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Distribution: Win XP Pro / Slackware 10.1 dual-boot
Posts: 83
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LimeWire
So, earlier I got LimeWire to install on Fedora Core 3, using yum to download the dependencies. Now I would like to get this program installed on Slackware. I unzipped the files, and read the readme, which offered nothing to me. I have a new enough version of java, I checked via instruction of the readme. It gives no specific installation instructions - however, ./configure won't work....the only thing the readme says is to type sh ./runLime.sh to run the program, which I did, and it seems to just sit a while on the loadup screen and not load.
Does anyone use LimeWire under Slack, and might could help me?
It seems that Limeware comes already compiled, in Java that's normal since code and compiled code is (mostly) the same on all platforms.
As that seems to be the case, you should just unzip it where you want it to be and run as stated in the readme.
I would suggest you to check if there's more output, some "debug" flag there to see what happens that it's not launching ok. You might want to try upgrading the Java Runtime Enviroment (JRE) since there were some fixes for Linux in 1.5.0_02 and 1.5.0_03 versions.
Originally posted by trey31357 Thanks, jong357, I'm just a goof, halfway through the setup, the splash screen disappeared and I got everything up and running fine. Thanks.
Right... I knew exactally what was going on. I've done it myself. Limewire REALLY needs to fix that.
When you execute limewire for the first time, you first see the splash screen come up and that little bar loading at the bottom but it stops half-way thru. Theres another window that pops up waiting for you to answer where you want the default save directories, et.all. The thing is, the splash screen keeps focus and won't relinquish it. So the window thats waiting on input is hidden behind the splash screen. Really assinine...
So... You just end up sitting there staring at your screen saying "what the **** is going on?!"
also, for the sake of being neat, you should cut that LimeWire folder and paste it in /usr/lib
Then put this into a text file and paste it into /usr/bin.... Name it "limewire"
Code:
#!/bin/bash
cd /usr/lib/LimeWire
sh runLime.sh
Then
Code:
chmod 755 /usr/bin/limewire
Just being anal and at the same time, you can just type "limewire" at a terminal...
Distribution: Win XP Pro / Slackware 10.1 dual-boot
Posts: 83
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Hmmm, since I cut and pasted the folder to /usr/lib and created the shell script, LimeWire won't run, can't seem to find Java.
root@host:/home/Trey# chmod 755 /usr/bin/limewire
root@host:/home/Trey# limewire
Starting LimeWire...
Java exec not found in PATH, starting auto-search...
ls: /usr/java: No such file or directory
OOPS, unable to locate java exec in /usr/java/ hierarchy
You need to upgrade to JRE 1.4.x or newer from http://www.java.com
root@host:/home/Trey# cd /usr/lib/LimeWire
root@host:/usr/lib/LimeWire# sh runLime.sh
Starting LimeWire...
Java exec not found in PATH, starting auto-search...
ls: /usr/java: No such file or directory
OOPS, unable to locate java exec in /usr/java/ hierarchy
You need to upgrade to JRE 1.4.x or newer from http://www.java.com
The script is in /usr/bin, and the LimeWire folder is in /usr/lib. Should I just move everything back?
Granted, I'm not using Slackware, but I modeled it after Slack. Everything is set up like Slack is anyway..
If you installed java (from sun) on your own this is likely whats going on... That still doesn't explain why it worked before but now it doesn't.. If you did install the java from Slackware, then I can't readily explain what's happening... I've also never used the limewire.zip package... Sounds like it's slightly different than what I normally use.
You can either just put it back where it was or mess with it somemore... Find out where your java is installed. If you have a /usr/lib/java, sounds like you could just:
I installed jdk 1.5, downloaded the LimeWire rpm, converted it to a tgz using rpm2tgz and then installed using installpkg. It works fine, so you may want to try that.
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I knew exactally what was going on. I've done it myself. Limewire REALLY needs to fix that.
