OK, so I admit I'm new to Linux. But why am I getting this strange error message about Java Classes when I run the Installer (or is it actually LimeWire)? I'm not at that computer now; I'll reply to this post with the exact message when I get back to that computer. I installed the latest version of the JRE program and installed it (ugh!), but still nothing. I'm using Red Hat Linux 7.1 with KDE 2.1.1 (I think ). Maybe it's just my installation, or maybe I'm not doing something right. Either way, I can't run LimeWire (and support isn't responding). So if you can help me, email me!

Ths is the message I am getting (sorry it took me so long to reply...) :

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: /
at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:native)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:52)

i tried the following commands too:
sh runlime.sh ----- got me this:
Couldn't find or load essential class `java/lang/Object' java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError java/lang/Object
runlime.sh: line 11: 1169 Aborted (core dumped) java -classpath . RunLime

java -cp . runlime.sh ------ got me this:
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: /
at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:native)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:52)

Any ideas?

Im also getting errors running LimeWire 1.6 on my RedHat 6.2 box. I already installed the java2 runtime environment 1.3.1

[mikee@hermione LimeWire]$ ./runlime.sh
Couldn't find or load essential class `java/lang/Object' java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError java/lang/Object

mikee@hermione LimeWire]$ java -cp . RunLime
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: /
at java.lang.Throwable.<init>(Throwable.java:38)
at java.lang.Error.<init>(Error.java:21)
at java.lang.LinkageError.<init>(LinkageError.java:21 )
at java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError.<init>(NoClassDefFo undError.java:21)

[mikee@hermione LimeWire]$ java -cp .:LimeWire.jar:collections.jar a.a.a.b.Main
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: /:LimeWire/jar:collections/jar
at java.lang.Throwable.<init>(Throwable.java:38)
at java.lang.Error.<init>(Error.java:21)
at java.lang.LinkageError.<init>(LinkageError.java:21 )
at java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError.<init>(NoClassDefFo undError.java:21)

Anyone who knows what Im doing wrong pls help. Thanks in advance.

Mikee

Why is evey one having this ploblem but no one can post the answer I hav been trying to get limewire tow run for two days of reading and trying all this diffrent stuff but NOTHING WORKS PLEASE SOMEONE THAT KNOW"S SOMETHING ABOUT THIS POST IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm getting the same error using LimeWire 1.7 on Mandrake 8, JRE 1.3.1. Any assistance in getting LimeWire working would be greatly appreciated.

- Stealth Dave

Still no resolution? Im having the same problem.

same junk on my RedHat 7.2 box

well, you have to have the location of jre in your $PATH shell variable.

that should take care of some of your problems.

Otherwise, I've found that running limewire from a directory other than the directory where runlime.sh is located causes problems (running it from a menu item, or a symlink in /usr/bin, etc).
I haven't had a chance to figure out how to fix that, but it seems from the docs that there's something you can do to runlime.sh and your jre configuration to alleviate this problem.

Since everyone is having the same problem, why dont we let Limwire fix it or provide a solution?

I also have the same problem with my RedHat 7.2 and jre1.3.1_01
I've tried with PATH and CLASSPATH set to /usr/local/java/jre1.3.1_01/lib.
I've put e set -x in the LimeWireLinux.bin shell & seen that the right value are put.
Maybe there anything special to do during jre setup ??