You can use the Lotus Notes allclient installer to install Lotus Notes, IBM® Lotus® Domino™ Designer and IBM® Lotus® Domino™ Administrator clients.

Note You can install Lotus Notes on Windows as a single or multi-user installation. However, Lotus Notes installation on Linux® supports multi-user only.

1. Before you install the client program files, do the following:

• Read the release notes for software and hardware requirements and for any last-minute changes or additions to the documentation.
• Read the considerations section of the installation instructions in this guide.
• Temporarily disable any screen savers and turn off any virus-detection software.
• Make sure that all other applications are closed. Otherwise you may corrupt shared files and the install program may not run properly.
• Uninstall any same-release Beta versions before installing. For example, if you are installing Lotus Notes 8, uninstall any Lotus Notes 8 Beta versions before installing.
Note If you have installed a Beta 1 or Beta 2 version of Lotus Notes 8, uninstall it before installing this release of Lotus Notes 8. Upgrade from a Beta 1 or Beta 2 version is not supported. You should not need to uninstall Lotus Notes 8 Beta 3 prior to installing and upgrading to this Lotus Notes 8 release.

For information about Smart Upgrade, see the topic Using IBM Lotus Notes Smart Upgrade.

For information about silent install, see the topic Automating client installation.

See also

Setting up client installation and installation methods
Lotus Notes pre-installation checklist
Considerations before installing Lotus Notes on Windows
Customizing Notes installation using the install manifest

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