That didnt work.... I typed it in a terminal window as root and got this
#!/bin/sh
#
# Runs LimeWire. This script must be executed in your LimeWire
# install directory.
# this should allow starting limewire from
# gui-based explorer interfaces
cd "`dirname "$0"`"
# try to discover java
MSG0="Loading FrostWire:"
MSG1="Starting FrostWire..."
MSG2="Java exec found in "
MSG3="OOPS, your java version is too old "
MSG4="You need to upgrade to JRE 1.4.x or newer from
http://www.java.com"
MSG5="Suitable java version found "
MSG6="Configuring environment..."
MSG7="OOPS, you don't seem to have a valid JRE. FrostWire works best with Sun JRE available at
http://www.java.com "
MSG8="OOPS, unable to locate java exec in "
MSG9=" hierarchy"
MSG10="Java exec not found in PATH, starting auto-search..."
MSG11="Java exec found in PATH. Verifying..."
look_for_java()
{
JAVADIR=/usr/lib
if look_for_javaImpl ; then
return 0
fi
JAVADIR=/usr/java
if look_for_javaImpl ; then
return 0
fi
JAVADIR=/opt
if look_for_javaImpl ; then
return 0
fi
return 1
}
look_for_javaImpl()
{
IFS=$'\n'
potential_java_dirs=(`ls -d1 "$JAVADIR"/j* | sort | tac`)
for D in "${potential_java_dirs[@]}"; do
if [[ -d "$D" && -x "$D/bin/java" ]]; then
JAVA_PROGRAM_DIR="$D/bin/"
echo $MSG2 $JAVA_PROGRAM_DIR
if check_version ; then
return 0
fi
fi
done
echo $MSG8 "${JAVADIR}/" $MSG9 ; echo $MSG4
return 1
}
check_version()
{
# short-circuit gcj
ISGCJ=`${JAVA_PROGRAM_DIR}java -version 2>&1 | grep -i gcj`
if [ "$ISGCJ" != "" ] ; then
echo $MSG7
return 1
fi
JAVA_HEADER=`${JAVA_PROGRAM_DIR}java -version 2>&1 | head -n 1`
JAVA_IMPL=`echo ${JAVA_HEADER} | cut -f1 -d' '`
if [ "$JAVA_IMPL" = "java" ] ; then
VERSION=`echo ${JAVA_HEADER} | sed "s/java version \"\(.*\)\"/\1/"`
if echo $VERSION | grep "^1.[0-3]" ; then
echo $MSG3 "[${JAVA_PROGRAM_DIR}java = ${VERSION}]" ; echo $MSG4
return 1
else
echo $MSG5 "[${JAVA_PROGRAM_DIR}java = ${VERSION}]" ; echo $MSG6
return 0
fi
else
echo $MSG7 "[${JAVA_PROGRAM_DIR}java = ${JAVA_IMPL}]" ; echo $MSG4
return 1
fi
}
echo $MSG1
# locate and test the java executable
if [ `uname` = "Linux" ]; then
if ! command -v java &>/dev/null; then
echo $MSG10
if ! look_for_java ; then
exit 1
fi
else
echo $MSG11
if ! check_version ; then
if ! look_for_java ; then
exit 1
fi
fi
fi
else
JAVA_PROGRAM_DIR=""
fi
echo $MSG0
export J2SE_PREEMPTCLOSE=1
${JAVA_PROGRAM_DIR}java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar FrostWire.jar
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
echo
echo "************************************************* *****************"
echo "Something went wrong with FrostWire."
echo "Maybe you're using the wrong version of Java?"
echo "(LimeWire is tested against and works best with with Sun's JRE, Java 1.4+)"
echo "The version of Java in your PATH is:"
java -version
echo
fi
[root@localhost user]#
I know my version of java is current because when i type java -version it comes up with
java version "1.5.0_06"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_06-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_06-b05, mixed mode, sharing)