installing FirstClass 8 Client on Ubuntu

** New - updated March 8, 2007 **

SoftArc / FirstClass now offers Linux Clients with Installers. Just installed the Linux Debian Intel version from here:

http://www.firstclass.com/clientdownloads/FC83LinuxDownloadPage

Nice Installer; even overwrote my previous install.

So far, so good…

For Edgy Eft v. 6.1
see the instructions at http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/firstclass

** Older Outdated method **

To Get FirstClass Running on Ubuntu Dapper Drake, took 3 steps:

1. Get First Class
Got FirstClass® Client beta 8.043 for Linux Red Hat
Rochester Institute of Technology ‘ s IT dept is maintaining a Linux port of FirstClass:
http://www2.it.rit.edu/~itweb/firstclass/linux.html

2. Convert rpm file
To install a redhat .rpm on Ubuntu, use alien like so ..
assuming the FirstClass client .rpm is on your computer’s desktop…

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install alien
cd ~/Desktop
sudo alien -i *.rpm


3. Get and Install qt3 libraries
Ubuntu does not come with qt3 libraries, so had to get these in order for FirstClass to run.
wget http://ubuntu.mirrors.tds.net/ubuntu/pool/main/q/qt-x11-free/libqt3-mt_3.3.6-1ubuntu3_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -x libqt3-mt_3.3.6-1ubuntu3_i386.deb .
sudo cp -r usr/lib/* /usr/lib


After that FirstClass fired right up!
based on fix for Opera from Ubuntu Forums

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