Re: [newbie] Java VM Problems

2004-12-28 Thread Paul Smith
On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 16:37:49 -0500, Dave Ashmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Trouble is, I'm trying to install LimeWire (the P2P program), and I > > keep getting told that there is no VM on my machine. Thats crap! I > > know full well there is! :-) > > > > Now, It's installed to /usr/java (w

Re: [newbie] Java VM Problems

2004-12-27 Thread Dave Ashmore
J wrote: Hi All, I've just installed J2RE 1.4.2_06 on my machine. Trouble is, I'm trying to install LimeWire (the P2P program), and I keep getting told that there is no VM on my machine. Thats crap! I know full well there is! :-) Now, It's installed to /usr/java (where I always used to insta

Re: [newbie] Java VM Problems

2004-12-26 Thread J
Simon Roberts wrote: in a terminal: cd to the directory that has your java install; change to the subdirectory "bin"; type "./java -version" If that doesn't run java and tell you stuff about it, it's either not executable (which suggests you did the install wrong, or not as root perhaps) or real

Re: [newbie] Java VM Problems

2004-12-26 Thread Simon Roberts
run the program as. -Original Message- From: Josenildo Marques <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Dec 26, 2004 11:46 AM To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] Java VM Problems On Sun, 2004-12-26 at 10:52 +, J wrote: > Hi All, > > I've just installed J2RE 1.4.2_0

Re: [newbie] Java VM Problems

2004-12-26 Thread Josenildo Marques
On Sun, 2004-12-26 at 10:52 +, J wrote: > Hi All, > > I've just installed J2RE 1.4.2_06 on my machine. > > Trouble is, I'm trying to install LimeWire (the P2P program), and I keep > getting told that there is no VM on my machine. Thats crap! I know > full well there is! :-) > > Now, It

Re: [newbie] Java VM Problems

2004-12-26 Thread J
Edward Holcroft wrote: As you can see I changed the reference in JAVA_HOME to point to /usr/lib/jdk-1.4.2_05/jre/bin/ instead of at the symbolic link (/user/java/j2re1.4.2_05). This is probably not the most elegant solution and I am not even sure why there were symbolic links used in the first p

Re: [newbie] Java VM Problems

2004-12-26 Thread Edward Holcroft
I had this problem with Limewire when I upgraded to j2re1.4.2_05 with Mandrake 10.1 Powerpack DVD. My .bashprofile does not have the lines you refer to, it is just the default, but /etc/profile has the following lines which I added, which fixed the problem to which you refer: JAVA_HOME=/usr/li

[newbie] Java VM Problems

2004-12-26 Thread J
Hi All, I've just installed J2RE 1.4.2_06 on my machine. Trouble is, I'm trying to install LimeWire (the P2P program), and I keep getting told that there is no VM on my machine. Thats crap! I know full well there is! :-) Now, It's installed to /usr/java (where I always used to install it),