Got this error trying to run LimeWire after installation.

No Java virtual machine could be found from your PATH
environment variable. You must install a VM prior to
running this program.

How do I accomplish this?

If you do not have java installed then you need to go to http://java.sun.com and download the appropriate version for your system. After you have java installed just make a symlink to the java executable with the following command executed as root ln -s /usr/java/j2re1.4.1_01/bin/java /usr/bin/java adjusting appropriately for the proper location of your java executable. LimeWire will then find java and run with no problems.

I know this might be dumb, but how do you do a symlink?

Inorder to make a symlink you should first be logged in as root. The reason for being logged in as root is that usually you will want the symlink to be created in a location such as /usr/bin and only root has write permissions there. Open a terminal window and type ln -s followed by the path to the executable such as /usr/java/j2re1.4.1_01/bin/java followed by the location where you want the symlink to be located including the name of the symlink /usr/bin/java then hit enter. This would be one command and would look like this, ln -s /usr/java/j2re1.4.1_01/bin /usr/bin/java . That would create a symlink to java, the symlink would be called java and would be located in the directory /usr/bin. Any reference to java would find the symlink which would direct the program to the appropriate location.