v1.8 download is corrupt
 

i tried downloading version 1.8. unfortunately, it tells me that the installer is corrupt. it does this for all of the Mac versions, including Mac (no VM) and Mac (alt. site) downloads. can someone tell me what is going on?

also, is anyone else still having trouble connecting? i have not been able to get on for a long, long time. i have tried everything that has been suggested, but have had NO success.

--a very frustrated limewire user

Dude,. any luck with installing version 1.8 on your Mac?? I'm having the same problems, if you figured anything out please let me know,. and e-mail would be greatly appreciated. orbitgeo@aol.com

same exact problem!!
 

I keep getting the Installer is Corrupt message.What's the deal?

Installer Corrupt and Limewire Down
 

I'm having the same problems.
Corrupt installer on version 1.8 and I've been unable to log on and run the App. I was running on 1.4 and thought I might have damaged it in recent installs, but it looks like there's a MAC problem.

Are you still unable to get Limewire to run?

It runs on the PC side.

V.1.8 Corrupt
 

I too have this error. To shed a little more light (w/o fixing it though). I can copy the installer to an older Mac, it launches and installs OK. If I then copy the installed directories over that it created, I got it to work.

Otherwise, trying to launch the installer on this Mac complained about 33% into the progress bar that the Zip archive was corrupt. I'm suprised that it would use Zip compression on a Mac but just in case I tried Stuffit to open generic Zip files which it did OK. Then I tried reloading the MRJ component again from Apple. Still no luck.

I was going to boot with minimal extensions enabled but I've spent more than enough time already on this issue (for now anyway, since it basically works now).

Good luck!

Same problem
 

I'm having exactly the same problem. Zip archive corrupted, etc., etc.
Very annoying. Any idea when Gnutella will actually fix this?

Sarah
eveland@case.org

can not download limewire
 

Same problem here. What is going in?

Sorry guys, but my experience was fine from http://www.limewire.com/index.jsp/download

i am running osx 1.1

I think the point of this thread is what dependancies (or preferences) could be out of wack on the Mac that would make the installer fail with an error that seems to point at itself as being corrupt.

As I pointed out in my post, I copied the same file to a different Mac and installed it there and then copied the directories back to the original Mac and it runs (so the installer is obviously not corrupt).

installation
 

I don't know if I'm having the same problems as you guys but I am having them. Every time I download LimeWire it states that it is a LimeWire document but installs as Netscape Navigator. If you can help please mail me, tlacombe@yahoo.com

Is everyone getting these installer issues with 1.8c as well? 1.8c is the version currently available on the web site -- it only says 1.8b because our web designer is out for Thanksgiving.

I did update the installer for 1.8c with a new maintenance-release version of InstallAnywhere, and it may well have fixed this issue. So, I would be very curious to know if you still have these problems with the currently available version.

installer corrupt
 

I am having the same problem. Limewire started freezing when booting up several days (of successful use) after my OS 9.0 to 9.2.1 upgrade so I tried to re-install from the original install file that I saved in my limewire folder. It was originally successful a week ago with no problems. That gave me the corrupt message. I then downloaded it again from Limewire and got the corrupt message. Same with download from Gnutella site. Running OS 9.2.1 on iMac 500mhz with MRJ 2.2.5

I will contact InstallAnywhere about this issue to see if there is a fix.

For everyone getting these errors, are you all using 9.2.1? Thanks.

No, I am running Mac O/S 8.6 and one day Limewire 1.7 just quit working. Comes up with some paragraph of error message dribble from Java. The error was consistent, so I went back to the web to pick it up again and this time I got 1.8. Then the Zip corruption message kept coming up until I moved it to a different Mac.

You should see a file called "LimeWire18c_InstallLog.xml," or something close to that on your desktop or in your LimeWire install folder after the install is aborted. Can anyone who has a chance attach that file in an e-mail to me at afisk@limepeer.com?

Thanks.

For everyone having these problems, do you have the most recent versions of Stuffit Expander? That could be part of the problem.

Thanks.

So is <6.0.x of Stuffit Expander needed?
 

I have Stuffit Expander 6.0.1 and I have the problem. So do we need an older Stuffit Expander for this to work?

I'm running MacOS 8.6 and I get the corrupt zip message.
A file called IAClasses.zip ends up in my trash. I've emailed it to afisk@limewire
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Same problem
 

I have exactly the same problem. After it installed MRJ 2.2.5 it tried to install it but it stuffed up and It won't work. 33% done and then it says file corrupted.

Help

First, make sure that you have the most recent version of Stuffit Expander, which I believe is 6.5.1. We are continuing to work with ZeroG on this problem. You also might want to try our smaller download that does not include the MRJ (since you already installed that successfully, even though the rest of the first install failed). You can download it from:

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

Thanks.

