No java virtual machine could be found from your PATH environment vatiable. You must install a VM prior to running this program.

Did that. I now have j2re1.3.1 and j2re1.4.1 installed in /usr/local. Set path as follows:

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/j2re1.4.1/bin

No go!

Tried same w/j2re1.3.1 and again....no go!

Opened kate as su from shell and added the following line at the end of /etc/profile:

PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/j2re1.4.1/bin

Guess what? No go again. Tried w/1.3.1, 1.4, 1.3, etc and I still get the same message, namely:

No java virtual machine could be found...

What am I missing here?

TIA

David