1. Download Lotus Notes Social Edition (v 9.0.

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2. Untar the downloaded file :

$ tar --extract --file /path/to/NOTES_9.0.1_LINUX_DI_EN_Evaluation.tar

--directory ~/Desktop

3. Extract the pacakge's contents :

$ mkdir ~/Desktop/repackage
$ cp ~/Desktop/ibm-notes-9.0.1.i586.deb ~/Desktop/repackage/
$ cd ~/Desktop/repackage/
$ dpkg-deb -x ibm-notes-9.0.1.i586.deb common
$ dpkg-deb --control ibm-notes-9.0.1.i586.deb

4. Then edit the deb package's control file:

$ nano DEBIAN/control

5. Copy the modified DEBIAN folder to common:

$ cp -R DEBIAN common

6. Recreated the package:

$ dpkg -b common ibm-notes-9.0.1.i586.deb

7. Install dependencies : 

$ sudo apt-get install libart-2.0-2:i386 libasound2:i386 libatk1.0-0:i386

libavahi-client3:i386 libavahi-common3:i386 libavahi-glib1:i386 libbonobo2-
0:i386 libbonoboui2-0:i386 libc6:i386 libcairo2:i386 libcanberra0:i386
libcomerr2:i386 libcups2:i386 libdbus-1-3:i386 libdbus-glib-1-2:i386
libexpat1:i386 libffi6:i386 libfontconfig1:i386 libfreetype6:i386
libgail18:i386 libgcc1:i386 libgconf-2-4:i386 libgcrypt11:i386 libgdk-
pixbuf2.0-0:i386 libglib2.0-0:i386 libgnome2-0:i386 libgnomecanvas2-0:i386
libgnome-keyring0:i386 libgnomeui-0:i386 libgnomevfs2-0:i386
libgnutls26:i386 libgpg-error0:i386 libgssapi-krb5-2:i386 libgtk2.0-0:i386
libhunspell-1.3-0:i386 libice6:i386 libjpeg62:i386 libk5crypto3:i386
libkeyutils1:i386 libkrb5-3:i386 libkrb5support0:i386 libltdl7:i386
libnspr4:i386 libnspr4-0d:i386 libnss3:i386 libnss3-1d:i386 libogg0:i386
liborbit2:i386 libp11-kit0:i386 libpam0g:i386 libpango1.0-0:i386
libpcre3:i386 libpixman-1-0:i386 libpng12-0:i386 libpopt0:i386
libselinux1:i386 libsm6:i386 libstdc++6:i386 libtasn1-6:i386 libtdb1:i386
libuuid1:i386 libvorbis0a:i386 libvorbisfile3:i386 libx11-6:i386
libxau6:i386 libxcb1:i386 libxcb-render0:i386 libxcb-shm0:i386
libxcomposite1:i386 libxcursor1:i386 libxdamage1:i386 libxdmcp6:i386
libxext6:i386 libxfixes3:i386 libxft2:i386 libxi6:i386 libxinerama1:i386
libxml2:i386 libxp6:i386 libxrandr2:i386 libxrender1:i386 libxss1:i386
libxt6:i386 libxtst6:i386 zlib1g:i386 libcanberra-gtk-module:i386
libxss1:i386 gtk2-engines-murrine:i386 p11-kit-modules:i386 libp11-kit-
gnome-keyring:i386 ttf-xfree86-nonfree gnome-terminal gtk2-engines-pixbuf
gtk2-engines-pixbuf:i386 lib32z1 lib32ncurses5 lib32bz2-1.0

8. Install Lotus/IBM Notes 

$ sudo dpkg -i ibm-notes-9.0.1.i586.deb

9. Run Lotus/IBM Notes for first time :

$ /opt/ibm/notes/notes

10. A new terminal windows will appear, enter 1 to agree.

12. Enjoy your Lotus/IBM Notes