LimeWire and Java

Originally posted by ben.jamin ok i set the path as you said, checked and made sure i've got the right directory for my java. its '/usr/java/j2re1.4.1_02'. still getting the same error when i run the limewire installer. and also the other gnutella programs i got suck, in my opinion: i couldn't find ANY good downloads. they were all brittney spears and shit....

For your path profile it should be:

/usr/java/j2re1.4.1_02/bin

This is where the java VM is

Good Luck

I have iinstalled j2sdk. Does the following error make sense to anyone.

Preparing to install...
Extracting the installation resources from the installer archive...
Configuring the installer for this system's environment...

Launching installer...

Warning: -Xmx100331648 not understood. Ignoring.
Warning: -Xms16777216 not understood. Ignoring.
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.InternalError: Unexpected exception while defining class ZeroGq: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.swing.JDialog
at 0x4027a15f: java.lang.Throwable.Throwable(java.lang.String) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
at 0x4026d08e: java.lang.Error.Error(java.lang.String) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3) at 0x4027a542: java.lang.VirtualMachineError.VirtualMachineError(java.lang.String) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
at 0x4026ea92: java.lang.InternalError.InternalError(java.lang.String) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
at 0x4026bff2: java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(java.lang.String, byte[], int, int, java.security.ProtectionDomain) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
at 0x4026bdbb: java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(java.lang.String, byte[], int, int) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
at 0x4030429b: java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(java.lang.String) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
at 0x402596d7: gnu.gcj.runtime.VMClassLoader.findClass(java.lang.String) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
at 0x4026bcac: java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(java.lang.String, boolean) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
at 0x40259dcc: _Jv_FindClass(_Jv_Utf8Const, java.lang.ClassLoader) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
at 0x402561fd: java.lang.Class.forName(java.lang.String, boolean, java.lang.ClassLoader) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
at 0x4024c809: _Jv_BytecodeVerifier.verify_instructions_0() (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
at 0x40242697: _Jv_VerifyMethod(_Jv_InterpMethod) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
at 0x4023aa24: _Jv_PrepareClass(java.lang.Class) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
at 0x40259568: java.lang.ClassLoader.linkClass0(java.lang.Class) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
at 0x4026c073: java.lang.ClassLoader.resolveClass0(java.lang.Class) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
at 0x4025799c: java.lang.Class.initializeClass() (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
at 0x40256224: java.lang.Class.forName(java.lang.String, boolean, java.lang.ClassLoader) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
at 0x402562bf: java.lang.Class.forName(java.lang.String) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
at 0x402bf0a0: gnu.gcj.runtime.FirstThread.run() (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
at 0x40260fdc: _Jv_ThreadRun(java.lang.Thread) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
at 0x4022d78c: _Jv_RunMain(java.lang.Class, byte const, int, byte const, boolean) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
at 0x08048900: __gcj_personality_v0 (java.compiler=NONE)
at 0x420158d4: __libc_start_main (java.compiler=NONE)
at 0x080486c1: _Jv_RegisterClasses (java.compiler=NONE)

oh look, yet another horrible question about getting limewire to work, i really really would suggest looking at a native client like gtk-gnutella or qtella before falling baack to limewire, as you're probably finding it can be such a git to get running....

http://members.shaw.ca/trollking/linux.html
these were excellent instructions

did it last night on a redhat8 install (for testing purposes only - GO DEBIAN!)
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/download.html
just grab the jre

open a term window and become root:

su
chmod +x j2*.bin
rpm -i j2*.rpm
ln -s /usr/java/j2re1.4.1_02/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins

NOW EXIT ROOT by typing "exit"

vi .bash_profile
i
export PATH=/usr/java/j2re1.4.1_02/bin:$PATH
export PATH=/usr/local/Acrobat5/bin:$PATH
export PATH
** hit the esc key in upper left of keyboard **
:wq
exit

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now close your programs and log out then log back in. don't reboot. just log out then back in.

now go grab limewire
http://www3.limewire.com/download/LimeWireLinux.bin

open an term window and become root

su
chmod +x LimeWireLinux.bin
exit
./LimeWireLinux.bin

6 hours of simlar forum queries, reading instructions, readmes etc.
but i think the problem is this:
you can set up the correct path to /usr/java/j2re1.4.2/bin/java
but (for some reason) one of the other java apps are being called.
thus:

[timm@localhost dwnloads]$ whereis java
java: /usr/bin/java /usr/include/java /usr/share/java

