Gnutella Forums - various java errors when starting limewire (linux)

I was able to successfully install LimeWire 4.9.0 Beta (in Fedora Core 3 i386) after various attenpts with 4.8.1 which did not work, because of java errors already.
Now the install was successful, but when I try to launch limewire, whether directly or via runLime.sh, I get java errors such as:

Code:

> sh ./runLime.sh

Starting LimeWire...

Java exec found in PATH. Verifying...

Suitable java version found [java = 1.4.1_02]

Configuring environment...

Loading LimeWire:

Exception in thread "main" java.util.zip.ZipException: No such file or directory        

     at java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native Method)

     at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:112)

     at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:117)

     at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:55)

 

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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 "1.4.1_02"

Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.1_02-b06)

Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.1_02-b06, mixed mode)

Does anyone know how to work around that?
Thanks a lot!!