Install/Uninstall LimeWire...PATH...JRE

joe6pack · 03-06-2005, 10:32 PM

When I installed LimeWire by clicking on the RPM file and tried to run it it said no java path found.
Thinking I may have a bad download, I re-downloaded and tried again. It said: Everything already installed.
I used updatedb and slocate to find every LimeWire file and directory on my machine.
I used rm -rf to remove all of these files.
I then tried to install Lime Wire again and received the same message.
I searched the forums without success other than to discover how to set the PATH, which probably would have solved my initial problem.
How do I get around this?
Please leave answer on the 'bottom shelf' for non-techies like me.
TIA

El Basto · 03-07-2005, 01:03 AM

did you remove the /home/yourName/.limewire directory?

if you didn't, then try rm -rf ~/.limewire and then try to install again

I dont really see why removing this directory would make a difference. But then again, I dont really see why you get that message after removing Limewire either. But it's worth a try.

Linux~Powered · 03-07-2005, 01:21 AM

Quote:

I searched the forums without success other than to discover how to set the PATH, which probably would have solved my initial problem.

Code:

export PATH="/usr/lib/path/to/java"

joe6pack · 03-07-2005, 02:43 AM

>> did you remove the /home/yourName/.limewire directory? <<

Yes, nothing remains named limewire except the RPM file in my download folder

reddazz · 03-07-2005, 06:46 AM

Make sure you have the java rpm installed as an rpm and then try installing the limewire rpm after making sure that your .bash_profile has a path to java that is similar to what Linux~Powered posted and you have logged out of your system and back in again. If it still complains that java is missing and you have it installed, try doing

rpm -Uvh --force --nodeps LimeWire.rpm

joe6pack · 03-07-2005, 03:26 PM

>>> rpm -Uvh --force --nodeps LimeWire.rpm <<<

Thanx, I think. That did get it installed

joe6pack · 03-07-2005, 04:06 PM

>> rpm -Uvh --force --nodeps LimeWire.rpm <<

That did indeed install LimeWire

>> export PATH="/usr/lib/path/to/java" <<

What finally worked was adding this to my .bash_profile
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/jre1.5.0_01/bin

I added this before:
export PATH
unset USERNAME

Works great! Thanks to all.

reddazz · 03-07-2005, 06:30 PM

Kool, I'm glad you got that sorted out.