Re: [gentoo-java] Wanted: Killer Java Applications for the Desktop

[Geoffrey Mishkin <gmishkin@acs.bu.edu>]

I am working on getting the new Notes to work on amd64 right now.  However, 
it's 32-bit and requires 32-bit libraries that don't have emul-linux-x86-* 
packages yet.  So far I've identified libgnomeprint, libxml2, and 
libgnomeprintui, but I might run into more later.  Basically what I did was 
follow the instructions to set up a 32-bit chroot environment, build binary 
packages inside it for the libraries I need, then just unpack the /usr/lib 
directory of the binary package to /opt/lib32, which is a directory I created 
and added to ld.so.conf for this purpose.

It's going, but it's going slowly.  libgnomeprintui depends on a fairly 
significant portion of X11 which I'm building 32-bit right now.  Just warning 
you what you're getting into on amd64. :-)  For x86 it should be easier.

The installation notes for Notes (lol) say that it depends on Gnome, but I'm 
not exactly sure how much (so far only libgnomeprint and libgnomeprintui).  
It also depends on Mozilla (not Firefox).  I'm not sure if mozilla-bin will 
work because it wasn't built with xft support.  I ran into a problem with 
that while trying out Sametime.  I had to download a 32-bit binary from 
mozilla.org that was marked as having xft support, then unpacked it 
to /usr/local.  That made Sametime work.  I'm not sure if the new Notes 
requires this as well, but just to be safe I had it use the binary from 
mozilla.org.  This is done using the /etc/gre.conf file, which Gentoo doesn't 
have, but which is required for the Notes installer to not die near the 
beginning.  It looks like this:

[1.7.13]
GRE_PATH=/usr/local/mozilla

Should be pretty self-explanatory.  Good luck with your ebuild!

				--Geoff Mishkin <gmishkin@bu.edu>


On Monday 14 August 2006 10:16, Nathan Egge wrote:
> What about the new version of Lotus Notes 7.0.1 code named Hannover?  There
> is a linux client that is writen using Eclipse SWT (comes bundled with its
> own JVM, which can be stripped out).  I am waiting on IT to hand me the
> installation binary, but I will see about making an ebuild from it.
>
> More info can be found here:
>
> http://www.dga.co.uk/customer/publicdo.nsf/Lookup-MENU/2E782AB075494BD08025
>71A7003B9F56!OpenDocument http://tgdaily.com/2006/07/10/lotus_notes_linux/
> www.ibm.com/software/lotus
>
> Joshua Nichols <nichoj@gentoo.org> wrote: Hey folks,
>
> I'm looking to build a list of killer open source Java applications for
> the desktop...  So basically, I'm looking to get more sweet applications
> into portage. Here is what I know of so far:
>
> In portage:
> azureus
> freemind
>
> Not in portage (yet):
>
> aerith https://aerith.dev.java.net/
>
> Let's see what's out there :)
>
> --
> Joshua Nichols
> Gentoo/Java - Project Lead
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