Okay, I don't have too many people around here that I can ask, I'm the most experienced of us here trying to start using linux. I'm using Red Hat 8.0, btw.

So I get the error telling me I don't have JVM installed, and I downloaded the newest JRE rpm.bin and installed that just fine. I even tried to install it again and it told me that it was already 100% installed. But I try 'sh ./LimeWireLinux.bin' and get the same error.

Then I found the "solution to all problems" post and downloaded the file it said.. this time sun's SDK package instead of the JRE (although sun said the JRE had the JVM package). I insalled it just like both the instructions and the post said to, and it installed perfectly like the JRE had done.

But I'm still getting the same:

[root@localhost Mike]# 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.


Does anybody know what I can do to fix this? It keeps telling me that both the SDK and JRE are installed, but it won't find my Java VM still? Help would be really appreciated, thanks.

-Mike

I am having the exact same problem. I too am running Red Hat Linux 8, and I get the exact same VM error message as you... Could one of the more advanced user help us out?

I had the same problem under RH 8.0. Being new to LInux, I had to fuss around with it forever to figure it out. In the end, this is all I had to do:

Edited my .bash_profile PATH statement to include the following: $HOME/j2re1.4.1_01/bin

That's where I installed the jre. Logged out and back in (not sure this is necessary), and the LimeWire installer loved it.

I changed my: .bash_profile
PATH to: PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/j2re1.4.1_01/bin
(I installed the RPM) and it loads right up! Thanks again!

I apologize. In my revision of "The Installation to All Install Problems" I forgot to mention typing:

source .bash_profile

to accept your settings without having to logout and then back in to use the changes in your .bash_profile.

altoine

Hello all,

I saw this post and I thought for sure that it would help me, but alas, I can't seem to get it. I installed j2re using an rpm so now I have j2re-1_3_1_06-linux-i586.rpm.bin in /usr/local.

For bashing the profile I typed the following:
PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/j2re-1_3_1_06-linux-i586.rpm.bin
I received no errors so I am assuming that that went well.

But I still get the message about no VM existing.

Can anyone help, please?

Quick class:

j2re-1_3_1_06-linux-i586.rpm.bin is a package that has to be opened first. Like in windows, zip are zip files, exe are executable files, in linux bin are executable files. rpm are like self executing zip files. YOu first have to execute the package after you download it to your harddrive. Like so;

sh j2re-1_3_1_06-linux-i586.rpm.bin

If that doesn't work it is because it is not setup to execute. YOu can fix that by typing this command:

chmod +x j2re-1_3_1_06-linux-i586.rpm.bin

After that you should have a rpm that you can use and follow the directions as I have them stated as they are to be followed with the correct package format (rpm in your case).
HTH

P.S. Best bet, scroll down to the second post on "The Solution to All Install Problems" and you will see exactly what you need to do. It is called "Sun RPM Install"

altoine