I have thoroughly read and re-read the existing threads on this installation issue. I am at my wits' end. Here was the original error:

morte@linux:~> rpm -i LimeWireLinux.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
j2re >= 1.4.1 is needed by LimeWire-free-4.9.27-0

yet...

morte@linux:~> java -version
java version "1.4.2_08"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2_08-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.2_08-b03, mixed mode)

At this point I read the existing threads. My Java install is in /usr/java/j2re1.4.2_09 but $PATH says otherwise:

morte@linux:~> $PATH
bash: /home/morte/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/bin:/usr/games:/opt/gnome/bin:/opt/kde3/bin:/usr/lib/java/jre/bin: No such file or directory

So I changed the path, using

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/j2re1.4.2_09/bin

I also added it to my .bashrc and now I get:

morte@linux:~> $PATH
bash: /home/morte/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/bin:/usr/games:/opt/gnome/bin:/opt/kde3/bin:/usr/lib/java/jre/bin:/usr/java/j2re1.4.2_09/bin: No such file or directory

The problem seems to me that it is looking in both places for Java. I don't know why it consistently says "No such file or directory" because it clearly exists. Then, while messing around I removed the variable from export PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/j2re1.4.2_09/bin and when I entered

morte@linux:~> which java

it listed the correct path! But my joy was quickly replaced with horror when

morte@linux:~> rpm -i LimeWireLinux.rpm
bash: rpm: command not found

The problem wasn't permanent, because I edited my .bashrc but at that point I was ready to give up. If anyone can figure out where I went horribly wrong, I would be eternally grateful.

You may need a JAVA_HOME environment variable i.e.

export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/j2re1.4.2_09
export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin


to check an enviroment variable run...

echo $PATH
echo $JAVA_HOME


HTH

Mad

That fixed the "No such file..." error and echo $JAVA_HOME listed the correct directory, but LimeWire is still confused. Is there any way to simply remove the incorrect (or unwanted) path?

The rpm options permitted the installation but when initializing the app I get:

Starting LimeWire...
Java exec found in PATH. Verifying...
Suitable java version found [java = 1.4.2_08]
Configuring environment...
Loading LimeWire:
java.lang.InternalError: Can't connect to X11 window server using ':0.0' as the value of the DISPLAY variable.
at sun.awt.X11GraphicsEnvironment.initDisplay(Native Method)
at sun.awt.X11GraphicsEnvironment.<clinit>(X11GraphicsEnvironment.java:134)
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:141)
at java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment(GraphicsEnvironment.java:62)
at sun.awt.motif.MToolkit.<clinit>(MToolkit.java:81)
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:141)
at java.awt.Toolkit$2.run(Toolkit.java:748)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.awt.Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit(Toolkit.java:739)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Main.showInitialSplash(Main.java:67)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Main.main(Main.java:39)

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Something went wrong with LimeWire.
Maybe you're using the wrong version of Java?
(LimeWire is tested against and works best with with Sun's JRE, Java 1.4+)
The version of Java in your PATH is:
java version "1.4.2_08"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2_08-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.2_08-b03, mixed mode)

Oy. This is getting to be more trouble than its worth...

Nevermind. I was trying to launch the app as root. Things are fine now.

Thanks for all the help!