Depois de bastante documentação, o caminho fácil para instalar o fedora 389 directory server no ubuntu:
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
Adicionar fontes:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-389-directory-server/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-389-directory-server/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
sudo apt-key adv –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com –recv-keys 84F281ED
sudo apt-get install libmozilla-ldap-perl
sudo apt-get install dirsrv dirsrv-admin 389-ds-admin-console 389-ds-console
389-idm-console libadminutil1 libidm-console-framework-java
libjss-java libldap-java libsvrcore0
sudo chown dirsrv /var/run/dirsrv
sudo setup-ds
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FedoraDirectoryServer
https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-389-directory-server/+archive/ppa