Set the classpath to /usr/local/java/jre1.3.1_01/lib/rt.jar and try again. If it still doesn't work, try the version without installer (or try editing the installer with a simple texteditor).

I've tried this John.
On Sun web site I've just found this which could be an explanation ->

Note concerning Red Hat 7: The Java 2 Runtime Environment v1.2.2 will not work with Red Hat 7. Users who want to run the Java 2 Runtime Environment on Red Hat 7 can try using new version Java 2 Runtime Environment v1.3.0 for Linux. The Java 2 Runtime Environment v1.3.0 was tested on Red Hat 6.1 and is not officially supported on Red Hat 7, but there are no known problems with running the Java 2 Runtime Environment v1.3.0 on Red Hat 7 as long as the Classic VM is not used.

So, someone know what means "as long as the Classic VM is not used" ??

Nope, if that was the problem you would get a segfault instead of a ClassNotFoundException which is typical for a faulty classpath.

Got it working
 

Hi

After some playing and reading around about this:
1.) JDK or JRE must be installed. I installed
SUN's jdk1.3.1_01 (no go with jre 1.3.1, but
please, somebody verifies this..)
2.) after installation of JDK/Jre, check IN
A SHELL-WINDOW, which version of Java/jre really
gets executed. Do this by typing
java -version
(if something like command not found
gets displayed, adjust PATH to contain
the directory where Java/JDK has been
installed (type PATH=/usr/lib/jdk1.3.1_01/jre/bin:$PATH;export PATH
in THE SAME shell-window,
check again which java -version is found
and then RE-INSTALL Limewire in THE SAME shell-window AGAIN.
Afterwards, adjust your PATH in .profile or .bashrc


:)

here is how it works
 

Using Mandrake 8.1
I do everything as root here...

I downloaded the Newest JDK from java.sun.com (1.3)
it comes in a .bin file, chmod it to 777 then install it.
I then went into the /root/.bashrc file and added the path to the bin to it "/java/jdk1.3.1_01/bin"
then at the command line type . .bashrc to reload it.
then type java in a terminal, if the path works you should see it, if it didn't it will tell you it didn't find it.
then download Limewire, I installed it using all default setting which included the install directory of /root/LimeWire...the first time I tried to change that to /var/Limewire and it wouldn't work. So stick with the default settings.

then just go into the /root/LimeWire Directory and type ./LimeWire18c
and it should start right up

Hope this helps

RH7.1
 

Using RH7.1
At first I got the NoClassFound... message in java... (I had jdk1.2.2)
then I:
- Install the new jre1.3.1_1
- adjust the PATH correctly
- reinstall Limewire
now a get:
$ LimeWire18c
/home/matias/bin/LimeWire18c: line 1: 2970 Segmentation fault "/usr/local/jre1.3.1_01/bin/java" -Xmx100000000 -Xms20000000 com.zerog.lax.LAX "/home/matias/LimeWire/LimeWire18-c.lax" "/tmp/env.properties.2908"

What can I do now??

http://forums.gnutelliums.com/showth...?threadid=5351

The fix for that problem has already been posted.

prob
 

hello. i have a similar problem with my limewire. that's the message which appears on startup:

STARTUP ERROR
Java version 1.2.2 from Sun Microsystems Inc.
Linux v. 2.2.16 on i386
Free/total memory: 11202784/20000760

java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/sound/sampled/Line
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.mp3.MediaPlayerComponen t.<init>(MediaPlayerComponent.java:56)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.StatusLine.<init>(Statu sLine.java:101)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.MainFrame.<init>(MainFr ame.java:127)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUIMediator.<init>(GUIM ediator.java:110)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUIMediator.instance(GU IMediator.java:219)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Initializer.initialize( Initializer.java:97)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Main.main(Main.java:17)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at RunLime.main(RunLime.java:77)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.zerog.lax.LAX.launch(Unknown Source)
at com.zerog.lax.LAX.main(Unknown Source)

hope someone can help me ,too.

greetz rene

Re: here is how it works
 

please post your .bashrc, cause i really get sick of this damn java-path.