i am new to installing programs in fedora but have dabbled in it for years but i am now having trouble trying to install limewire

should i use rpm or yum?
yum seems to be an upgrade thing
and rpm does not work

what am i doing wrong?

thanks

tom

Yum is used for updates AND installs. What you're doing wrong, might I humbly suggest, is not reading the "man" pages - i.e. "man yum" will show you that is can install as well as update and remove packages. Try This is of course assuming that "limewire" is available from the yum repositories for your distro. If it isn't, then you'll need to find an RPM package and install it manually, or download the source and compile your own.

i went to the limewire page and they have 2 for linux ones for debian and the other is otherlinux will either of these work for me?

You're not running Debian, so go with "Other"...

I have Suse 10.3 and I installed the one that says "other linux" and it worked just fine. let me know if you need more help.

Anyhow, you may find Frostwire does better job and is FOSS.

Download LimeWireOther.zip.

Open a terminal window and unzip the LimeWireOther.zip file.

Change to the LimeWire directory and type

./runLime.sh

This will install and setup limewire.


Note: The runLime.sh script is used to setup and run limewire. The second time you run it, it will not repeat the setup section, It will just run the limewire program.

Also, make sure java is installed and in your PATH environment.

Afternoon, (well it is here, LOL!)

At last word, I thought Limewire was a P2P music downloader that a LOT of folks used to "illegally" download MP3's, despite their saying they wouldn't, which drew the ire of the "Music Mafia" (aka, the RIAA). Now, I've been outta touch since mid-December on this. Has it changed where you CAN download music, without getting into trouble?

I remember a case where some Native American, single mom downloaded a couple of kiddie songs, the RIAA went after her and sued her into oblivion. I think they got her house, car, and everything she will make on her minimum wage job for Life, the low-life basstads!

Since it's a "civil" case, no one has "challanged" the RIAA to prove financial harm came to the artist, they supposidly represent. I can remember reading where old Rock-N-Roll artist tried to sue for back royalities, but never got a dime and died penniless. That's a shame.

Now, IF, I'm wrong, I'll apologize and I'm not trying to hijack the thread, I just want to know.

Respectfully,

"Buck"

change the directory is type /home user desktop
right? or move the download

and i know about its uses and understand the legality actually i need it for sounds for movie editing i do

thanks you are pointing me in the right direction

oh and should java come with core 4 or not?