Installing Zimbra on Ubuntu 8.04 server

[murphyml]

Will there be any support for Ubuntu 8.04 server? I tried to use the 6.06 LTS install that you have on your site, but it keeps coming back saying it is an invalid OS. Is there a change in a script that I can make, or must the package be redone for 8.04?

Or, can I use the Debian 4 version?

I'm pretty much married to Ubuntu 8.04 server - I need a good email/collaboration solution for that platform.

Thanks,

Mike

[uxbod]

Welcome to the forums

Have a read of Ubuntu 8.04 Server & Zimbra 5.05 NE = Good? and also vote for Bug 23154 - Ubuntu 8.04 - Hardy Heron

[phoenix]

....... and did you see the warning message when you were installing and the --platform-override option?

[murphyml]

Yes, I saw that, and tried it. Same error, no change.

[phoenix]

I don't know why you'd get an error as it's supposed to let you install on an unsupported operating system. I believe others have used that recently, check the threads that uxbod has given you links.

[dijichi2]

Community builds for 8.04:
SourceForge.net: Files

I've not had any bug reports so I assume they work fine now.

[milosz]

Hello,

I am using Starter Edition (zcs-NETWORK-5.0.6_GA_2313.UBUNTU6_64) on Ubuntu Gutsy (2.6.18 x86_64). I didn't experienced any problems with installation. As I remember I only made two changes:
- renamed file /etc/debian_version
- changed /etc/lsb-release to:
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=6
DISTRIB_CODENAME=gutsy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 6.06"

Hope this helps. I found this solution somewhere on this forum or wiki...

[mlodick]

I changed 2 installation files to get it to work, although I think only one was necessary. My diffs is below

PHP Code:

./bin/get_plat_tag.sh 
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<       fi
<       grep "DISTRIB_RELEASE=8" /etc/lsb-release > /dev/null 2>&1
<       if [ $? = 0 ]; then
<               echo "8${i}"
<               exit 0

./util/utilfunc.sh 
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<   if [ $PLATFORM = "DEBIAN3.1" -o $PLATFORM = "UBUNTU6" -o $PLATFORM = "UBUNTU7" -o $PLATFORM = "UBUNTU8" -o $PLATFORM = "UBUNTU6_64" -o $PLATFORM = "UBUNTU7_64" -o $PLATFORM = "DEBIAN4.0" -o $PLATFORM = "DEBIAN4.0_64" -o $PLATFORM = "UBUNTUUNKNOWN" -o $PLATFORM = "DEBIANUNKNOWN" ]; then
---
>   if [ $PLATFORM = "DEBIAN3.1" -o $PLATFORM = "UBUNTU6" -o $PLATFORM = "UBUNTU7" -o $PLATFORM = "UBUNTU6_64" -o $PLATFORM = "UBUNTU7_64" -o $PLATFORM = "DEBIAN4.0" -o $PLATFORM = "DEBIAN4.0_64" -o $PLATFORM = "UBUNTUUNKNOWN" -o $PLATFORM = "DEBIANUNKNOWN" ]; then
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<     if [ $PLATFORM = "UBUNTU6" -o $PLATFORM = "UBUNTU7" -o $PLATFORM = "UBUNTU8" ]; then
---
>     if [ $PLATFORM = "UBUNTU6" -o $PLATFORM = "UBUNTU7" ]; then 


[dijichi2]

both of the methods above have a couple of issues, but the better one is altering /etc/lsb-release rather than the zimbra installer files. the reason is that there are a few files within the installer packages that need altering as well which is very difficult to do.

full diff attached to bug, if anyone's interested (and bored!).
Bug 23154 - Ubuntu 8.04 - Hardy Heron