[SOLVED] Zimbra Collaboration Suite on Ubuntu 10.10

[mat0ng]

Hi everybody,

I know Ubuntu 10.10 isn't listed as a supported at the moment, however I'd like to know if anybody got ZCS installed without errors.

When i run installer.sh with default settings untouched I get the following error:

    zimbra-core......zimbra-core_6.0.9_GA_2686.UBUNTU10_64_amd64.deb...FAILED
###ERROR###

In the install log I get:

dpkg: error processing ./packages/zimbra-core_6.0.9_GA_2686.UBUNTU10_64_amd64.deb (--install):
 parse error, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/control' near line 2 package 'zimbra-core':
 error in Version string '6.0.9_GA_2686.UBUNTU10_64': invalid character in version number
Errors were encountered while processing:
 ./packages/zimbra-core_6.0.9_GA_2686.UBUNTU10_64_amd64.deb

If anybody has an idea how to get around this I'd be much oblidged. Thanks!

[Hivos]

Have you tried:

./install.sh --platform-override

[mat0ng]

Thanks Hivos. Unfortunately I end up with the same output and install log when I run the install script with the "--platform-override" switch.

If I'm not mistaken recent versions of dpkg don't like underscores in the version number in the .deb file. This causes install to fail.

One solution I've tried is to use "dpkg-deb -x" to extract the contents of the zimbra-core .deb file, use "dpkg-deb -e" to extract the control file and manually remove underscores from the version number in the DEBIAN/control file. After repackaging and overwriting the original .deb file I don't get the error anymore for zimbra-core when running install.sh. Of course the other zimbra packages still fail to install because their .deb's still have invalid chars in the version number. Too much of a hassle to extract, edit and repackage them all IMHO.

So a more elegant hack would be if dpkg could be set to ignore invalid version numbers. Does anybody have a clue how to achieve this?
PS. I've already tried adding "force-all" to /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg, but dpkg still fails.

Thanks!

[mavles]

Just update upgrade and install all the things you want and need before installing Zimbra. Then downgrade dpkg with the Lucid version.
wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/po...u4.3_amd64.deb

dpkg -i dpkg_1.15.5.6ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb
install Zimbra!
vi or nano /var/lib/dpkg/status and search for zimbra-ldap zimbra-apache .......zimbra-mta and replace all the underscores with the tilde character. _ to ~
vi or nano /var/lib/dpkg/available and search for zimbra-ldap zimbra-apache .......zimbra-mta and replace all the underscores with the tilde character. _ to ~
After Zimbra successful install you can do apt-get install dpkg to have the latest dpkg version.

The latest dpkg has some strict naming convention!

Best regards,
Selvam Matthys

[mat0ng]

Hi mavles,

Downgrading dpkg allowed me to succesfully install.
Thanks!

[soundofmhng]

i still have problem after downgrade....anyone have other method??

[brianhildebrandt]

I found the specified version on a mirror for amd64, installed it, installed zimbra and used apt-get to update dpkg after complete. Worked great! Thanks

[Arturo]

can not install zimbra7 on ubuntu 10.10

Installing packages
zimbra-core......zimbra-core_7.0.0_GA_3077.UBUNTU10_64_amd64.deb...FAILED
###ERROR###
zimbra-core_7.0.0_GA_3077.UBUNTU10_64_amd64.deb installation failed
Installation cancelled

where the error
thanks

[Xyzzy]

Originally Posted by brianhildebrandt

I found the specified version on a mirror for amd64, installed it, installed zimbra and used apt-get to update dpkg after complete. Worked great! Thanks

Same here -- the dpgk replacement listed above is no longer available. The one I used is here:

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/po...ntu4_amd64.deb

The functionality change seems to start with version 1.15.8

[funajon]

I know this is old, and marked as solved, but this is still a problem with current builds (7.1.4_GA_2555), and since Ubuntu 12.04LTS is coming out in just over a month, it should probably be addressed ASAP (I'm building a Zimbra machine on Precise now). Downgrading dpkg isn't really doable, since any time you upgrade the machine dpkg will get upgraded back to the version with strict version checking.

I hacked together a quick script that rewrites all the packages, so that zimbra installs and updates can be done.

