Novell Groupwise 8 Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot or 12.04 Precise Pangolin 64-Bit

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1. 

   David

   8 Mrz 2012 Antworten

   Thanks. I tested this on Ubuntu 12.04 and you have to install following package to make it work: libxtst6:i386, either in terminal or the software center.

   Works perfect afterwards

   1. 

      sebastian

      9 Mrz 2012 Antworten

      Thanks 🙂
      Very useful for my own upgrade to 12.04

      Update:

      I don’t have to install libxtst6:i386, because it was already installed on my Ubuntu 12.04 system.
      (Tested on a fresh installation of Ubuntu 12.04)

      1. 

         David

         4 Apr 2012 Antworten

         Hi Sebastien,

         thanks again for this tutorial. As previously mentioned I installed groupwise with your description on 12.04. There is one problem: When I click on a link in an e-mail, I get this error:
         Cannot run program ‘gnome-open’: error=2, Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
         Do you have any idea how to solve that problem?

         1. 

            sebastian

            5 Apr 2012 Antworten

            Hi David,

            you don’t have “gnome-open” installed. It is in the package “libgnome2-0” install it with:

            aptitude install libgnome2-0
            

            now it should work.

            Greetings

            Sebastian

            1. 

               David

               5 Apr 2012

               Yes it works now. Thank you.

2. 

   N.C. Weber

   28 Mrz 2012 Antworten

   When I use Alien to convert the RPM files, it throws a lot of DB5 errors. The resulting DEB files go through the motions of installations, but nothing actually installs. Do I have to uninstall the old GroupWise to install this new one?

   1. 

      sebastian

      2 Apr 2012 Antworten

      Hi,

      i installed it on a plain system. There was no Groupwise installed before.

3. 

   sebus

   8 Jun 2012 Antworten

   It does work fine on Mint 13 Cinnamon x64
   The install of the .deb throws few errors like:

   Error: Could not open input file: /opt/novell/groupwise/client/java/lib/rt.pack

   but the actual .jar files are there (so it looks cosmetic only)

   1. 

      marsu

      29 Sep 2012 Antworten

      I just installed it on Mint 13 CInnamon x64 as well with no problems, beside the same errors when installing the .deb

      Everything works well with the client, except that the calendar is stuck loading and never actually loads…

      Am I missing something?

      1. 

         ludolph

         30 Sep 2012 Antworten

         No … you do not miss anything. The refresh key F5 does not work, too.

         Is there anybody who is able to help????

         1. 

            marsu

            5 Okt 2012 Antworten

            Here is a working solution for me for Mint Linux 13 Cinnamon x64. I use BOTH .rpm and I DON’T replace Java. Calendar and F5 then both work.

            1. Install Alien and required packages
            sudo aptitude install alien ia32-libs libstdc++5 libgnome2-0

            2. Extract GroupWise
            tar -zxvf gw802_hp3_client_linux_en.tar.gz
            cd gw8.0.2-96933_client_linux_en/

            3. Extract both .rpm
            sudo alien –generate –scripts novell-groupwise-gwcheck-8.0.2-96933.i586.rpm
            sudo alien –generate –scripts novell-groupwise-client-8.0.2-96933.i586.rpm

            4. Change architecture and create both .deb
            cd novell-groupwise-gwcheck-8.0.2
            sudo gedit debian/control
            replace i386 with amd64
            save and close
            sudo debian/rules binary
            – same procedure for the client rpm –

            5. Install
            sudo dpkg -i novell-groupwise-gwcheck_8.0.2-96934_amd64.deb
            sudo dpkg -i novell-groupwise-client_8.0.2-96934_amd64.deb

            Done!

4. 

   Ludolph

   11 Jun 2012 Antworten

   On Kubuntu 12.04 the *.deb file is not created by command:
   debian/rules binary

   and after copy of debian directory to the /opt Grpupwise works but without:
   – calendar support
   – F5 Refresh key does not work
   – … etc.

   is there anything what should be done at Kubuntu (KDE flavor of Ubuntu)?

   1. 

      Ludolph

      11 Jun 2012 Antworten

      same problems on Ubuntu 12.04!!!

5. 

   Ludolph

   11 Jun 2012 Antworten

   same problems on Ubuntu 12.04, too!!!

