I had downloaded j2sdk1.4.1_01.rpm and followed Altoine's Sticky post for Sun RPM installs, to the letter.

When I entered:

java -version

I got:

java version "1.4.1_01"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.1_01-b01)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.1_01-b01, mixed mode)

entering "./LimeWireLinux.bin" or sh LimeWireLinux.bin produced the same results:

Preparing to install...
Extracting the installation resources from the installer archive...
Configuring the installer for this system's environment...

Launching installer...

Warning: -Xmx100331648 not understood. Ignoring.
Warning: -Xms16777216 not understood. Ignoring.
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com.zerog.lax.LAX......

My .bash_profile's path was edited to include the j2sdk path to the java binary and I added a CLASSPATH statement for good measure (export CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH I ensured I did not have kaffe installed then I entered

source .bash_profile

prior to entering

sh LimeWireLinux.bin

only to get the same error messages.

So I downloaded j2re1.4.1_01 self extracting binary, ran it and edited .bash_profile to reflect the new JAVA_PATH. then entered

source .bash_profile
sh LimeWireLinux.bin

and WA-LA

LimeWire installation script ran and opened LimeWire for the first time

I'm running it as I write this with no problems... connected, searching, downloading and sharing.

Thanks to you folks for all your help. I would of never had thought of installing j2re. I would have continued thinking j2sdk included the same binaries and supporting files as j2re, plus the development files.

I had been stuck for weeks with the same installation errors, screeninng the Forum for an answer. I'm glad I held out as long as I did to get it working. It was well worth it.

Thanks again

Juan