Run it like this:

root@oishi:~# tar -zxf zcs-7.1.4_GA_2555.UBUNTU10_64.20120105094803.tgz
root@oishi:~# ./fixpkg.sh zcs-7.1.4_GA_2555.UBUNTU10_64.20120105094803/
Fixing zcs-7.1.4_GA_2555.UBUNTU10_64.20120105094803//packages/zimbra-apache_7.1.4_GA_2555.UBUNTU10_64_amd64.deb
dpkg-deb: building package `zimbra-apache' in `../zcs-7.1.4_GA_2555.UBUNTU10_64.20120105094803//packages/zimbra-apache_7.1.4_GA_2555.UBUNTU10_64_amd64.deb'.
Fixing zcs-7.1.4_GA_2555.UBUNTU10_64.20120105094803//packages/zimbra-core_7.1.4_GA_2555.UBUNTU10_64_amd64.deb
dpkg-deb: building package `zimbra-core' in `../zcs-7.1.4_GA_2555.UBUNTU10_64.20120105094803//packages/zimbra-core_7.1.4_GA_2555.UBUNTU10_64_amd64.deb'.
Fixing zcs-7.1.4_GA_2555.UBUNTU10_64.20120105094803//packages/zimbra-ldap_7.1.4_GA_2555.UBUNTU10_64_amd64.deb
dpkg-deb: building package `zimbra-ldap' in `../zcs-7.1.4_GA_2555.UBUNTU10_64.20120105094803//packages/zimbra-ldap_7.1.4_GA_2555.UBUNTU10_64_amd64.deb'.
Fixing zcs-7.1.4_GA_2555.UBUNTU10_64.20120105094803//packages/zimbra-logger_7.1.4_GA_2555.UBUNTU10_64_amd64.deb
dpkg-deb: building package `zimbra-logger' in `../zcs-7.1.4_GA_2555.UBUNTU10_64.20120105094803//packages/zimbra-logger_7.1.4_GA_2555.UBUNTU10_64_amd64.deb'.
Fixing zcs-7.1.4_GA_2555.UBUNTU10_64.20120105094803//packages/zimbra-memcached_7.1.4_GA_2555.UBUNTU10_64_amd64.deb
dpkg-deb: building package `zimbra-memcached' in `../zcs-7.1.4_GA_2555.UBUNTU10_64.20120105094803//packages/zimbra-memcached_7.1.4_GA_2555.UBUNTU10_64_amd64.deb'.
Fixing zcs-7.1.4_GA_2555.UBUNTU10_64.20120105094803//packages/zimbra-mta_7.1.4_GA_2555.UBUNTU10_64_amd64.deb
dpkg-deb: building package `zimbra-mta' in `../zcs-7.1.4_GA_2555.UBUNTU10_64.20120105094803//packages/zimbra-mta_7.1.4_GA_2555.UBUNTU10_64_amd64.deb'.
Fixing zcs-7.1.4_GA_2555.UBUNTU10_64.20120105094803//packages/zimbra-proxy_7.1.4_GA_2555.UBUNTU10_64_amd64.deb
dpkg-deb: building package `zimbra-proxy' in `../zcs-7.1.4_GA_2555.UBUNTU10_64.20120105094803//packages/zimbra-proxy_7.1.4_GA_2555.UBUNTU10_64_amd64.deb'.
Fixing zcs-7.1.4_GA_2555.UBUNTU10_64.20120105094803//packages/zimbra-snmp_7.1.4_GA_2555.UBUNTU10_64_amd64.deb
dpkg-deb: building package `zimbra-snmp' in `../zcs-7.1.4_GA_2555.UBUNTU10_64.20120105094803//packages/zimbra-snmp_7.1.4_GA_2555.UBUNTU10_64_amd64.deb'.
Fixing zcs-7.1.4_GA_2555.UBUNTU10_64.20120105094803//packages/zimbra-spell_7.1.4_GA_2555.UBUNTU10_64_amd64.deb
dpkg-deb: building package `zimbra-spell' in `../zcs-7.1.4_GA_2555.UBUNTU10_64.20120105094803//packages/zimbra-spell_7.1.4_GA_2555.UBUNTU10_64_amd64.deb'.
Fixing zcs-7.1.4_GA_2555.UBUNTU10_64.20120105094803//packages/zimbra-store_7.1.4_GA_2555.UBUNTU10_64_amd64.deb
dpkg-deb: building package `zimbra-store' in `../zcs-7.1.4_GA_2555.UBUNTU10_64.20120105094803//packages/zimbra-store_7.1.4_GA_2555.UBUNTU10_64_amd64.deb'.