"Other Platforms" version -- how do I start LimeWire directly from the JRE?
 

Hello,

I've worked for some time with the Windows-installed version of LimeWire on Win2k, but I'm a bit of a Java geek :-) and would like to get the "Pure Java" version ("Other") to work as well.

Now, as far as <em>installation</em> is concerned, everything is well documented and works fine, with the <code>install</code> class in <code>LimeWireOther.zip</code> and all. But I've found no documentation at all on how to actually <em>invoke</em> the LimeWire UI application directly from the JRE, the code is pretty well obfuscated, and I don't really have the nerve to just look for the right class by trial and error.

So any hints on what class actually contains that magical <code>main</code> method are greatly appreciated. :-)

Take care,
-- Florian

I've faced with the same problem,

I searched all classes for string 'main', got four results. I run lime wire with following command for about a week now.

And I do hate bad documentation...

jrew -cplimewire.jar;swing.jar;classes.jar a.a.a.b.Main limewire.props

Thanks a lot aliko!

The application seems to take <code>limewire.props</code> as its default props file, and seems to run fine if that argument is omitted. Moderators, please jump in! Am I right about that properties file?

tia
-- Florian

your welcome.

I have observed the same thing too.

Thanks, it helped me launching the app on Solaris, too.
So I use
java -classpath .:collections.jar a.a.a.b.Main limewire.props
instead of the 38k (!) standard launching script (which didn't work, evidently)