I downloaded the rpm for limewire but once I launched it I got this error.

Some requested packages cannot be installed
LimeWire-free-4.12.6-0.i386 (Due to unsatisfied j2re [>= 1.4.1])


Help please!

Thanks.

I am using Mandriva 10.1

And which jre have you got installed? And the limewire-rpm you're
trying to install - is it MDK specific?


Cheers,
Tink

That is actually mandrake 10.1, which predates the merger that led to Mandriva.

Go to www.sun.com and download the latest jre, which is jre-1.5.0.9 or some such, and install it using the Sun installer. Then, when you try to install limewire, if the package manager objects use the --allow-force option.

Not sure how I can tell if it is MDK, I downloaded it off the limewire web site. Nor am I sure how to tell what jre I have installed.

I downloaded the newest jre but being that I am so new to linux I have no idea how to install this thing.

It is frustrating to say the least...

What is the name of the file you downloaded?

Please provide full information, how are we supposed to help you without some info mate?

It is frustrating to say the least...

PS : Have you read the instructions http://www.java.com/en/download/linux_manual.jsp

There are two possible files you could have downloaded; one is an rpm file and the other is not (also, of course, there are 32 bit and 64 bit versions; presumably you know which you need). You can auto-install the rpm file. You have to manually install the other file. So I will assume you downloaded the rpm file and if you didn't I suggest you go back to sun.com and get it.

Open a shell window, then cd to the directory where you put the download.

When you get there, change to root. You do this by entering the su command. After you enter the su command, you will be prompted for your root password. Enter it.

After entering it, in that command line window you are root and have full access to the system.

You have to set the self extractor to be executable by the system; when you download it it won't have this right. To do this, enter this command line:

chmod 755 jre

After you enter that much, hit the Tab key, and the command line will autocomplete with the complete name of the jre package you have downloaded (it will end in .bin). Then you simply hit enter.

Now you invoke the self-extractor/installer by typing in this line:

./jre

and once again follow up with the Tab key, then hit enter. This will cause the executable to run and do what it does, which is unpack something that is stored in it.

What happens next depends on what package you downloaded. If you downloaded the rpm.bin, you then type in this line:

urpmi jre

and hit tab. You now get autocomplete of the line as far as possible, but there are two possible files which will be presented to you (the .bin file you downloaded and the .rpm file it unpacked) and the autocomplete will stop at the point where one of these files must be chosen, which you do by entering the correct next letter of the filename. Choose the one that ends in .rpm (which, I believe, will be already completely filled out on the command line, so all you have to do is hit "enter"). At this point, the jre package will be installed for you.

What kind of info would you be needing? Like I said I am new to linux I have no idea what info you need.

I have seen a number of posts like this one, all you need to do is ask instead of being (slightly) condesending.

I had not seen that sight you linked....Thanks a bunch, that will help me out.

Thanks again for that link.

AWSOME! I will follow your instructions.

Says it was installed.

Thanks so much for your help and I am learning linux.

Thanks again.

P.S
Limewire installed perfectly!