I registered, I also downloaded and installed j2re1.4.0, I changed the path and my java -version is now:
java version "1.4.0-rc"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.0-rc-b91)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.0-rc-b91, mixed mode)

But I still get the same error:
Preparing to install...
Extracting the installation resources from the installer archive...
Configuring the installer for this system's environment...

Launching installer...

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/zerog/lax/LAX

same error as with j2re1.3.1_02
I have had Limewire working with RedHat 7.1 but it was an older version. New Hard drive , Old Bios meant the Linux partition had to go for a bit but its back, however limewire is not. Please help.

Does the installer output any error logs that you might be able to send me at afisk@limepeer.com? They should either be called err.txt or out.txt. I might be able to be of some assistance if you send them in.

Until then, there's always our trusty tgz download, available at:

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

I'm going to go ahead and move this thread over to the new installation section of the forum, but I'll leave a link to it.

I got it working
 

Hello all, I know the error messages you get. I got them. And no one could make sense of it sending me on wild goose chases. But I think I figured something out.

In Redhat 7.2:
Even though you install the RPM of Sun's JRE there is STILL an OLD java in /usr/bin so I did this:
(as root)
mv /usr/bin/java /usr/bin/java.old
ln -s /usr/java/jre1.3.1_02/bin/java /usr/bin/java

Basically this moves and renames the non-working java to java.old, then makes a symbolic link to the java we want to use.

Limewire worked right away :-)

AOL-IM: toodeep2c

Thanks very much for the helpful reply!

i tried that symbolic linking fix, but when i finished, it told me there were too many levels of symbolic linking. what the heck?

tried rpm -e kaffe
got the following

error: removing these packages would break dependencies:
kaffe is needed by wizard-3.2.1-5mdk
Now I now I could remove the wizard but I use it for Samba set up
(this is done and I really could dump it)

I then tried
mv /usr/bin/java /usr/bin/java.old
ln -s /usr/java/jre1.3.1_02/bin/java /usr/bin/java

The problem is I do not have jre changed jre to jdk and voila
it now works

(new unreg person to this topic... will refer to my self as ethan because that's my name... to ease confusion)

ethan:
i have this error too in mandrake 8.1 i am VERY VERY NEW to linux... i'm a windows user... converting to this because it's "better" i so far have only gotten AIM to work on linux... i'm shooting for a second thing to work with limewire... i also get this error and i have tried that symbol link fix and i didn't even have a /usr/bin/java file...

Email me for help with your Linux/java setup. Sounds like you've made a mess ;)

(use this forum to email me)

you are gertting a java class path issue you might want to check that you have the class that the program you are running is in the classpath befor you run the file its not a hugh thing it just a java class that is not thre..;....


cheers and good luck Andrewp

Still not working...
 

(I am using Mandrake 8.1 and KDE 2.2.1, and am a complete Newbie to Linux. I have migrated from Windows due to the fact that it sux a$$. Please be considerate of my limited knowlage of Linux... ) I have tried almost everything suggested on this forum but i still get this error when trying to install Lime Wire:
Preparing to install...
Extracting the installation resources from the installer archive...
Configuring the installer for this system's environment...

Launching installer...

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/zerog/lax/LAX

I started off with the Kaffe 1.0.6 version of java, and removed it because it was giving me completely different errors, and most people said to remove it. I then downloaded and installed the Java 2 Runtime Environment Standard Edition, v 1.3.1_02. I then tried to install LimeWire again, without much success. But this time I at least got the same error as the rest of the people. I tried typing in java -version but it keet saying that that the java command was not found. I then decided to remove 1.3.1 and install 1.4.0. After I had completed this the error still remained. Whenever I type in java -version it still says that the command java is not found. I have tried chaing the PATH in the LimeWireLinux.bin file and this didn't do anything either. My GUI software installer (Mandrake Software Manager) says that the java 1.4.0 package is installed and the directoy /usr/java/j2re1.4.0/ exists. Typing java -version in the console still returns the error: command not found. I am unsure as to what to do. Any help on this matter would be greartly appreciated.