newbie on linux

i 'm having some problems with java... i installed jre 1.3.1 and i cannot get any of the commands to work... it always says "java: command not found"... how do i fix this... also i'm a newbie so i'm a little dumb on the linux side

[TruStarwarrior]

I'm new to linux also. I usually run on Windows, and I'm trying to get it to go on Linux (Mandrake 8.0). Is there anyone here who has done this successfully, and if so, please explain how you did it so that all us uneducated folk can get it working?

hey i'm the original poster... if you have problems with limewire, like i did, it is probably easier just to use napshare or gnewtellium... it is hell of a lot easier to install and start especially for newbies that are having problems... but still if anyone knows how to fix that java problem or why it is doing that crap, i would really appericiate it if you post it

If you've installed java, and are getting a "java: command not found" message when trying to run java, it probably isn't located in your path.

At prompt, type 'echo $PATH' to show you your path(s). in order to execute something simply by typing it's name into the prompt, the executable file has to be in one of the path folders, or you must add that folder to your user's path.

Alternatively, you can launch java by using the full command:

/usr/java/jre1.3.1/bin/java (or wherever your java is insatlled in, i can't remember what the exact path is). So let's say you wanted to run the RunLime file from the prompt, you would open a prompt window and:

$ cd /usr/local/LimeWire (or wherever you insatlled limewire to)
$ /usr/java/jre1.3.1/bin/java -cp . RunLime

This should open LimeWire for you.

i finally got the damned thing installed! after adding some lines in my .bash_profile file

PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin<:/usr/java/jre1.3.1/bin/java>

i added the part between the angle brackets, using a colon to separate the new path i added - you shouldn't use the brackets when you add the path to java. i added the /usr/java/jre1.3.1/bin/java path because that is the exact path on my box - yours may be different. after you do that type

/yourpath/to/java RunLime

and the installer should fire up, at least it did for me. hope this helps someone

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