I go through the answer to all install step by step.when i do: rpm -ql j2re|more
I get:/usr/java/j2re1.4.2_03/CHANGES
/usr/java/j2re1.4.2_03/COPYRIGHT
/usr/java/j2re1.4.2_03/ControlPanel.html
/usr/java/j2re1.4.2_03/LICENSE
/usr/java/j2re1.4.2_03/README
/usr/java/j2re1.4.2_03/THIRDPARTYLICENSEREADME.txt
/usr/java/j2re1.4.2_03/Welcome.html
/usr/java/j2re1.4.2_03/bin
/usr/java/j2re1.4.2_03/bin/ControlPanel....

my bash_profile looks like that:
# .bash_profile

# Get the aliases and functions
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
. ~/.bashrc
fi

# User specific environment and startup programs

PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin

export CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/j2re1.4.2_03
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

export PATH
unset USERNAME

I do the source .bash_profile

when i do the rpm remove(red hat) it says it's not installed.

But when I install i get:
Preparing to install...
tail: `-1' option is obsolete; use `-n 1'
Try `tail --help' for more information.
./LimeWireLinux.bin: line 326: [: `)' expected, found -z
WARNING! The amount of /tmp disk space required and/or available
could not be determined. The installation will be attempted anyway.
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.

what am i doing wrong? please help I really want to have limewire runing...:-(

no one got a clue? :-((

all you have to do is:
1) Download java.sh and copy it to /etc/profile.d

$ cd ~/download
$ chmod 755 java.sh
$ sudo cp java.sh /etc/profile.d

2) Log out and log back in then check JAVA_HOME PATH by typing following command

$ env | grep JAVA_HOME
JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/j2re1.4.2_03

It worked! :-) dowloading from Limewire as you read this :-)

That didn't work for me through and i don't know why. Limeware still says it can't find a java VM. :-( i am trying other ways but nothing seams to be working :-(, Maybe i just didn't inturpret what i was soppose to do right or somthing i don't know if there is anything else i can do to get Limeware running on fedora core 1 please tell

i got it running just by installing j2re1.4.2_04 using the instructions on the sun download site, then doing only:

export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/j2re1.4.2_04
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

after that you follow the instructions posted by the previous person about java.sh. once java.sh is in /etc/profile.d you should be able to run the installation for limewire and have it work

at least thats what worked for me... good luck

also try checking java -version and using which java to see if anything is going wrong with the detection of the java path

Java in in the path, and installed properly. What else can I do? I something else not right? I get this error message:

Preparing to install...
tail: `-1' option is obsolete; use `-n 1'
Try `tail --help' for more information.
/opt/limewire/LimeWireLinux3.bin: line 326: [: `)' expected, found -z
WARNING! The amount of /tmp disk space required and/or available
could not be determined. The installation will be attempted anyway.
Extracting the installation resources from the installer archive...
Configuring the installer for this system's environment...

Launching installer...

Warning: -Xmx100331648 not understood. Ignoring.
Warning: -Xms16777216 not understood. Ignoring.
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.VerifyError: verification failed at PC 56 in com.zerog.lax.LAX:showExceptionDialog((Ljava.lang. String;Ljava.lang.String;Z)V): incompatible type on stack
at _Jv_BytecodeVerifier.verify_fail(byte, int) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.4.0.0)
at _Jv_BytecodeVerifier.verify_instructions_0() (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.4.0.0)
at _Jv_VerifyMethod(_Jv_InterpMethod) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.4.0.0)
at _Jv_PrepareClass(java.lang.Class) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.4.0.0)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.linkClass0(java.lang.Class) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.4.0.0)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.resolveClass0(java.lang.Clas s) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.4.0.0)
at java.lang.Class.initializeClass() (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.4.0.0)
at java.lang.Class.forName(java.lang.String, boolean, java.lang.ClassLoader) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.4.0.0)
at java.lang.Class.forName(java.lang.String) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.4.0.0)
at gnu.gcj.runtime.FirstThread.run() (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.4.0.0)
at _Jv_ThreadRun(java.lang.Thread) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.4.0.0)
at _Jv_RunMain(java.lang.Class, byte const, int, byte const, boolean) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.4.0.0)
at __gcj_personality_v0 (java.compiler=NONE)
at __libc_start_main (/lib/tls/libc-2.3.2.so)
at _Jv_RegisterClasses (java.compiler=NONE)