Installation 4.5.6 on Feisty ok - Zimbra 5 Beta3 wont work

[Nextasy]

Hi,

i have successfully migrate my 4.5.6 zimbra Debian sarge installation to Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn whith the Ubuntu6 packet (4.5.6.)

To do this, i have to change the lsb-release string to 6, which is mentioned in this post.

Zimbra now runs fine on Ubuntu 7.4 - but, i want to update to Zimbra 5 Beta 3.
install.sh coudnt find any installed zimbra release, also he coudnt find any prerequisites.

Can anyone tell me, whats wrong?

Operations logged to /tmp/install.log.5264
Checking for existing installation...
zimbra-ldap...NOT FOUND
zimbra-logger...NOT FOUND
zimbra-mta...NOT FOUND
zimbra-snmp...NOT FOUND
zimbra-store...NOT FOUND
zimbra-apache...NOT FOUND
zimbra-spell...NOT FOUND
zimbra-proxy...NOT FOUND
zimbra-core...NOT FOUND
./util/utilfunc.sh: line 429: rpm: command not found


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ZIMBRA, INC. ("ZIMBRA") WILL ONLY LICENSE THIS SOFTWARE TO YOU IF YOU
FIRST ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. BY DOWNLOADING OR INSTALLING
THE SOFTWARE, OR USING THE PRODUCT, YOU ARE CONSENTING TO BE BOUND BY
THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS OF THIS
AGREEMENT, THEN DO NOT DOWNLOAD, INSTALL OR USE THE PRODUCT.

License Terms for the Zimbra Collaboration Suite:
http://www.zimbra.com/license/collab...cense_1.0.html


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Checking for prerequisites...
NPTL...FOUND
sudo...MISSING
libidn...MISSING
curl...MISSING
fetchmail...MISSING
gmp...MISSING
/usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5...FOUND

###ERROR###

One or more prerequisite packages are missing.
Please install them before running this installer.

Installation cancelled.

[kbearcat]

I'd prefer to run feisty fawn, too. but, after you read this thread:
enable core? failed install

let me tell you how to get past the point you're worried about now, and to the point described above.

OK, clean unpack of the beta3 tarball, right? copy bin/get_plat_flag.sh to an innocuous name, and create a new one, with this convoluted series of commands:

echo UBUNTU6

make sure it's executable (chmod a+x get_plat_flag.sh) and ... have fun.

[Nextasy]

Originally Posted by kbearcat

make sure it's executable (chmod a+x get_plat_flag.sh) and ... have fun.

phew....fascinating. Works peferkt. Thanx for the clue ;-)

[Nextasy]

Hmm...another error.

Restoring existing configuration file from /opt/zimbra/.saveconfig/config.save...done
chown: cannot access `/opt/zimbra/conf/nginx.key': No such file or directory
chown: cannot access `/opt/zimbra/conf/nginx.crt': No such file or directory
Operations logged to /tmp/zmsetup.log.10112
Checking ldap status
Starting ldap
zimbra-core must be enabled

[dijichi2]

Do my instructions not work for 4.5.6?

http://www.zimbra.com/forums/install...html#post41526

If not let me know and I'll post new ones.

[Nextasy]

Hi dijichi2

your instructions worked fine on my 4.5.6 installation. Zimbra is up on Feisty and running. But i want to upgrade to Zimbra 5 Beta 3 - and this is the point, where the error came.

[dijichi2]

Hmm. 5.0b3 works perfectly for me on 64-bit Ubuntu 7.10 gutsy tribe 5 or whatever latest beta is, using package:
zcs-5.0.0_BETA3_1276.UBUNTU6.20070822-22320

I used this hack:
HOWTO: Ubuntu 64bit Install

Haven't tried Feisty on 32-bit. If I get some spare time, I might try and release a package that works on all versions of Debian and Ubuntu, 32 and 64bit. Clearly from the hacks I'm posting it's possible to run on all platforms with small hacks to the installer, surely a unified package makes sense.

[dijichi2]

Workaround/Hack: Zimbra 5.0b3 on Ubuntu Feisty 7.04 32bit
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Problem is that Feisty also has a /etc/debian_version that reads '4.0' and the new 5.0b3 incorrectly reads this - allegedly Debian 4.0 support is new in zimbra 5.0b. Gutsy also has /etc/debian_version but as of Tribe5 it has version that is not picked up by the get_plat_tag.sh script.

So:
mv /etc/debian_version /etc/debian_version.zimbra
perl -pi -e 's/DISTRIB_RELEASE=7/DISTRIB_RELEASE=6/' /etc/lsb-release

Then run the installer as normal.

[Nextasy]

thx...works now perfectly for me.

please notice, that the file is debian_version, not debian_release

[dijichi2]

thanks, amended. doing too many things at one time!