GroupWise installation fails with OpenMotif error

  • 7009940
  • 30-Dec-2011
  • 26-Apr-2012

Environment

Novell GroupWise 8
Novell GroupWise 8 Support Pack 2 Hot Patch 2

Situation

During GroupWise installation, received error: Agents need to have OpenMotif installed in order to run. Please install the openmotif-libs package before proceeding with the installation.

Resolution

The install was being ran from the \gw802hp3(96933)\ directory.

Renaming \gw802hp3(96933)\ to \gw802hp3\ allowed the installation to continue without receiving the OpenMotif error.

Special characters are not allowed in the installation directory name.