Java sun and limewire will be my demise
 

I can't seem to get this. I've installed java sun sdk, i know it works for a fact because it works in mozilla. But when i try and install limewire it says i have no java vm, and need to install one!

ugggggggh. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

have you added the path?

path to limewire? i have to path to mozilla

What exact error messages do you
get from limewire?

Cheers,
Tink

lemme see....

sh ./LimeWireLinux.bin
Preparing to install...
Extracting the installation resources from the installer archive...
Configuring the installer for this system's environment...
No Java virtual machine could be found from your PATH
environment variable. You must install a VM prior to
running this program.

OK ...
if you're in your shell,
please give me the output of
env

Cheers,
Tink

huh????

*sigh*

Open a terminal
type
env<enter>

Copy & paste the output to here...

Cheers,
Tink

SSH_AGENT_PID=3197
HOSTNAME=pppa32-city-1r7114.dialinx.net
TERM=xterm
SHELL=/bin/bash
DESKTOP_STARTUP_ID=
HISTSIZE=1000
GTK_RC_FILES=/etc/gtk/gtkrc:/home/terry/.gtkrc-1.2-gnome2
WINDOWID=39845927
USER=terry
LS_COLORS=no=00:fi=00:di=00;34:ln=00;36:pi=40;33:so=00;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=01;05;37;41:mi= 01;05;37;41:ex=00;32:*.cmd=00;32:*.exe=00;32:*.com=00;32:*.btm=00;32:*.bat=00;32:*.sh=00;32:*.csh=00 ;32:*.tar=00;31:*.tgz=00;31:*.arj=00;31:*.taz=00;31:*.lzh=00;31:*.zip=00;31:*.z=00;31:*.Z=00;31:*.gz =00;31:*.bz2=00;31:*.bz=00;31:*.tz=00;31:*.rpm=00;31:*.cpio=00;31:*.jpg=00;35:*.gif=00;35:*.bmp=00;3 5:*.xbm=00;35:*.xpm=00;35:*.png=00;35:*.tif=00;35:
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-XX15BKwU/agent.3154
SESSION_MANAGER=local/pppa32-city-1r7114.dialinx.net:/tmp/.ICE-unix/3154
PATH=/usr/java/j2re-1_4_2_01/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/terry/bin
MAIL=/var/spool/mail/terry
PWD=/home/terry
INPUTRC=/etc/inputrc
XMODIFIERS=@im=none
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
GDMSESSION=Default
SSH_ASKPASS=/usr/libexec/openssh/gnome-ssh-askpass
SHLVL=3
HOME=/root
GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID=Default
LOGNAME=terry
LESSOPEN=|/usr/bin/lesspipe.sh %s
DISPLAY=:0.0
G_BROKEN_FILENAMES=1
XAUTHORITY=/root/.xauthIfYkjf
COLORTERM=gnome-terminal
_=/usr/bin/env

what now?

You need to add the path to the java bin to your path. I have java in /usr/java . For me the path to java bi is /usr/java/j2re1.4.2_02/bin , it may be different on your machine so alter the details to fit. But to get LimeWire to work I would open a terminal and enter
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/j2re1.4.2_02/bin
and then whatever you need to get LimeWire working. If you have to close the terminal it will forget so you'll need to type it in again. I hope you get it working, and I also hope you move on and get Gtk-Gnutella, but that's my preference.

ha well if i had known limewire isnt hip i wouldnt have tried, where do i get gtk?

Limewire is hip, gtk-gnutella gives you more
options.

As for Limewire: it should work, you do have
the path set properly. The only difference that
I can see is that I also have
JAVA_HOME=/usr/java
set ... try
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/j2re1.4.2_02

Cheers,
Tink

same thing man...


[root@pppa32-city-1r7114 terry]# export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/j2re1.4.2_02
[root@pppa32-city-1r7114 terry]# sh ./LimWireLinux.bin
./LimWireLinux.bin: ./LimWireLinux.bin: No such file or directory
[root@pppa32-city-1r7114 terry]# sh ./LimeWireLinux.bin
Preparing to install...
Extracting the installation resources from the installer archive...
Configuring the installer for this system's environment...
No Java virtual machine could be found from your PATH
environment variable. You must install a VM prior to
running this program.

No, you need to add it to your path, and you need to point it to the /bin folder. The error message is telling you what it needs "No Java virtual machine could be found from your PATH".
If you have java in /usr/java then enter

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/j2re1.4.2_02/bin

But if it's wrong by just one character (eg if you have j2re1.4.2_01 or you say in your first post it's the sdk version, has it got the right name?) it won't work.