software installlation

[ZJF]

I installed some software on my computer, and it won't work...the error says
"Invocation of this Java Application has caused an InvocationTargetException. This application will now exit."
What does this mean, and how can I get the file to work?

[mdwatts]

What application are we talking about here?

Have you searched i.e. Google for Linux for the error message?

[DMR]

Originally posted by mdwatts
What application are we talking about here?And...

What distro and version of Linux are you running?

What kind of machine are you running it on? Post your hardware specs.

[ZJF]

I am trying to install LimeWire

I have SuSE Linux Pro 8.0,

A PII Processor workstation @ 400 MHz
128 Meg. PC 100 SD-RAM
Matrox Milleneum G200 Video Card
Aztech Pro Audio Sound Card

Yes I have searched Google, and it didn't come up with anything.

[askrieger]

Is there a title on the message box, telling you which program is complaining? Is there a number on the error message?

Form the wording it sounded to me like the Java Virtual Machine was griping. It was.

A moment's search of "Java in a Nutshell", reveals that "An object of this class is thrown by Method.invoke() and Constructor.newinstance() when an exception is thrown by the method or constructor invoked through these methods. The InvocationTargetException class serves as a wrapper around the object that was thrown; that object can be retrieved with the getTargetException() method."

In other words something tried to call something else that either wasn't there or didn't have the right parameters. The exact wording of the error message might tell you where the problem is.