How I Managed To Install LimeWire!!

[Shawn Curry]

Maybe someday someone will do a search on LimeWire and find this thread. If this is you, you're welcome!!!!

Kept getting all kinds of java errors when I tried to install it.

Turns out, the installer for Linux is broken. However, you can get the Linux package for other platforms here (http://www.limewire.com/index.jsp/download_other) If you do not have java, you can get it here (http://java.sun.com) . When you have Java installed, you must set a couple of environment variables to make it work. There is a good NHF about this here (http://linuxnewbie.org/nhf/Programming/Installing_Java_on_a_Linux_Computer.html).

Unzip the LimeWireLinux.tgz in whatever directory you want to. It comes with a sh script to run it, all you have to do is give it the execute permission and run it.

chmod options (for the newb's)
+x (Add execute option)
a (All users)
u (user who owns it)
g (file group)
o (other users not in the file's group)

So:

#cd /the/dir/I/unzipped/in
#chmod a+x runLime.sh
#sh ./runLime.sh

[Shawn Curry]

BTW, that script has to execute in the LimeWire folder, so if you copy the script into your script folder, make sure the first line (after the comment) is
cd /my/LimeWire/folder

[Bysshe Shelley]

Originally posted by Shawn Curry
BTW, that script has to execute in the LimeWire folder, so if you copy the script into your script folder, make sure the first line (after the comment) is
cd /my/LimeWire/folder
I don't know what you mean by any of that. What is copying a script into your script folder, make sure the first line is....
:confused:
Please help. I'm getting
./runLime.sh: line 14: java: command not found

If I check my plugins in Mozilla, there's a ton of java files listed.:confused:

[pjsheehan]

I went here (http://members.shaw.ca/trollking/linux.html) to get java working on Red Hat 8.0. After that, LimeWire installed and worked fine for me.

[Shawn Curry]

Originally posted by Bysshe Shelley
I don't know what you mean by any of that. What is copying a script into your script folder, make sure the first line is....
:confused:
Please help. I'm getting
./runLime.sh: line 14: java: command not found


try typing:

#java -version

in a terminal. If you get "command not found" Java is not on your path. This can mean it's not set, or you dont have it. If you think you have the Java Runtime Environment v1.3.1(JRE)(or better) you need to find the directory where it is located. There will be a folder named "bin" inside this folder. This directory must be on your path.

Check the links from my first post. You can download Java if you need to and there's a link to the Java Installation NHF(newbieized help file). This will give you an explanation on setting your path, and the JAVA_HOME variable.

I don't know what you mean by any of that. What is copying a script into your script folder, make sure the first line is....

A script is like a DOS "batch" file. RedHat can convienently store frequently used scripts in a special folder that you can find if you right-click (almost) anywhere on the desktop. SO, make a copy of the runLime.sh script and paste it into your script folder.

Now, the script is intended to run in the LimeWire directory(the one you just copied it from). So, the first thing your script must do is change to that directory. So, you have to add a line like this(in runLime.sh):

#!/bin/sh
#
# Runs LimeWire. This script must be executed in your LimeWire
# install directory.
#
# We must set the J2SE_PREEMPTCLOSE environment variable to 1 to
# work around some limitations in the JDK1.3. For more information
# see http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/relnotes.html#vm
#
--->cd /usr/local/LimeWire/
CLASSPATH=".:collections.jar:xerces.jar:jl011.jar:MessagesBun dles.jar"
export CLASSPATH
J2SE_PREEMPTCLOSE=1
export J2SE_PREEMPTCLOSE
java -jar RunLime.jar

I put an arrow in front of the line that I added. It simply changes the directory to the one I installed LimeWire in. Note that I'm editing the script I pasted into my script folder.

Hope that helped.

[LazyArs808]

lime wire is a waste of time. : )

Direct Connect is the way to go, and for easy to install packages (rpms if your distro uses them) visit the DC-GUI homepage: http://dc.ketelhot.de/

[Bysshe Shelley]

I didn't have a problem installing Limewire after following the Java install instructions at this website.
http://members.shaw.ca/trollking/linux.html

might apply just to mandrake 9.0, I don't know, I'm a newb. I just know it worked easily.

[Bysshe Shelley]

So I installed it and after closing it, I can't figure out how to run Limewire again. I think I missed a step. LOL. I can't even find it.:( Please help.:(

[lazarus777]

to find it, try whereis LimeWire or which LimeWire but it depends on where you installed it; on my machine, to run LW from term I'd type ~/LimeWire/runLime.sh since I don't have my home directory listed in my $PATH; I just added it to the menu in icewm tho, so I don't have to do all that most of the time ;)

[Azadre]

HELP!!!!
I can't get past the Welcome screen after installation BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING! THERE ARE NO BUTTONS!!! IT'S LIKE JAVA BROKE!!! HELP!!!
I installed j2re1.4.1_01, and have lime wire installed

[Linx]

Agreed DCGUI is da best! :cool: