FC4 - installing JRE & limewire

[null]

I installed limewire as per Fedora Guide's instructions:

 

#

wget http://www.evolutioncolt.com/fedoraguide/files/LimeWireOther.zip
sudo unzip -u LimeWireOther.zip -d /opt/
sudo chown -R root:root /opt/LimeWire/
sudo gedit /usr/bin/runLime.sh

# Paste the contents below into the text file:

cd /opt/LimeWire/
./runLime.sh

# Save and close the file

sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/runLime.sh
sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/LimeWire.desktop

# Paste the contents below into the text file:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=LimeWire
Comment=LimeWire
Exec=runLime.sh
Icon=/opt/LimeWire/LimeWire.ico
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Application;Network;

# Save and close the file
# Applications --> Internet --> LimeWire

 

Afterwards, I do in fact have a limewire application listed under Applications>Internet> but when I click it nothing happens. I know limewire uses java, but doesn't java come with FC4 (I did custom select Java Development during install...).

Edited August 29, 2005 by null

[aioshin]

try to install the latest Java JRE that comes from sun website, that's what I did, though am using mdk 10.1, not FC.. and my limewire works nice including other applications that needs JRE

[null]

thanks. guess I thought since I selected Java Development when I custom selected packages during install, I would have a JRE, but I guess all it installs is a java compliler.

 

So anyway, I went to the same place (Fedora Guide) and followed their instructions to install the JRE:

 

Q: How do I install Java (Sun JRE 1.5.0)?
su -
cd /opt
wget http://www.evolutioncolt.com/fedoraguide/files/jre-1_5_0_04-linux-i586.bin
sh jre-1_5_0_04-linux-i586.bin
rm jre-1_5_0_04-linux-i586.bin
ln -s /opt/jre1.5.0_04/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so
gedit /etc/profile.d/java.sh

# Copy and paste this into the java.sh file:

export J2RE_HOME=/opt/jre1.5.0_04
export PATH=$J2RE_HOME/bin:$PATH

# Save and close the file

source /etc/profile.d/java.sh
alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /opt/jre1.5.0_04/bin/java 2
alternatives --config java

# Press 2
# Press Enter
You should now have a working Java 1.5.0 installation.

 

I've done everything up the the last part where it says source /etc... and alternatives. I'm not sure what to do there. So the last thing I correctly did was create the java.sh file and enter the 2 export statements.

 

thanks

[jlc]

You would do exactly what it says

 

source /etc/profile.d/java.sh
alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /opt/jre1.5.0_04/bin/java 2
alternatives --config java

 

Type those in as root like they are commands.

 

# source /etc/profile.d/java.sh