Errors when trying to run LimeWire
 

when i start LimeWire... this is what i get:

[root@69-163-1-153 ~]# limewire
libgcj-java-placeholder.sh

This script is a placeholder for the /usr/bin/java
master link required by jpackage.org conventions. libgcj's
rmiregistry, rmic and jar tools are now slave symlinks to these
masters, and are managed by the alternatives(8) system.

This change was necessary because the rmiregistry, rmic and jar tools
installed by previous versions of libgcj conflicted with symlinks
installed by jpackage.org JVM packages.
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: while resolving class: com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Initializer
at java.lang.VMClassLoader.resolveClass(java.lang.Cla ss) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
at java.lang.Class.initializeClass() (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
at _Jv_ResolvePoolEntry(java.lang.Class, int) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Main.main(java.lang.Str ing[]) (Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.commons.logging.Log not found in [file:LimeWire.jar, core:/]
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(java.lang.String ) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
at gnu.gcj.runtime.VMClassLoader.findClass(java.lang. String) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(java.lang.String, boolean) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
at _Jv_FindClass(_Jv_Utf8Const, java.lang.ClassLoader) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
at java.lang.Class.forName(java.lang.String, boolean, java.lang.ClassLoader) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
at _Jv_BytecodeVerifier.verify_instructions_0() (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
at _Jv_VerifyMethod(_Jv_InterpMethod) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
at _Jv_PrepareClass(java.lang.Class) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
at _Jv_WaitForState(java.lang.Class, int) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
at java.lang.VMClassLoader.linkClass0(java.lang.Class ) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
at java.lang.VMClassLoader.resolveClass(java.lang.Cla ss) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
...3 more
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: while resolving class: com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Initializer
at java.lang.VMClassLoader.resolveClass(java.lang.Cla ss) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
at java.lang.Class.initializeClass() (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
at _Jv_ResolvePoolEntry(java.lang.Class, int) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Main.main(java.lang.Str ing[]) (Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.commons.logging.Log not found in [file:LimeWire.jar, core:/]
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(java.lang.String ) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
at gnu.gcj.runtime.VMClassLoader.findClass(java.lang. String) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(java.lang.String, boolean) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
at _Jv_FindClass(_Jv_Utf8Const, java.lang.ClassLoader) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
at java.lang.Class.forName(java.lang.String, boolean, java.lang.ClassLoader) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
at _Jv_BytecodeVerifier.verify_instructions_0() (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
at _Jv_VerifyMethod(_Jv_InterpMethod) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
at _Jv_PrepareClass(java.lang.Class) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
at _Jv_WaitForState(java.lang.Class, int) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
at java.lang.VMClassLoader.linkClass0(java.lang.Class ) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
at java.lang.VMClassLoader.resolveClass(java.lang.Cla ss) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
...3 more
UIDefaults.getUIError: failed to locate UI class:TextAreaUI
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
at javax.swing.text.JTextComponent.setCaretPosition(i nt) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
at javax.swing.text.JTextComponent.select(int, int) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
at javax.swing.text.JTextComponent.selectAll() (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Main.displayError(java. lang.String) (Unknown Source)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Main.showCorruptionErro r(java.lang.Throwable) (Unknown Source)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Main.main(java.lang.Str ing[]) (Unknown Source)


I have no clue what i'm doing ... i'm a newbie :D

Your distribution is substituting gcj for the Sun java. Look at online help specific to your distro how to install the JVM from Sun.