   1. 

      deb

      10 Jul 2012 Antworten

      Tried to install on i386 machine with ubuntu 12.04, following exactly all recommendattions (except the amd64 replacement)

      it launchs, asks for a password, a small icon appears, and then nothing,
      a window is opened, but remains desperately white

      is the installation different on a i386 machine ?

      1. 

         Don Vosburg

         14 Jul 2012 Antworten

         This is because you used java 1.7 – the client needs 1.6 to work properly.

         Replace the java/ dir in /opt/novell/groupwise/client with the 32-bit java from here:

         http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jre6-downloads-1637595.html

6. 

   Ludolph

   1 Okt 2012 Antworten

   Important notes to everyone:

   The current version of Groupwise 8 client is ONLY fully compatible with java 1.6, NOT with java 1.7 as is mentioned in this tutorial.

   Download JRE 1.6 link: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jre6u35-downloads-1836473.html

   Please change the jre-7u3-linux-i586.tar.gz by jre-6u35-linux-i586.bin + following commands:

   Extract JRE:

   cd Downloads
   chmod +x jre-6u35-linux-i586.bin
   ./ jre-6u35-linux-i586.bin

   Replace JAVA:

   rm opt/novell/groupwise/client/java -R
   mv ../../jre1.6.0_35 opt/novell/groupwise/client/java

7. 

   Wade MacDonald

   23 Jan 2015 Antworten

   wow to find the client is crazy!!
   other locations:
   http://www.memphisemail.com/gwsoftware/gwim/

8. 

   Wade MacDonald

   12 Mai 2015 Antworten

   having big issues with Ubuntu 15.04 🙁

   1. 

      sebastian

      28 Mai 2015 Antworten

      Hi,

      i replaced JRE with latest version jre-8u45-linux-i586.tar.gz

      ia32-libs are no longer available you replace this

      aptitude install alien ia32-libs libstdc++5 libgnome2-0
      

      with:

      Ubuntu 14.10:

      apt-get install libgnome2-0 openjdk-7-jre:i386 libstdc++6:i386
      

      Ubuntu 15.04:

      apt-get install libgnome2-0 openjdk-8-jre:i386 libstdc++6:i386
      

9. 

   Wade MacDonald

   12 Jul 2016 Antworten

   groupwise
   #
   # A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
   #
   # SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0xee7e63ff, pid=10224, tid=4000348992
   #
   # JRE version: 6.0_35-b10
   # Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (20.10-b01 mixed mode, sharing linux-x86 )
   # Problematic frame:
   # C [libwebrenderer.so+0xde3ff] WRSwingBrowser::WRInit()+0x13f
   #
   # An error report file with more information is saved as:
   # /home/wzmacdonald/hs_err_pid10224.log
   #
   # If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
   # http://java.sun.com/webapps/bugreport/crash.jsp
   # The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code.
   # See problematic frame for where to report the bug.
   #
   /usr/bin/groupwise: line 31: 10224 Aborted (core dumped) /opt/novell/groupwise/client/bin/groupwise-bin “$@”

   1. 

      Gerald

      31 Jan 2018 Antworten

      I am having the same problem on ubuntu 16.04. Did anyone manage to solve this problem?

10. 

    Peter C

    4 Sep 2018 Antworten

    I am having the below problem while run on Linux mint v19 64bit version + below version of groupwise client

    novell-groupwise-client_8.0.2-90841_amd64.deb
    novell-groupwise-client_8.0.2-96934_amd64.deb
    novell-groupwise-gwcheck_8.0.2-90841_amd64.deb
    novell-groupwise-gwcheck_8.0.2-96934_amd64.deb

    #
    # A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
    #
    # SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0xee6e93ff, pid=2750, tid=3999312704
    #
    # JRE version: 6.0_20-b02
    # Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (16.3-b01 mixed mode, sharing linux-x86 )
    # Problematic frame:
    # C [libwebrenderer.so+0xde3ff] _ZN14WRSwingBrowser6WRInitEv+0x13f
    #
    # An error report file with more information is saved as:
    # /home/joshua/hs_err_pid2750.log
    #
    # If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
    # http://java.sun.com/webapps/bugreport/crash.jsp
    # The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code.
    # See problematic frame for where to report the bug.
    #

    /usr/bin/groupwise: line 31: 2750 Aborted (core dumped) /opt/novell/groupwise/client/bin/groupwise-bin “$@”

    Did anyone manage to solve this problem ? It seems like java problem to me..

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