Stuffit Expander for the Mac is available from:

http://www.stuffit.com/expander/macindex.html

Several users have solved this problem by increasing the preferred size of the installer. Try increasing it from the current 384 KB (or something close to that) to, say 2,000KB.

Thanks.

installing limewire finally worked
 

i'm running sys 8.6 on a 333 imac.

i increased the memory for the install program to 3000 and it worked.

yum.

corrupt installer
 

I am running mac os 8.6 on a blu & white G3 384mb ram i already have 1.7 and it works fine but 1.8c and 2.0 will not install corrupt and if i try to increase the memory in get info i get an error 39 message ive tried all the download sites and and all the versions and they are all corrupt!!!!

re: corrupt installer
 

If you're getting a -39 error (as opposed to a 39 error) then the installer is corrupt. When the memory size is adjusted the actual installer is changed slightly (written) and at that point the Finder realizes something is wrong with the file. Try running Disk First Aid and repairing problems it finds as the file itself may be fine but the computer doesn't really know where it is and hence the error.

Solved the Corrupt problem
 

I too experienced the same problem when installing from the
latest LimeWire install application. I noticed that I was running LimeWire
in the background so I quit it. Then tried to Install. Same "Corrupt File" message.
Then I rebooted, and tried to install again with a "fresh" Mac.
Voila! It worked.

I then tried it again, just to test the experiement. When I tried to run the Installer
on a Mac that was previously running any version of LimeWire, the file would not
install. Once I rebooted, and tried again, it would launch the installer.

It appears the Installer looks at either the current version of JAVA or something in
prefs folder and finding that file in use, it fails the installer causing a "corrupt" message.

Hope this helps.

Clownfish :cool:

Thanks to everyone for all of the info. We're adding this to the LimeWire FAQ.

corrupt installer
 

I get the same error trying to install version normal and no VM version. Totally frustrating.

This installer is corrupt. The zip archive contained in the installer is corrupt.

Once it quits it leaves these 3 things in the trash

IA JavaInstaller (delete) 33554
IA MRJInstaller (delete) 671088
InstallAnywhere SEA.log

I have a G3 running OS 8.6 and have MRJ 2.2.5

This is what's in the installer log

Can anyone help?

Richard

----------------------------------------------------
InstallAnywhere Mac SelfExtractor v2.0.1
Compiled: Sep 4 2001 at 00:07:45


Trying to open Warp Core:Desktop Folder:install

The zip file is encoded.

Result: 11328

Are we going to ask the user when we are installing an optional vm? true
Bundled JManager version is 11800007
Minimum JManager version is 11800007
Installed JManager version is 11800007
Bundled MRJ version is 2258000
Minimum MRJ version is 2208000
Installed MRJ version is 2258000
Trying to open Warp Core:Desktop Folder:install

Result: 15680

Installing to Warp Core:Temporary Items:IA JavaInstaller (delete) 33554:

* create directory: InstallerData:


extracting: Warp Core:Temporary Items:IA JavaInstaller (delete) 33554:InstallerData:IAClasses.zip - ZIP says should be 1553697 bytes



extracting: Warp Core:Temporary Items:IA JavaInstaller (delete) 33554:InstallerData:Installer.zip - ZIP says should be 5427953 bytes

error -2 with zipfile in unzReadCurrentFile

The file is missing 5427953 bytes

Failed after ExtractArchive()

Weird
 

What I do not understand is how can some people (like me) install this file, and
others can not? If a file is corrupt, then it is corrupt. It can not change from
one download to another. I installed it. It works. Others can not.
Anyone have an idea on this?

The error may be wrong in that the file is not corrupted but something else is the problem. If someone downloads the installer but the connection is broken and not resumed the partial file is corrupted. Had the download finished the file would be fine.

corrupt installer fixed
 

I got it to work. Someone suggested increasing the memory allocation to 3000K I did it and the installer worked fine. I don't know why it said the installer was corrupt it should have said there was not enough memory.

One thing though has anyone noticed with LW 2.0 when you chceck the stats that it says there are only 3 or 4 other users online with you? This is no matter how long you stay online. When I check the stats on 1.8 it tells me hunderds and thousands are online at the same time. So right now I'm sticking to 1.8. Is it just me or am I doing something wrong?

The statistics in pretty much all LimeWire versions have been pretty innaccurate, and they do not reflect the true capacity of the network.

This is basically because it''s tricky to communicate this between computers on a fully distributed network without using up more bandwidth than it would be worth. We basically made the decision that it did not make sense to use up a lot of bandwidth on the network for the sake of more accurate statistics and at the cost of slowing down downloads and uploads (particularly for modem users).

The new UltraPeer technology in LimeWire 2.0 and above also changed the way messages are passed in this area. So, my point is that these statistics should not be taken too seriously at all.

I would strongly recommend that everyone give LimeWire 2.1.1 beta a try, as it has several enhancements that should dramatically improve your search results.