedora 13 x86_64

1. Since groupwise is a 32bit application, you'll need to install few 32 bit libraries.  So, become root:

su --login root

2. You'll need the following 32 bit packages: 
   

yum install gtk2-2.20.1-1.fc13.i686 libXtst-1.0.99.2-3.fc12.i686

3. Continue with the installation here

 

Fedora 12 x86 +


1. If you don't have the compat-libstdc++-33 and the lesstif packages installed, login as root:

su --login root

2. Install the following packages

yum install compat-libstdc++-33 lesstif

3. Continue with the install here

Continue the installation:

1. Download the Groupwise 8 linux client from Novell's website.  They provide a zip file, unzip it with the following:
   

unzip GW802LinuxClient.zip

2. Two rpm files will be extracted to the current directory.  As root, execute the following:
   

rpm -ivh --nodeps novell-groupwise-client-8.0.2-90388.i586.rpm

3. Selinux is  going to deny the running of Groupwise the first time.  To correct this, issue this command:

chcon -t textrel_shlib_t '/opt/novell/groupwise/client/java/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so'

4. Launch groupwise and try to read a message.  Groupwise will probably crash.  Make one more change to selinux by issuing this command:
   

chcon -t textrel_shlib_t '/home/<your username>/.novell/groupwise/.webrendererswing/linux/libwebrenderer.so'

5. Groupwise should now launch and close properly.   
   

 

Disclaimer

We test this stuff on our own machines, really we do. But you may run into problems, if you do, come to #fedora on irc.freenode.net