Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/zerog/lax/LAX

I'm using a Red Hat 7.2, download and install
j2re-1_4_0-beta3-linux-i386-rpm.bin from sun.com.
After I change the line 3 of the "LimeWireLinux.bin" file to PATH=$PATH:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/java/j2re1.4.0/bin:/usr/java/j2re1.4.0/lib
and when I run ./LimeWireLinux.bin a have this gift:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/zerog/lax/LAX

I had this exact error, I am in Mandrake 8.1 though.

[HeadHolio]

What shows up when you type "java -version" into a console?

when i run: java -version, i get:
java version "1.3.1_02"
Java (TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.1_02-b02)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.1_02-b02, mixed mode)

by the way, the limewire 1.7 installer works, I tried it just to check, so it must be something new in the 2.1.1 or whatever the newest one is

DUH!!!! Stooopeeed me!!!

Okay, here's the deal. I'm the guy who posted earlier about setting your $PATH to the Java Virtual Machine.

1.) Assuming you have Sun's JRE installed, it would be in the following directory:

/usr/java/

The $PATH of course would be:

/usr/java/jre1.3.1_02/bin

2.) So now that we've established

$ echo $PATH
/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/usr/sbin:/usr/java/jre1.3.1_02/bin

that java is in your $PATH you're 1/2 way there.
IF you have a version of kaffe on your system, remove it (as root):

$ rpm -q kaffe

IF you have any version on there then remove:

$ rpm -e kaffe

(Or use your favorite GUI package manager)
===============

This seems to be installed by default on Mandrake. It'll cause conflicts!

Querying the version of java I have:

$ rpm -q jre-1.3.1_02
jre-1.3.1_02-fcs

Shows I have the latest version (although I thought I saw jre-1.3.1_03 out somewhere).

Now it works! Yay!!! Time to send in my donation ...

I have done all of that stuff. I still got that error. (I never had Kaffe installed BTW)

[HeadHolio]

AAHHH. Too many people called Unregistered. I don't know who is who! Is this guy talking to himself? Heh. Anyways, I urge you to double check your Java installation, and make sure that you do NOT have any trace of Kaffe on your system (even by accident). And if that doesn't work, I urge you to try a different version of Java, possibly Sun's beta version 1.4. It's worth a try right? I just have a feeling that there is something wrong with your java setup. It just doesn't sound right to have sooo many successful Java installations on Mandrake 8.0 and 8.1 by other users, and then have you with this problem.

I did that stuff too, the Java install is fine, LimeWire just isn't installing. My JRE runs fine. If anyone has seen this error and solved it, please tell me.

I am none of the above unregistered people. I am using Red Hat 7.1 and I am getting the exact same error message. A fix would be great.

[s0cks]

I registered, I also downloaded and installed j2re1.4.0, I changed the path and my java -version is now:
java version "1.4.0-rc"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.0-rc-b91)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.0-rc-b91, mixed mode)

But I still get the same error:
Preparing to install...
Extracting the installation resources from the installer archive...
Configuring the installer for this system's environment...

Launching installer...

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/zerog/lax/LAX

same error as with j2re1.3.1_02
I have had Limewire working with RedHat 7.1 but it was an older version. New Hard drive , Old Bios meant the Linux partition had to go for a bit but its back, however limewire is not. Please help.

[afisk]

Does the installer output any error logs that you might be able to send me at afisk@limepeer.com? They should either be called err.txt or out.txt. I might be able to be of some assistance if you send them in.

Until then, there's always our trusty tgz download, available at:

http://www.limewire.com/index.jsp/download_other

I'm going to go ahead and move this thread over to the new installation section of the forum, but I'll leave a link to it.

Hello all, I know the error messages you get. I got them. And no one could make sense of it sending me on wild goose chases. But I think I figured something out.

In Redhat 7.2:
Even though you install the RPM of Sun's JRE there is STILL an OLD java in /usr/bin so I did this:
(as root)
mv /usr/bin/java /usr/bin/java.old
ln -s /usr/java/jre1.3.1_02/bin/java /usr/bin/java

Basically this moves and renames the non-working java to java.old, then makes a symbolic link to the java we want to use.

Limewire worked right away :-)

AOL-IM: toodeep2c

[afisk]

Thanks very much for the helpful reply!

i tried that symbolic linking fix, but when i finished, it told me there were too many levels of symbolic linking. what the heck?