Mac OS X 10.2.8 unable to upgrade to 4.9 (Java?)
 

So, I tried to upgrade to 4.9 this afternoon, and i go through the entire installation process only to find that when i try to open Limewire, it tells me:

"Could not launch the application because it requires a version of Java that is not installed.

This application requires Java 1.4.1. or later, but only Java 1.3.1 is installed. Updating to a newer version of Mac OS X may resolve this."

I tried updating the Java on my computer but it turns out that I do indeed need to have a more recent version of OS X to upgrade Java.
Can anyone help me out with this? I really don't want to spend the money to upgrade operating systems. Is it possible to somehow just go back to the last version of Limewire? Please help!!:confused:

Java 1.4.1 for Mac OS X 10.2.6 or later:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=120242

Note: this was the first and last Version of Java 1.4 for Mac OS X 10.2.x. Upgrade to 10.4 if possible.

THANK YOU
 

Thanks so much, it worked! I was pretty worried I wouldn't be able to use Limewire for a looong time. Thanks again, you're help is really appreciated.

The reason LW 4.9 requires Java 1.4 or later is that starting with Java 1.4, Sun introduced a much more efficient way to handle network traffic (java.nio, which stands for New Input/Output). This allows LW to handle more connections for the same ammount of processor usage.

In my opinion, Sun should have had their "New Input/Output" package in Java from the start; it's technology that other programming languages/systems have had in their standard libraries since the 1970s.

In any case, as mentioned above, Java 1.4 is avalable for OS X 10.2.9 and later.