hi... first of all i have RedHat 9.0 . i tryed to install the P2P software LimeWire, it said what i need to have Java 2 Runtime Enviroment.
ok, i went to the download page of java, an downloaded Java 2 Runtime Enviroment 1.4.2 .
now, after that i tryed again to install LimeWire, it said "no java Runtime Enviroment found"
i tryed to install this stupid java thousands of times!!! i can't do anything like that!
please someone help me...

PATH=$PATH:/usr/your/path/to/ java/bin sh ./LimeWireLinux.bin
try that

same answer...
-----------------------------------
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.
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btw... when i write in the console "java" or, when i write "man java" it says that there is no such command... i tryed to remove it and install again... didn't help ((((

I also have had trouble installing LimeWire....here is what I get when I run the installer:

Preparing to install...
Extracting the installation resources from the installer archive...
Configuring the installer for this system's environment...
Launching installer...
Warning: -Xmx100331648 not understood. Ignoring.
Warning: -Xms16777216 not understood. Ignoring.
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com.zerog.lax.LAX
at 0x40268e17: java.lang.Throwable.Throwable(java.lang.String) (/usr/lib/./li
bgcj.so.3)
at 0x4025bc8e: java.lang.Error.Error(java.lang.String) (/usr/lib/./libgcj.so.
3)
at 0x4025d6b6: java.lang.LinkageError.LinkageError(java.lang.String) (/usr/li
b/./libgcj.so.3)
at 0x4025eb36: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError.NoClassDefFoundError(java.lang.
String) (/usr/lib/./libgcj.so.3)
at 0x402ad075: gnu.gcj.runtime.FirstThread.run() (/usr/lib/./libgcj.so.3)
at 0x4024fc4c: _Jv_ThreadRun(java.lang.Thread) (/usr/lib/./libgcj.so.3)
at 0x4021c8ac: _Jv_RunMain(java.lang.Class, byte const, int, byte const, bool
ean) (/usr/lib/./libgcj.so.3)
at 0x08048910: __gcj_personality_v0 (java.compiler=NONE)
at 0x420156a4: __libc_start_main (/lib/tls/libc.so.6)
at 0x080486c1: _Jv_RegisterClasses (java.compiler=NONE)

wow... should fit right in...
10x

That doesn't really help me....I did that....and I did it again after I read your post just to be sure. It's almost like there is a bug in the actual LimeWire bin/script file. It is throwing a java exception right? Which tells me that Java is installed correctly and can be "seen" ok (i.e. $PATH is set). But LimeWire crashes. Any other ideas?

hmmm.....I just realized that when I type "java" it's actually running a bash script found in /usr/bin/java that calls "gij" behind the scenes. This appears to be some sort of "non-sun" wrapper. Could this be the problem?

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SAWEET...ok I've got it working, here's what I did. I renamed all of the "java" stuff (java, javac and javah) to "gnu_java" so that the java executed would be the one found in the j2re directory and not /usr/share/java.

Then I redownloaded the LimeWire.bin file (this was probably the biggest problem as it appears my download was corrupt). I'm installing it now as I write this.

I just installed OpenOffice, it saw my java environment(j2sdk141.5)

Why won't LimeWire see it? It's located in /usr/local/

I'm a newbie and I'm so lost.... I've got Java installed and the path is all sorted but when I try to install Limewire I get this :

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/zerog/lax/LAX

help??

You should try going in your .bash_profile file and adding the path to the java executable to the $PATH variable. That way you can run limewire w/out specifying the path to java.

I'm Having same Problems as JimDog I get this error posted on the end of this post, He said he fixed it but I have no Idea how he did it, can anyone explain what he did and how he did it? I really Need Help Thank You.

Preparing to install...
Extracting the installation resources from the installer archive...
Configuring the installer for this system's environment...

Launching installer...

Warning: -Xmx100331648 not understood. Ignoring.
Warning: -Xms16777216 not understood. Ignoring.
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.InternalError: Unexpected exception while defining class ZeroGq: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.swing.JDialog
at 0x40268e17: java.lang.Throwable.Throwable(java.lang.String) (/usr/lib/./libgcj.so.3)
at 0x4025bc8e: java.lang.Error.Error(java.lang.String) (/usr/lib/./libgcj.so.3)
at 0x402691fa: java.lang.VirtualMachineError.VirtualMachineError(java.lang.String) (/usr/lib/./libgcj.so.3)
at 0x4025d62e: java.lang.InternalError.InternalError(java.lang.String) (/usr/lib/./libgcj.so.3)
at 0x4025ac2f: java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(java.lang.String, byte[], int, int, java.security.ProtectionDomain) (/usr/lib/./libgcj.so.3)
at 0x4025aa13: java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(java.lang.String, byte[], int, int) (/usr/lib/./libgcj.so.3)
at 0x402f1f2e: java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(java.lang.String) (/usr/lib/./libgcj.so.3)
at 0x40248197: gnu.gcj.runtime.VMClassLoader.findClass(java.lang.String) (/usr/lib/./libgcj.so.3)
at 0x4025a904: java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(java.lang.String, boolean) (/usr/lib/./libgcj.so.3)
at 0x4024889c: _Jv_FindClass(_Jv_Utf8Const, java.lang.ClassLoader) (/usr/lib/./libgcj.so.3)
at 0x40244cdd: java.lang.Class.forName(java.lang.String, boolean, java.lang.ClassLoader) (/usr/lib/./libgcj.so.3)
at 0x4023b4cf: _Jv_BytecodeVerifier.verify_instructions_0() (/usr/lib/./libgcj.so.3)
at 0x40231857: _Jv_VerifyMethod(_Jv_InterpMethod) (/usr/lib/./libgcj.so.3)
at 0x40229ae4: _Jv_PrepareClass(java.lang.Class) (/usr/lib/./libgcj.so.3)
at 0x40248028: java.lang.ClassLoader.linkClass0(java.lang.Class) (/usr/lib/./libgcj.so.3)
at 0x4025acb3: java.lang.ClassLoader.resolveClass0(java.lang.Class) (/usr/lib/./libgcj.so.3)
at 0x4024646c: java.lang.Class.initializeClass() (/usr/lib/./libgcj.so.3)
at 0x40244d04: java.lang.Class.forName(java.lang.String, boolean, java.lang.ClassLoader) (/usr/lib/./libgcj.so.3)
at 0x40244d9f: java.lang.Class.forName(java.lang.String) (/usr/lib/./libgcj.so.3)
at 0x402ad01d: gnu.gcj.runtime.FirstThread.run() (/usr/lib/./libgcj.so.3)
at 0x4024fc4c: _Jv_ThreadRun(java.lang.Thread) (/usr/lib/./libgcj.so.3)
at 0x4021c8ac: _Jv_RunMain(java.lang.Class, byte const, int, byte const, boolean) (/usr/lib/./libgcj.so.3)
at 0x08048910: __gcj_personality_v0 (java.compiler=NONE)
at 0x420156a4: __libc_start_main (/lib/tls/libc.so.6)
at 0x080486c1: _Jv_RegisterClasses (java.compiler=NONE)