Error with Java (I think) during LimeWire isntallation
 

I think i've done everything that's required, but it just won't work for me. During installation I got this error:
Preparing to install...
Extracting the installation resources from the installer archive...
Configuring the installer for this system's environment...

Launching installer...

Invocation of this Java Application has caused an InvocationTargetException. This application will now exit. (LAX)

Stack Trace:
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:140)
at java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvir onment(GraphicsEnvironment.java:62)
at java.awt.Window.init(Window.java:224)
at java.awt.Window.<init>(Window.java:268)
at java.awt.Frame.<init>(Frame.java:398)
at java.awt.Frame.<init>(Frame.java:363)
at com.zerog.ia.installer.Main.c(Unknown Source)
at com.zerog.ia.installer.Main.main(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Nativ e Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Native MethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(De legatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at com.zerog.lax.LAX.launch(Unknown Source)
at com.zerog.lax.LAX.main(Unknown Source)
GUI-
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Does anyone know what this could mean? I have no idea on what to do next. Someone please post your suggestions.

Just sum additional info on my system
 

I dunno if this would help but heres sum info...I'm on Red Hat 7.3 and im not on root and ive used that export script....uh ive also did the suggestion on editing that bash profile thing....I think ive done everything right..but i guess not since its not working lol....oh and in case ya guys havent figured it out....im a total newbie

So far i haventt seen any posts relatin to my case so im kinda worried.....Someone please help

enter "java -version" and tell me what it returns.

That command didn't work trap _jaw
 

I tried that and it didn't work....just says java command not found...but i know that i have the newest version cause i installed it two days ago. If thats even what you were looking for.
What else could i do?
Thanks .

the java executables of the latest version have to be in your PATH if you want the installer to work. So include the "java" program in your PATH using:
export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/java/bin

Plus, if you are trying to install limewire and use a regular user. YOu have to be a non-root user. Otherwise, you will have to create or edit /root/.bashrc or /root/.bash_profile to get yoiur system to see your newly installed java VM. You will have to be root to install java using an rpm based system but once that is done, you will have to become your regular user account to configure and install limewire.

HTH

altoine

Uhhhhhhhhhhh.....
 

trap _jaw: ive already done that and still nothing.......nDiScReEt: i didnt really understand what you were trying to tell me but uhh the user thats gonna have limewire is a non-root user. but that user wouldnt be able to install limewire because binary files are off limits to him though for sum reason. so in a terminal window i do that su root thing and thats what id do to install limewire as root but first i need to get it to recognize that i have java so what exactly do i do??? I have no idear on what im missin. I need a detailed walkthrough i guess.

Thanks.

Re: Uhhhhhhhhhhh.....
 

Well, and what does "java -version" return now? If it still returns "Command not found" or something similar, the path to your java binaries was wrong. Try again:

export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/java/bin

/path/to/java/bin could be something like
"/usr/lib/java/bin" or "/usr/local/lib/jdk1.4.1_02/bin"

What nDiScReEt meant was, that once you have found the path to your java binaries, the user who wants to start LimeWire has to add this line:

export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/java/bin

to your ~/.bashrc or ~/.profile file. If you don't add this line you would have to readd the path to your java binaries to your $PATH each time before you start LimeWire (you could also edit your runLime.sh script).

Java -version works
 

the java command returned:
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)

How do i edit the /.profile file and where in the file do i add the line?

use an editor and add the line anywhere you like (preferrably at the end of the file, of course).

still not werking
 

After i added that line at the very end of both .bashrc and .bash_profile it still doesnt work. The Installer still returns:
Preparing to install...
Extracting the installation resources from the installer archive...
Configuring the installer for this system's environment...

Launching installer...

Invocation of this Java Application has caused an InvocationTargetException. This application will now exit. (LAX)

Stack Trace:
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:140)
at java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvir onment(GraphicsEnvironment.java:62)
at java.awt.Window.init(Window.java:224)
at java.awt.Window.<init>(Window.java:268)
at java.awt.Frame.<init>(Frame.java:398)
at java.awt.Frame.<init>(Frame.java:363)
at com.zerog.ia.installer.Main.c(Unknown Source)
at com.zerog.ia.installer.Main.main(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Nativ e Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Native MethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(De legatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at com.zerog.lax.LAX.launch(Unknown Source)
at com.zerog.lax.LAX.main(Unknown Source)
GUI-

What else can I do??

try adding this line to your .bashrc:
export CLASSPATH="/path/to/java/java/lib/"

on my system that path would be /usr/lib/java/lib

error again
 

While opening a console window this came outta nowhere:
bash: /root/.bashrc: line 14: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"'
bash: /root/.bashrc: line 15: syntax error: unexpected end of file

I guess that other addition to the .bashrc was not good.

And...about that error message i get when trying to install limewire....do you know what it means?? I thought it meant that there were missng files cause you know that java.sun.com says that some downloads can be incomplete so.....maybe the jre was incomplete

The classes are there, but they were not found.

I'll just give up...
 

Aww... I don't know what else to do so I'll just wait for another program.

Thanks trap_jaw and nDiScReEt.

If you had downloaded the LimeWire .tgz (not the .bin) for Linux, all you'd have to do is untar the whole package.

Where?!?!?!
 

where's the .tgz file? i can't find it in on the website. Could you give me a link.

When I installed Limewire a couple of months ago I remember having a problem with the installation script.

Try the "Other" section in Limewire and download a Linux version without the installer script. Here is the link:

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

To install it manually do these commands:

mkdir limewire
cd limewire
tar -xzf ../LimeWireLinux.tgz

To run Limewire do this:

./runLime.sh