Hey, I have tried everything I can find and read to install JRE VM for Linux Redhat 7.2 but to no avail. I need to get this up and working so that I can get file sharing working w/ LimeWire. So any help or experiences or links would be greatly appreciated. Also, any help on these sorry fonts would be nice.

Do you actually have the install files for JRE? If not here is the link to the download page for JRE for all platforms including Linux.
JRE 1.3.1 All Good luck.

You will need to install the latest Sun JRE 1.3.1...
Then, you need to add the path to the java folder to your path variable. Sun tells you how to do this, but whenever you reboot, you lose this setting. Here is what you can you to permanently add java to your path.

First, you must edit the .bash_profile file in your home dir.

Find the line that reads

PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin

Add the full path of the executable java to line right after the equal sign.

PATH=/usr/java/jre1.3.1_01/bin:$PATH:$HOME/bin

Don't forget all of the colons and slashes.

Thats how mine works. I run RedHat 7.2 and 7.1.

Also, if you want Java to work with netscape, sun tells you how to configure the browser to use the jre plugin. The instructions are weird, and not all apply, but making the sym links is the key.


Don't forget to logout and relog in after modifying your profile.

I just installed LimeWire


I saw something about fonts for Redhat after version 6.2 but can't find it now, Anybody know where to go for the fonts for RedHat 7.2 for LimeWire?

Ok I found the font error file replacement here

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/font.properties


If you are getting font errors when running LimeWire replace the file... /usr/java/jre......../lib/font.properties

Thanks for that link David, the font errors were not stopping limewire from working, I just hate getting error messages