Lw2.5.2 Is Still *******!!!!
 

[Let me start by saying how much I like LimeWire.]

LW has put version 2.5.2 up there for downloading replacing 2.4 .
AND IT STLL WON"T INSTALL!!
ZGNATIVEUTILB problem again ....
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I've sent them a few emails on the same subject but [EDIT] [I guess they haven't gotten around to answering them yet.]

Well, LimeWire probably has nothing to do with it. The installer is licensed from a third party, so all they can do is tell the company that created the installer for Macs about your problems (they probably won't do so, if your emails look like your posting here, though).

If the installer doesn't work, you have to use another one or compile LimeWire yourself.

And remember old versions of MacOS are still supported, but LimeWire won't work 100% perfectly on Macs, since Apple doesn't release newer versions of Java for Mac. If you want LimeWire to perform acceptably well, you will probably have to upgrade.

Try this:
Download LimeWireWinNoVM.bin from this address

http://www9.limewire.com/download/LimeWireMacNoVM.bin

Unzip this to the folder where you would like LimeWire installed, then set up Java to run it.

I'm sure exactly how to do this because I don't have a mac available right now, could someone check this out?

Hello!

LimeWire 2.5.2 is still beta and not a replacement for the current 2.4.4 release.Wait until the 2.4.4 version gets replaced with a new full version of 2.5.x.

Now to your problems!

Yes it is true that Apple no longer updates the Java for classical Mac OS but the Mac version of LimeWire will function great anyway.LimeWire actually runs slightly better on the Mac platform then on Windows that have had a lot of problems especially with Windows XP and the JRE 1.4.

The problem with Mac's and Java is that as a mac user you are more dependant on more RAM to get a pleasent experience when running Java apps.Java really hates Virual Memory and advanced Java apps that runns when VM is turned on will run terribly slow and crash often.So my recommendations to you would be the following:

Update yor MRJ (Mac OS Runtime For Java) to the latest version which is 2.2.5 available trough Apple's website(Do not install the java that are included in the LW installer instead turn that offer down)
http://www.apple.com

And after you have installed it assign 30000k of preffered memory to it.

Then upgrade your machine so that you have atleast 320MB of physical RAM which is the amount that I have.Why exactly 320MB? welll that is because that is the limit at which Apple recommends that you turn off Virtual Memory.Once you have done that and turned off VM then LimeWire will work like a charm and almost never crash on you.

As far as the installation problem is concerned try downloading and install the 2.4.4 version and install it but refuse the Java to be installed

If the installer refuses to install something then just try to assign the installer more memory add about 1000k and it will probably install just fine.

Hello!

On macs you usually do not unzip things unless you downloaded a pc file.Mac files are Stuffed and unstuffed using Stuffit Expander (which can unzip pc files to)which has become an industry standard in the Mac world.The installer provided for LimeWire will unstuff just fine using the latest version of the Stuffit Expander included in the latest Stuffit Lite package.

If you do not have the latest version of Stuffit which I think was version 6.5.1 last time I checked then you should go and download and install it from this site:

http://www.stuffit.com

Has there been any progress on this ZGNativeUtilityLib problem?

IT'S STILL THAT DAMM ZGNATIVEULTILIB !!
 

I've tried the no VM options etc but it still tells me that it can't find ZGNATIVEUTILIB
and it don't matter how much i give it as it can't find this dammthing !.
SO HAS ANYONE SORTED THIS THING OUT !!!

and finally
 

MRJ 2.2.5 from apple site , yes
lw no VM , yes
lots of memory for installer
etc
but into trash and ZGNATIVEUTILIB not found ..
and it won't install
- just tell us where this magical thing is ?
and if it isn't in lw installer shouldn't we be told where to find it etc ?
as it seems quite a few of us mac people can't do anything without ?