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Command Not Found Error on Attempt to Install Lotus Mobile Connect

Asked by beechner

I have been trying out different Linux distros to see which one seems best suited for me and so far ubuntu or kubuntu seem to be the best choice. They're the only ones that recognize my wireless card immediately and work well with it. However, a key item that I need to install is Lotus Mobile Connect but when I try to install it I receive a command not found error. This error occurs several times when running the install script or it will occur once for each rpm file if I try to install one of them by itself. The instructions for the install are 'su to root and then run ./install_mc'. Of course I can't su without knowing the password and that's not provided so I use sudo and get the errors. It installed fine in Fedora after I got a missing lib file. How do I determine which command is not found and/or figure out if it's related to the su/sudo issue?

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#1

To get plain root access please use the
sudo -i
command give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

HTH

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beechner (beechner) said : 		#2

Unfortunately this results in the same response when I run install-wc. It runs but at several lines it reports the Command Not Found error. It would seem that there is some command that is being executed in the RPMs that is not recognized in ubuntu but is fine in Fedora. Any ideas?

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#3

i'm quite confused
Are you trying to install rpm packages on Ubuntu...?

Thank you

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beechner (beechner) said : 		#4

So basically what's being done is that the install_wc file tries to install a number of package files. If I run the install_wc file, it returns errors saying command not found and provides the line numbers where the error occurs. If I try to install a package separately, it also gives the command not found error.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#5

You cannot install RPM packages in Ubuntu...
What is or where you have downloaded install_wc...?
Thank you

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beechner (beechner) said : 		#6

install_wc is just the file that runs to install a number of package files to set up Mobile Connect. If ubuntu doesn't permit use of RPM files then I can't install Mobile Connect at which point ubuntu becomes useless to me.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#7

There is an option:
to install your app you can convert rpm to deb package on Ubuntu with the Alien package.
Then you can try to install alien converted "Lotus Mobile Connect" rpm to deb packages

Hope this help

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