Installing Lotus Notes 9.0 on Ubuntu 16.04

Some information about this already available here. Here is the account of how I got it working on Ubuntu 16.04 64bit LTS system:

Step 1:

Please download the following two Lotus Notes packages from the following links

1. ibm-notes-9.0.i586.deb
2. ibm-sametime-9.0.i586.deb

Step 2:

You might need to add some repository to install 32-bit libraries.  So add the following repository into your "software sources"

deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring main restricted universe multiverse

Now do the following: 

$ sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386

$ sudo apt-get update

Step 3:

Now install the following packages:

$ sudo apt-get install libart-2.0-2:i386 libasound2:i386 libatk1.0-0:i386 libavahi-client3:i386 libavahi-common3:i386 libavahi-glib1:i386 libbonobo2-0:i386 libbonoboui2-0:i386 libc6:i386 libcairo2:i386 libcanberra0:i386 libcomerr2:i386 libcups2:i386 libdbus-1-3:i386 libdbus-glib-1-2:i386 libexpat1:i386 libffi6:i386 libfontconfig1:i386 libfreetype6:i386 libgail18:i386 libgcc1:i386 libgconf-2-4:i386 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:i386 libglib2.0-0:i386 libgnome2-0:i386 libgnomecanvas2-0:i386 libgnome-keyring0:i386 libgnomeui-0:i386 libgnomevfs2-0:i386 libgpg-error0:i386 libgssapi-krb5-2:i386 libgtk2.0-0:i386 libhunspell-1.3-0:i386 libice6:i386 libjpeg62:i386 libk5crypto3:i386 libkeyutils1:i386 libkrb5-3:i386 libkrb5support0:i386 libltdl7:i386 libnspr4:i386 libnspr4-0d:i386 libnss3:i386 libnss3-1d:i386 libogg0:i386 liborbit2:i386 libp11-kit0:i386 libpam0g:i386 libpango1.0-0:i386 libpcre3:i386 libpixman-1-0:i386 libpng12-0:i386 libpopt0:i386 libselinux1:i386 libsm6:i386 libstdc++6:i386 libtasn1-6:i386 libtdb1:i386 libuuid1:i386 libvorbis0a:i386 libvorbisfile3:i386 libx11-6:i386 libxau6:i386 libxcb1:i386 libxcb-render0:i386 libxcb-shm0:i386 libxcomposite1:i386 libxcursor1:i386 libxdamage1:i386 libxdmcp6:i386 libxext6:i386 libxfixes3:i386 libxft2:i386 libxi6:i386 libxinerama1:i386 libxml2:i386 libxrandr2:i386 libxrender1:i386 libxss1:i386 libxt6:i386 libxtst6:i386 zlib1g:i386 unity-gtk2-module:i386 libcanberra-gtk-module:i386 libxss1:i386 gtk2-engines-murrine:i386 p11-kit-modules:i386 libp11-kit-gnome-keyring:i386 ttf-xfree86-nonfree gdb iproute2 libgconf2-4:i386 libxkbfile1:i386 lib32ncurses5 lib32z1 libidl-2-0:i386 libpangox-1.0-0:i386 libpangoxft-1.0-0:i386 libasound2-plugins:i386 libgail-common:i386 overlay-scrollbar-gtk2 libgnome-desktop-3-12:i386 libatk-adaptor:i386 libgcrypt20:i386 libgnutls30:i386

You also need to install following packages: 

$ sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install libgnomeprint2.2-0:i386 libgnomeprintui2.2-0:i386 libbonobo2-0:i386 libbonoboui2-0:i386 libgconf2-4:i386 libgnome-desktop-2-17:i386 libgnomevfs2-bin:i386 libgnomeui-0:i386 libjpeg62:i386 libpam0g:i386 libxkbfile1:i386 ttf-xfree86-nonfree t1-xfree86-nonfree -y 

Step 4:  Install the notes packages

$ sudo dpkg -i ibm-notes-9.0.i586.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i ibm-sametime-9.0.i586.deb


That's all.  It worked for me. 


Edit: Thanks to Sunil for his comments.

Fingerprint Sensor on Lenovo X240 Thinkpad on Ubuntu 14.04

OS: Ubuntu 14.04 64 bit LTS

The machine has a fingerprint reader from validity sensor:

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 011: ID 138a:0017 Validity Sensors, Inc. Fingerprint Reader


Option 1:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fingerprint/fingerprint-gui
sudo apt-get update

fingerprint-gui is little unstable and matching does not work all the time. 

Option 2: 

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:fingerprint/fprint
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libfprint0 fprint-demo libpam-fprintd gksu-polkit




You can test the sensor using fprint_demo and enroll your fingerprint using fprintd-enroll. 




Now you lock your screen using CTRL+ALT+L and try swiping your finger on the sensor when it glows green. 

Still you need to make couple of attempts to get a right scan and logging in one attempt. It takes several attempts to log in. 

You can also store multiple templates for the same finger using the labels for other fingers.

$ fprintd-enroll -f right-thumb
$ fprintd-enroll -f right-index-finger
$ fprintd-enroll -f right-middle-finger
$ fprintd-enroll -f right-ring-finger
$ fprintd-enroll -f right-little-finger

Another 5 templates can be stored for left hand labels.  Then try fprintd-verify

$ fprintd-verify
Using device /net/reactivated/Fprint/Device/0
Listing enrolled fingers:
 - #0: left-middle-finger
 - #1: right-ring-finger
 - #2: left-thumb
 - #3: right-little-finger
 - #4: right-thumb
 - #5: left-index-finger
 - #6: right-index-finger
 - #7: right-middle-finger
 - #8: left-little-finger
 - #9: left-ring-finger
Verify result: verify-match (done)

If you store the templates for index finger under all these labels, then the chances of match increases when you swipe your finger.

Update: 

In order to make it work with login manager, you need to configure the PAM as well.  Hence, you need to install libpam-fprintd package. This is as per the instructions available on this page.

$ sudo apt-get install libpam-fprintd


Now check the common-auth file. It should show something similar as shown below:

$ grep fprint /etc/pam.d/common-auth
auth [success=3 default=ignore] pam_fprintd.so timeout=10 # debug max_tries=5


Now run

$ fprintd-enroll

once you register your finger print. Just check this works for you

$ sudo apt-get update
Swipe your finger across the fingerprint reader

Or else, when you lock your screen with CTRL+ALT+L, it should ask you to swipe your finger. It works instantly with one swipe itself.