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Just downloaded and uncompressed Azureus (it doesn't require a compile and/or install). When I run it, here is what I get:

Code:

$ azureus&

[1] 516

Starting Azureus...

Java exec found in PATH. Verifying...

josh@initialize:~$ Suitable java version found [java = 1.5.0_01]

Configuring environment...

Loading Azureus:

java -Xms16m -Xmx128m -cp "/usr/bin/*.jar" -Djava.library.path="/usr/bin" -Dazureus.install.path="/usr/bin" org.gudy.azureus2.ui.swt.Main ''

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/gudy/azureus2/ui/swt/Main

Azureus TERMINATED.

So, of course, it doesn't even bother to open.

I haven't installed any JRE because Slackware 10.1 already has 1.5.0.01 installed (you can see in the error message that Azureus found it.) All I've done so far is move Azureus into /usr/local (since it was in my home folder after uncompressing.) Is there an extra step I need to take?

Thanks.

looked at this? Linux Howto

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Originally posted by Gay R0b0t
looked at this? Linux Howto

Yes, but it doesn't help much. JRE is already installed (and found), and GTK+2-2.6.1 is already installed too. I guess my problem is I don't really understand what the error message is trying to tell me, so I have no idea what needs to be fixed.

Seiken, how did you installed, did you create a separate folder for azureus? What's the bin file in /usr/bin, a symlink to azureus's startup script?

I installed by downloading the .tar.bz2 file from the Azureus site on sourceforge to a "download" directory in my home directory. From that download directory, I uncompressed the file which created a new "azureus" directory in my "download" directory. I went in the "azureus" directory, and read "README.txt" which stated:

Code:

REQUIREMENTS:

Azureus requires Sun Java 1.4.x or newer to run.

JRE 1.5 (5.0 series) is highly recommended.

http://java.sun.com



RUNNING:

1. Extract the contents of this .tar.bz2 file.

2. Change to the 'azureus' directory where the files were extracted.

3. Start Azureus by running the script named 'azureus'; ex. "./azureus"



NOTE:

If you have the Java JRE installed somewhere unusual (or not in your PATH),

use the JAVA_PROGRAM_DIR option in the script.

So instead of running ./azureus, I did "cd .." and then moved that azureus directory to /usr/local/bin (maybe not the best spot, but it's where I have been recommended to install programs.) I then created a symlink in /usr/bin called "azureus" which goes to /usr/local/bin/azureus/azureus.

I am running JRE 1.5.0.1, and /usr/lib/java/bin and /usr/lib/java/jre/bin are both in my path. One thing I have noticed is there are no .jar files in /usr/bin. Might this all be because I'm running azureus from the symlink in /usr/bin instead of the actual file itself in /usr/local/bin/azureus? I would try it myself, but I'm at work right now... there ARE a few .jar files in /usr/local/bin/azureus.

Yes, the problem is the symlink since the azureus script tries tu run the main Java class from the directory where it was run, in your case /usr/bin.
A solution would be to create a script like this:

Code:

#!/bin/sh

cd /usr/local/bin/azureus

./azureus

and put it on your /usr/bin.
You could also modify azureus startup script, but making the script i wrote above is easier.

Thank you. I will test it out when I get home.