Installing GroupWise 8 on Ubunutu Maverick

The steps outlined in this post are taken from Steven Harms' blog, Novell Groupwise 7 SP3 on Ubuntu Gutsy/Hardy, and Adam Ward's post, Novell GroupWise Client for Ubuntu at RedShirtLinux.com. If you have real technical questions about these instructions please refer to their blogs. Their technical expertise with Linux is way beyond my current skill-set.

1. Download the GrooupWise Client (gw801_client_linux_en.tar.gz) and extract it (I created a Novell folder in my Home Folder):
   tar -xzvf gw801_client_linux_en.tar.gz
   
   
2. Convert the RPM package to Debian using Alien (If you're like me you will need to install Alien):
   sudo apt-get install alien libstdc++5
   
   
3. Navigate to the directory where you extracted the GroupWise Client:
   cd cd gw8.0.1-88138_client_linux_en
   
   
4. Change to root and convert the packages with Alien (two separate commands):
   sudo su
   alien -c novell-groupwise-client-8.0.1-88138.i586.rpm && alien -c novell-groupwise-gwcheck-8.0.1-88138.i586.rpm
   
   
5. Install the packages (that's a space between -i and *):
   dpkg -i *.deb
   
   
6. Now make the desktop shortcut executable:
   Right click the shortcut, click the Permissions tab and check "Allow executing file as program".
   

Launch the program and enter your credentials and you are all set.