NOTES CLIENT INSTALLATION AND UPGRADE

Cleaning a previous or partial Notes installation from your client
If you experience a problem installing IBMŸ LotusŸ NotesŸ or if you exited out of the installation process prior to its completion, review the suggestions below.

Uninstall instructions are provided in this guide. If, after uninstalling a previous or partial release, you continue to experience install or uninstall problems, use the cleanup instructions below.

Cleanup instructions for Windows

To clean a Notes or partial Notes install from your MicrosoftŸ WindowsŸ client, complete the following procedure:

1. Delete all folders in the Notes <install path>\ except the \data folder.

2. Back up the Notes <install path>\data folder and then delete all subdirectories in <install path>\data. Do not delete any root-level files from the Notes <install path>\data folder.

3. If Notes appears in your Add/Remove Program panel, run the Windows installer cleanup utility located at Microsoft Help and Support.

Cleanup instructions for Linux

To clean a Notes or partial Notes install from your LinuxŸ client, complete the following procedure:

As root user:
1. Remove <install path>/install.log (and any other log files left over in that directory).

2. Remove <install path>/framework.

3. Remove /root/InstallShield (unless you have installed other programs on your system with InstallShield).

4. Remove /root/lotus.

5. Remove /root/install.log if present.

6. Remove /root/install.xml if present.

7. Remove /etc/lotus/notes if present.

As non-root user:
1. Remove /home/<user name>/lotus.

2. Remove /home/<user name>/InternalProvisioning.log.

3. Remove the contents of /tmp owned by <user name>.

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