How to install LimeWire on Fedora, Mandirva, Suse (RPM)

[zab]

0. become root
1. Get the latest java from http://www.java.com and install it.
2. Download the latest LimeWire RPM from http://www9.limewire.com/beta/LimeWireLinux.rpm and save it in your home folder
3. Open a terminal and type the following commands:

rpm -Uvh --nodeps ~/LimeWireLinux.rpm

That's it! If you have Fedora or Mandrake you should see an entry in the start menu. If you don't, to run LimeWire open a terminal and simply type "limewire".

[Misterfixit]

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -Uvh --nodeps ~/LimeWireLinux.rpm
error: open of /root/LimeWireLinux.rpm failed: No such file or directory
[root@localhost ~]#

[Misterfixit]

[root@localhost downloads]# dir
LimeWireLinux.rpm
[root@localhost downloads]# rpm -Uvh --nodeps ~/LimeWireLinux.rpm
error: open of /root/LimeWireLinux.rpm failed: No such file or directory
[root@localhost downloads]#

[Misterfixit]

[root@localhost downloads]# limewire
Starting LimeWire...
Java exec found in PATH. Verifying...
Suitable java version found [java = 1.4.2]
Configuring environment...
Loading LimeWire:
Warning: -jar not understood. Ignoring.
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: LimeWire.jar
at gnu.gcj.runtime.FirstThread.run() (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
at _Jv_ThreadRun(java.lang.Thread) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
at _Jv_RunMain(java.lang.Class, byte const, int, byte const, boolean) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
at __gcj_personality_v0 (/usr/lib/LimeWire/java.home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.4.2-gcj-1.4.2.0/jre)
at __libc_start_main (/lib/tls/libc-2.3.5.so)
at _Jv_RegisterClasses (/usr/lib/LimeWire/java.home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.4.2-gcj-1.4.2.0/jre)

************************************************** ****************
Something went wrong with LimeWire.
Maybe you're using the wrong version of Java?
(LimeWire is tested against and works best with with Sun's JRE, Java 1.4+)
The version of Java in your PATH is:
java version "1.4.2"
jdkgcj 0.3.1 (http://www.arklinux.org/projects/jdkgcj)
gcj (GCC) 3.4.3 20050227 (Red Hat 3.4.3-22.fc3)
Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.


[root@localhost downloads]#

[zab]

You are not following the instructions in the first post of this thread.

1. Install Sun Java from www.java.com
2. Install the latest beta RPM.

You could have saved yourself all this trouble had you followed them.

[Misterfixit]

edit: insulting and vulgar language will not be tolerated in this forum. Thread closed.

[sberlin]

According to your other post, you downloaded the latest "stable" version, not the latest beta. The instructions say to download the latest beta.