trouble with JRE 1.5 and running a .jar
 

hey. I downloaded the jre*.bin file and ran it. 'installed' it to /opt/jre1.5.0_02/

i'm able to run azureus... but i can't run Arachnophilia (http://www.arachnoid.com/arachnophilia/)

i get the error:
I think it is a problem with the jar. I've redownloaded it time after time, and it worked fine before i had to re-install slackware.

Any help is appreciated

Try making the jar executable first before running in
Then go to the same directory as the jar, and go
If it tells you about /opt/something then your path may not be set properly. Doing the above got it running for me.

this just in... closed azureus, and re-started it.... got this:


this is not a .jar file i dont believe.

I have JDK 1.5 from Sun Microsystems. The Arachnophilia file is a jar file. You have to include -jar. I ran it just fine. You do not need to make it executable.

Azureus always starts for me. No, I do not have multiple Java versions. I just have the version I told you. However, you have to go into the Azureus directory to run it. You can add an alias line or write a script that goes to the Azureus directory and then back.

I did not know that Arachnophilia has switch to a universal programming langauge.

Oh, how I adore you, my friend. Executing from inside the azureus directory fixed the bugger. A million thanks.