i have the same exact problem with suse 8.1 :S

Rex forgot to mention that you would have to create that link in the actual directory where libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 is located. What Rex is doing is providing a link to the old libc6.1-1.so.2 as that is no longer seen libstdc++2.10-2.96-0.80mdk for my mandrake package which is actually symlinked to /usr/lib/libstdc++-3-libc6.2-2-2.10.0.so.

To find out where your libstdc++-3-libc6.2-2-2.10.0.so is located type this command:

whereis libstdc++-3-libc6.2-2-2.10.0.so

find that and then symlink it like this to keep symlinks to a minimum (ie to avoide a symlink to a symlink that is symlinked to an actual file) follow these instructions;

First, go to the directory where the whereis program located your file and then type:

ls -l libstdc++*

we type this command to check to see if the symlink:

libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.2

isn't already present. If it isn't then create the symlink:

ln -s libstdc++-3-libc6.2-2-2.10.0.so libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.2


Thank you Rex for posting the solution to the Suse 8.1 runtime issue with glibc-type error messages when trying to execute limewire after a successful install, as I couldn't since I had to remove Suse 8.1 to reconfigure my development box.

altoine

This should help you. I would post it to my solutions but it has two maybe three things that make it a no-no:

1. It is specific only to that distribution and version (Suse 8.1 only).

2. It is too advanced to discuss as an added step, especially when you see reason #1.

3. I didn't get approval from Rex to post his solution as an added option for Suse 8.1 users. I could assume it was ok except that when you consider reason #1.

If it is still present in Suse 8.2+ I will then post this as an added step in proper install solutions.

altoine

Thank you for this thread, nDiScReEt. I did not view it at first, because it was very long. I thought it would be a general discussion, but when I read it I was surprised to see how many different and specific installation problems were addressed.

I'm afraid I may be misunderstanding some of the solutions. That's probably because I am a Linux novice and don't know the difference between Debian, Mandrake, and RedHat.

I found a problem very similar to mine. It is the missing Virtual Machine line for RedHat 8.0. I recently installed the most recent version of java, j2re-1.4.1.01 . Here is what my terminal says when I try to install LimeWire:

[root@localhost root]# /tmp
[root@localhost tmp]# sh ./LimeWireLinux.bin
Preparing to install...
Extracting the installation resources from the installer archive...
Configuring the installer for this system's environment...
No java virtual machine could be found from your PATH environment variable. You must install a VM prior to running this program.
[root@localhost tmp]#

I downloaded my java to my /tmp directory rather than home. Was that a mistake?

Maybe another problem would be my choice of terminal? I used the java -version command in my terminal (KDE X Terminal, Konsole 1.1.3) as "root." You mentioned a vi terminal, but I really don't know what it is. I tried to run vi in the run program,. but got nothing. When I ran the java -version command in KDE X Terminal, I got the following:

bash: java: command not found

That occurred before and after I ran the install line, which you suggested to Unregistered, but get a reply that the package is already installed!

It is installed at /usr/java

BUT - when I run java -version, I get the command not found line above.

Have I made a fundamental error somewhere?

Can you get me on track?

Thanks in advance,

ClayD

A few program clarifications before we begin:

vi is an editor like kate, kedit, emacs, and notepad.

A terminal is similiar to a "dos prompt" and the linux equivalents are Konsole, rxvt, Eterm, and Gnome Terminal.

Now onto your problem...

Let us define "installed" first. When you "installed" java to the /tmp directory, do you mean that is where you downloaded the java package? ...or where you directed the installation of java? Is this by means of a tar.gz file or rpm?

Let us assume that you are using a rpm. So, it is located in your /tmp directory.

