ok first things first, i have been trying for the longest to get frostwire install and nothing.im ready to pull my hair out. to answer your basic questions:

i have yellow dog linux 6 i belive it is based off of (fedora core 6) so for this post lets just say i have fedora core 6


i have java-ppc-60 installed (from the ibm site)

java has been installed tested and working (thats a fact)

now that you know that basics ill get to the problem
what i do is i go to the frostwire site and i go to download and i select the redhat/fedora package and i open it with software installer and it installs. if i go to apps>internet>frostwire here is what i get

Error Information:
An exit code of 1 was returned from /usr/bin/frostwire.

Output Data:
HOSTNAME IS localhost.localdomain
Starting FrostWire...
Java exec found in PATH. Verifying...
OOPS, you don't seem to have a valid JRE. FrostWire works best with Sun JRE available at java.com: Java + You
OOPS, unable to locate java exec in /usr/lib/ hierarchy
You need to upgrade to JRE 1.5.x or newer from java.com: Java + You
OOPS, unable to locate java exec in /usr/java/ hierarchy
You need to upgrade to JRE 1.5.x or newer from java.com: Java + You
OOPS, unable to locate java exec in /opt/ hierarchy
You need to upgrade to JRE 1.5.x or newer from java.com: Java + You


Error Logs:
sh: unpack200: command not found
sh: unpack200: command not found
sh: unpack200: command not found
sh: unpack200: command not found
sh: unpack200: command not found
sh: unpack200: command not found
sh: unpack200: command not found
sh: unpack200: command not found
sh: unpack200: command not found
sh: unpack200: command not found
sh: unpack200: command not found
sh: unpack200: command not found
sh: unpack200: command not found
sh: unpack200: command not found
sh: unpack200: command not found
sh: unpack200: command not found
sh: unpack200: command not found
sh: unpack200: command not found
sh: unpack200: command not found
sh: unpack200: command not found
sh: unpack200: command not found
sh: unpack200: command not found
sh: unpack200: command not found
sh: unpack200: command not found
sh: unpack200: command not found
sh: unpack200: command not found
sh: unpack200: command not found
sh: unpack200: command not found
sh: unpack200: command not found
sh: unpack200: command not found
sh: unpack200: command not found
sh: unpack200: command not found
sh: unpack200: command not found
sh: unpack200: command not found
sh: unpack200: command not found
sh: unpack200: command not found
sh: unpack200: command not found
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/frostwire/unpack200.py", line 58, in ?
makeHashes()
File "/usr/lib/frostwire/unpack200.py", line 17, in makeHashes
output = file('hashes','w')
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'hashes'
ls: /usr/java/j*: No such file or directory
ls: /opt/j*: No such file or directory




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i have been trying to get this working for the longest and nothing. people have it installed so i no its possible.


can ANYBODY with fedora give me step y step instructions on how to install it properly? or on how to get the error messages fixed?


thanks

Also the install is expecting to find JAVA in either of these locations: /usr/java/ or /opt/ or /usr/lib/.

Is there any particular reason why you can't use the Sun JRE?

for some reason Sun JRE is not compatible for my distro.and it is comfirmed by others as well i did do research no this before posting. there is a way to get it working but the people that have it running never help or answer the post. i have tried making a symbolic link etc and im still getting the same error message.

lets just say i have fedora core. any help would be nice please thank you