Limewire P2P

carlosinfl · 06-11-2005, 07:38 PM

Can someone tell me if I am able to install Limewire P2P in Slackware 10.1?

When I go to http://www.limewire.com/english/cont...loadfree.shtml , all I see is an RPM file which to my understanding will not work with Slackware. I then see an "other" which then starts to download a .zip file.

Is the .zip file compatable with Linux and what do I need to do to get this running on Slackware?

Thank you.

Diminished7th · 06-11-2005, 07:54 PM

See what you can manage with these.

carlosinfl · 06-11-2005, 07:56 PM

Thanks but both are very old versions of Limewire & it says they are only for Slackware 9 & 10 - not sure if that includes 10.1?

Will the RPM or ZIP not work?

dkpw · 06-11-2005, 08:05 PM

I've had success with downloading the Linux RPM from the Limewire download page and converting it to a tgz using:

Code:

rpm2tgz LimeWireLinux.rpm

This works under 10.1 with 2.4.29 and 2.6.10 kernels.

Good luck.

Regards,

dkpw

carlosinfl · 06-11-2005, 08:10 PM

^
Wow, that is very cool! Here is what I did...

Code:

root@carlos:/home/carlos# rpm2tgz LimeWireLinux.rpm
root@carlos:/home/carlos# ls
23677-kmenu.tar.gz  Desktop  LimeWireLinux.rpm  LimeWireLinux.tgz  error.png.0  error.png.1
root@carlos:/home/carlos# rm LimeWireLinux.rpm

I am just not sure what the command is to run and install the file from here. This is all new to me since I am no longer using Fedora RPM's

CrEsPo · 06-11-2005, 09:02 PM

You can just use the zip they provide.

http://www.limewire.com/LimeWireSoftOther

That zip is for OS/2, Solaris, and Linux. When they say Linux, it means any distro not using RPM's.

1. unzip LimeWireOther.zip
2. cd LimeWire
3. sh runLime.sh

That will extract LimeWire and run it. View the readme for more information:

1. cd LimeWire
2. vi README.txt

carlosinfl · 06-11-2005, 11:28 PM

Thanks - now that I know that, I already have it in a .tgz file so I was wondering how I extract and install it since I converted the .RPM file?

Thanks

gtgoku · 06-12-2005, 12:11 AM

to install a Slackware package (*.tgz file)
you have to open a terminal and

Code:

bash-3.00$ su
Password:
bash-3.00# installpkg <package name>

dkpw · 06-12-2005, 06:34 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by carlwill
Thanks - now that I know that, I already have it in a .tgz file so I was wondering how I extract and install it since I converted the .RPM file?

Thanks

gtgoku's post shows you how to install a tgz file on the command line. If you use KDE you can also install and remove packages by using Kpackage.

Regards

dkpw

carlosinfl · 06-12-2005, 06:04 PM

I am getting this error message but I swore I just downloaded the latest version 24 hours ago...

Code:

root@carlos:/home/carlos# installpkg LimeWireLinux.tgz
Installing package LimeWireLinux...
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:

root@carlos:/home/carlos# 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

Is there a way to see what version of Java I am using?

Bluenoser · 06-12-2005, 07:39 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by carlwill
Is there a way to see what version of Java I am using?

$ java -version

kencaz · 06-12-2005, 08:15 PM

Go here and D/L the updated Java Version:
http://www.java.com/en/download/linux_manual.jsp

After installation it should locate itself here:
/usr/java/jre1.5.0_02/bin/java

In KDE Control Center Under "Web Browsing" >> "Java & JavaScript"
at the bottom set the path to:
/usr/java/jre1.5.0_02/bin/java

This should allow LimeWire to locat the current Java version.

Good Luck

KC

carlosinfl · 06-13-2005, 07:19 AM

I am running what seems to be the latest version...?

Code:

root@slackbox:~# java -version
java version "1.5.0_01"

Any thoughts?

CrEsPo · 06-13-2005, 04:03 PM

My thoughts:

The RPM was compiled for an RPM based distro. Since it's an RPM it has to comply to where ever the author directs it to. The java you have installed is probably in another directory.

'/usr/java'

If you don't have java installed in that directory the RPM won't work.

Just download and install the source.

reddazz · 06-14-2005, 02:52 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by CrEsPo
My thoughts:

The RPM was compiled for an RPM based distro. Since it's an RPM it has to comply to where ever the author directs it to. The java you have installed is probably in another directory.

'/usr/java'

If you don't have java installed in that directory the RPM won't work.

Just download and install the source.

This is not correct. LimeWire, searches for java in your paths, so make sure you have them configured right for use with java. I am using the RPM (converted to tgz) and it works fine with jdk 1.5. Use the script below as a guide for setting up java in your path,

Code:

#!/bin/sh
export JAVA_HOME=/opt/java
export MANPATH="$MANPATH:/opt/java/man"
export PATH="$PATH:/opt/java/bin:/opt/java/jre/bin"

Adjust it so that it correspods to your java paths, then as normal user do "source /etc/profile", java will then be in your path and Limewire should recognise it.