Let us avoid "forcing" an install of your program on your system and simply remove and then reinstall your program.
Type this command into your kde terminal (as root):

su -c "rpm -e j2sdk-1.4.1_01-fcs" (this assumes you used the latest sun java package *Note**Replace "j2sdk with j2re if that is the package you used* ***Addedd Note***su -c is a "super user" command to execute a command as root. With the added flag "-c", it only allows you to execute the command following it once. The """ quotes are added because they are needed when there are spaces in a command string.****)

Now let us reinstall your package:

su -c "rpm -ivh /tmp/j2sdk-1.4.1_01*.rpm"

or

su -c "rpm -ivh /tmp/j2re-1.4.1_01*.rpm"

(Which one depends on if you downloaded the sdk (software development kit) or jre (java run-time environment). Thankfully, from this point we are finished with root!

Next, your command:

java -version

This time it should spit out some happy output:

Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.1_01-b01)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.1_01-b01, mixed mode

We want to next create the necessary environment variables in your .bash_profile or .bashrc which is located in your home directory ($HOME, ~/, or /home/(username))

Continuing writing commands from the command line:

kwrite $HOME/.bash_profile

or

kwrite $HOME/.bashrc

Replace "kwrite" with "kate" if you don't have kwrite installed on your system.

From there add the two lines:

export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.1_01
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

Save and quit out of "kwrite" or "kate".

Back to the terminal, type this command:

source .bash_profile

or

source .bashrc

Now, when you run this command:

which java

you should get:

/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.1_01/bin/java


NOw you can install LimeWire as usual.

HTH

altoine

Hi, I did excatly what is posted, with the j2sdk file and i can not get it to install right,

when i type: java -version
I get not a vaild command
when i type: which java
I get a no java in .........................

So what am i doing wrong? I have tried to re-install the file but it keeps saying that the file (j2sdk) is already installed?

Window user getting really mad a linux.

thanks
Daryl

can't get mine working either, i have installed BOTH the jre and jdk versions. If i look in my browser plugins it says that i have java installed (i manually linked it to there). So i can use chat online and the like. However, when i type in "java -version" i get "command not found"

I tried installing limewire and it says that there is no VM installed.

I read a lot of the posts, but did't see anything that clearly answers this. Help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!

I would really much love to help you two but there is this serious lack of information. I don't have any idea as to what steps you have done to arrive at your delimma. I would appreciate if you two could mention line for line like I did in my instructions, the steps you did. Either that or create a symlink to your "/usr/bin" directory from your java binary. Example:

ln -s /usr/java/j2sdk-1.4.1-01/bin/java /usr/bin/java

I mention the use of this symlink because I think your system does not load your .bash_profile or .bashrc when you first login. I am currently experiencing this with my gentoo installation but It works nonetheless using the symlink above (Of course, link the java binary to your specific installation directory).

I am hunting down the source of my problem with why my .bash_profile is not being used at logon.

The only thing that troubles me is that even if your system doesn't use your .bash_profile at logon, the "source .bash_profile" or "source .bashrc" command should still setup your environment for useage with LimeWire.

My only conclusion is that there is a typo and it needs to be ferreted out. The typo begins in either "export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/" or in "export PATH=JAVA_HOME/bin/:$PATH".

altoine

i tried to install the limewire and i got this message:

Preparing to install...
Extracting the installation resources from the installer archive...
Configuring the installer for this system's environment...

Launching installer...

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/zerog/lax/LAX

i've installed j2re-1_4_1_01-fcs-linux-i586.rpm
pliz
what should i do to get my problem solved?

thx a lot

Can you get the correct output by doing:

java -version

or

which java

?

I've run through the process successfully (that is, gotten LimeWire to run just fine on several occasions); recently, though, and rather inexplicably, I've needed to "source /etc/.bash_profile" in order for "java -version" to work each time I run a new terminal. Also, after i get java recognized (it prints just what it should for both "java -version" and "which java") and run "sh /usr/LimeWire/runLime.sh", the following prints:
"Exception in thread "main" java.util.zip.ZipException: No such file or directory
at java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native Method)
at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:112)
at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:117)
at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:55)"

I don't know anything about java (or that much regarding linux, for that matter), so I am quite puzzled by this. any thoughts?
Thanks much