okay, I was first told to install java which i did and I now have a problem with that, I'll get to that in a miunte. Of course when I try to install LimeWire I run into problems but from what I can see it doesn't mention Java at all. When I try to run ./configure. I get this in the terminal:

loading cache /config.cache
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane...yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}...no
checking for working aclocal...missing
checking for working autoconf...missing
checking for working automake...missing
checking for working autoheader...missing
checking for working makeinfo...found
check whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles...no
checking for gcc...no
checking for cc...no
configure: error: no acceptable cc found in $PATH

now maybe it has something to do with what i get when i check my java which is:

#which java
which: no java in (/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R^/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin)

i downloaded Java from Sun and followed things pretty well from what I though but it doesn't seem to work. I don't want to give up.....I refuse to return to Windows at all costs!!!!