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Comparison of Notes Installation on different platforms.

Added by ~Zelda Nonveluterflar | Edited by ~Zelda Nonveluterflar on October 4, 2013 | Version 5

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Abstract

The article provides the comparison of Notes Installation/Features on different platforms

Tags: Installation, Notes, Windows, Linux, MAC

The following table compares the Notes installation-related functionality on different platforms. The list is not exhaustive, but reflects commonly used files and other features.

Attributes	Windows		Linux	Mac
Environment supported	Both Single/Multi user		Only Multi user	Only Multi user
Notes.ini name	Notes.ini		Notes.ini	Notes Preferences
Location of different files
	Single User Installation	Multi User Installation
Notes.ini	C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\Notes	C:\Users\\AppData\Local\IBM\Notes\	/home//ibm/notes/data	/Users//Library/Preferences/
Template Installation Directory	C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\Notes/Data	Shared Directory C:\Program Data\IBM\Notes\data	/root/lotus/notes/data Shared data directory /etc/lotus/notes/data	/Applications/ IBMNotes.app/Contents/Resources /English.lproj/
Default ID file location	C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\Notes\Data	Shared Directory C:\Users\\AppData\Local\IBM\Notes\data	/home/ user/ibm/notes/data /library/Application Support / IBM Notes Data/	/library/Application Suppor t/ IBM Notes Data/
Workspace Directory	C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\Notes\Data\Workspace	For each user : C:\Users\\AppData\Local\IBM\Notes \data\workspace	/root/lotus/notes/data/workspace	~/Library/Application Support /Lotus Notes Data/Expeditor
Names.nsf location	C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\Notes/Data	C:\Users\\AppData\Local\IBM \Notes\data	/opt/ibm/lotus/notes/data	/library/Application Support/ IBM Notes Data/
Notes Default Location	Program files/IBM/Notes	C:\Users\\AppData \Local\IBM\Notes	/opt/program/notes/lnnotes	/Application/
Other Features
Refresh screen	F9	F9	F9	Fn key + F9
Open Connections document	Ctrl+O	Ctrl+O	Ctrl+O	Cmd+O
Host file location	C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\host	C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\host	/etc/hosts	/etc/hosts
Uninstallation	Control Panel->Program Features-> Uninstall Program *User's Notes data directory and workspace are not removed.	Control Panel->Program Features-> Uninstall Program *User's Notes data directory and workspace are not removed.	Add Remove Software/ *User's Notes data directory and workspace are not removed.	Downloads →IBM Package-> Uninstaller

About the Authors :

Premchand Kothe is working with IBM - India Software Labs, as Staff Software Engineer. He is a Notes Client QE and interested in testing for both Client and Web based applications. You can reach Premchand at Premchand.kothe@in.ibm.com.

Hina Purohit is a Software Engineer working in Pune, India Software Lab of IBM. Hina has been a testing engineer on the Lotus Notes Client PIM team since December 2012. You can reach Hina at hina.purohit@in.ibm.com.