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

Referencia:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FedoraDirectoryServer

https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-389-directory-server/+archive/ppa