- - -
so i did this on my machine running redhat 9.
downloaded j2re1.4.2 from sun.
executed the binary (sh (javafilename).bin) which turns it into a RPM.
as root: rpm -Uvh (javafilename).rpm
as root: pico /etc/profile
added the line PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/j2re1.4.2
right before this line export PATH USER LOGNAME MAIL HOSTNAME HISTSIZE INPUTRC

exit root
log out and back in
or type export PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/j2re1.4.2

(although this is mentioned everywhere in these forums goto your java directory and do a 'pwd' then type echo $PATH and compare and make sure they are the same)

((i also exported my LD_LIBRARY_PATH but i don't think this made a difference. if it did, i will write back and say so...)) (((NO IT DIDNT)))

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ok,
now again, i haven't exhausted all possibilites of what might work,
but i do know what just worked for me moments ago after hours of messing about :

i didn't download the Limewire.bin file
instead i clicked on the link for 'other systems'
and downloaded a tgz file.
make sure you make a directory for that file before doing the 'tar zxvf filename.tgz' b/c it hasn't been done properly (nor has any faqs/installation help as far as i can see) and it will make a mess of whatever directory you untar/zip it...

followed directions in the README that came with it.
(i forget, but i don't think it was the usual ./configure, make, ((i use a program called chkrootkit which instead of 'make install' putting stuff all over your system and making it (heh heh) impossible to uninstall, this sweet app makes an RPM from a tar.gz, tgz , etc , file)) )

and the punch line?
this command,
which basically forces the use of the 'new' java, and the java program! sounds simple/logical enought but was more like magic when i typed it in.

/usr/java/j2re1.4.2/bin/java -jar RunLime.jar

(this b.t.w is stated in the README that comes with the tgz file. except it didn't have the path info. i chucked that in myself. now i'm so proud. ;/ um, no not really, but i am gonna go and see if this LimeWire thing is even any good.)

pps- i did get kazaa emulating under WINE in redhat 9.
that was the day before yesterday.
8 hours.
and it wasn't really worth it.
terrible slow an took up 90-99 % of my used PIII 600M poo computer.

gotta run.

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ps;
seems pretty poor.
gotta figure out how to have a better way of closing the program.
i saw the solution somehwere.
enjoy anyway.

Originally posted by acid_kewpie oh look, yet another horrible question about getting limewire to work, i really really would suggest looking at a native client like gtk-gnutella or qtella before falling baack to limewire, as you're probably finding it can be such a git to get running....

I tried gtk-gnutella but it found that I was firewalled. Nobody can tell me how to get around it.

my instructions where for a basic install of redhat 8


start -> system settings -> packages

after entering you root password wait for the package management window to open.

Main headers are:
Desktops
Applications
Servers
Development
System

We want to look under the second to the last one. Developemnt

When you scroll down to Development the first choice is Development Tools. Click the "Details" button to the far right of this selection.

A new window will appear titled "Development Tools Package Details"

In this new window you will notice two main heades:
Standard Packages
Extra Packages

Clicking the "triangle/arrow" thingy to the right of Extra Packages will list the extra packages. Under there you will find:

gcc-java Java support for gcc.

Click the check box to the right of this to remove the "check" IF IT IS CHECKED. You want this to be an empty box. Now click the "close" button in the bottom right corner of this window. This will take us back to the main Package Management window.

Now click the "Update" button in the bottom right corner.

=)

This probably should have been mentioned before. This needs to be done BEFORE you follow the other instructions. IF GCC-JAVA is installed the limewire/java instructions above WILL NOT - WILL NOT work.

OK. After removing gcc-java - if you followed the instructions above also. It should work fine. I've done this on two different redhat8 boxes in the last three weeks. I promise it will work.

Hey boss,

I am a newbie too but i went through the same issue and finally solved it. You have a jvm already installed. Its called kaffe. its also a jvm that limewire does not like. Remove this. reinstall the java vm from java.sun.com and then reinstall limewire and Voila....you have limewire..

This is a post by mistake. Sorry

This will also help after you remoce Kaffe.

http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=18536

Originally posted by dadalowg Hey boss, I am a newbie too but i went through the same issue and finally solved it. You have a jvm already installed. Its called kaffe. its also a jvm that limewire does not like. Remove this. reinstall the java vm from java.sun.com and then reinstall limewire and Voila....you have limewire..

This is what you need to do, but I agree with acid_kewpie. I get far better results with gtk-gnutella than with Limewire.

Hi I have installed the j2re and the LIMEWIRE but it is not getting started Plz help