Hi, I recently downloaded the Limewire 1.7 beta package because I couldn't get a normal installer package with 1.7. I unpacked it and it said that I needed to install Java RE, so I did. The last directions from the LimeWire installation told me I could launch the program by typing sh runlime.sh

It didn't work. My computer tells me it doesn't recognize the java command. I installed the java rpm again to make sure it was in there and the computer told me it was already installed. I also tried the java -cp command and it didn't work either. Can anyone help me out. I'm new at this and I'm trying really hard to understand all of this stuff and need some guidance. Thanks in advance.

It sounds like you don't have the Java bin directory added to your PATH environment variable. The PATH variable tells the system where to look for programs to execute. Open a terminal and type:

echo $PATH

That will show you the current value of the path variable. There's a file in your home directory called .bash_profile. Open this with your favourite text editor and change the line that begins with PATH= to include the java directory. Something like this:

PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:/usr/java/jre1.3.1_01/bin

Your system may be different so make sure you enter the correct location for the java bin directory.

Logout then log back in and test that the system can now find the java program with:

java -version

You should see some information about the particular version of java you're using.