LimeWire

Icablob · #1 9th March 2005, 03:50 PM

I know that there are previous threads on LimeWire, and i've read them but still can't get it working. I've done all the steps that were posted as far as i can tell. LimeWire still won't launch. Someone PLEASE help me. I need to have a p2p program running. And i'm a die hard fan of LimeWire from my Win$ days.

desipher · #2 9th March 2005, 03:53 PM

what is the error messsage your getting?

Icablob · #3 9th March 2005, 03:54 PM

none. when i launch limewire it does nothing.

Quella · #4 9th March 2005, 03:58 PM

How are you launching it? Have you looked in the logs to see what (if any) errors are preventing it from running? Are you running it as root or a user? Do you have Java installed correctly for Fedora, and can the .jar files find it in your path?

Quella

desipher · #5 9th March 2005, 03:59 PM

Trying to run limewire out of terminal and see what error messasge your getting.

Icablob · #6 9th March 2005, 04:11 PM

Error: Unable to find java.
Please make sure that java is in your PATH.
Visit http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp for more information.
(LimeWire is tested against and works best with with Sun's JRE, Java 1.4+)

i installed jre ... how do i put it in limewires path??

Quella · #7 9th March 2005, 04:13 PM

If you go into the Limewire directory and yupe 'java' does it find it or give you an error? If you get an error, you will need to make changes to your users path.

Quella

Icablob · #8 9th March 2005, 04:22 PM

i'm not sure what you just said there ... sorry

Quella · #9 9th March 2005, 04:25 PM

If you go into the directory where you installed Limewire (that could be just about anywhere) and just type 'java' from the command line, it will give you an error if you do not have a path to the java binaries. If you get the error, you will need to modify the path in the .bash_profile for the user you are on the system as. Not sure if you are on a root or some other user.

Quella

Icablob · #10 9th March 2005, 04:31 PM

i don't know where i installed it ... i just ran the rpm ... is there a default install location or a way that i could find where it ended up?

bobp · #11 9th March 2005, 04:41 PM

Try gtk-gnutella (http://gtk-gnutella.sourceforge.net/ ). You can get amazing speeds from it (I've got 200 k+) without all this Limewire hassel.

Icablob · #12 9th March 2005, 04:42 PM

i think i installed it to /usr/java

in that folder there are two more folders ...j2re1.4.2_07 .... and jre1/5.0_01 ...
and when i open each of them in terminal and type in 'java' it says command not found

Quella · #13 9th March 2005, 05:23 PM

No the question was where was Limewire installed to, not Java. The rpm should handle that part, but the installer (.bin) file for Limewire asks where you want the application installed on the HD.

Quella

Icablob · #14 9th March 2005, 05:34 PM

i ran an rpm for limewire as well ... which i downloaded from the http://www.limewire.com

Quella · #15 9th March 2005, 05:36 PM

Limewire should have given you a .bin file (installer file) for this application. I have not seen them provide any .rpm files. Are you sure you got this from the Limewire site? Did you select to download the Linux Installer (.bin) file? If not, I would give this a try.

Quella