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A while back when I was running Mandrake I attempted to install LimeWire and had no success in getting it running. Now that I am in RedHat8 I attempted it again. I have it installed properly, I think. But when I attempt to start it I get this:

Exception in thread "main" java.util.zip.ZipException: No such file or directory
at java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native Method)
at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:112)
at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:117)
at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:55)


Am I doing something wrong. I have the Java2 Runtime 1.4.1 installed. Limwire says it needs 1.3.1. Is there a compatibility problem or is there something I am not seeing.

Are you sure you have "cd" into the directory where LimeWire is installed and are using the "runLime.sh" script to run it?

Alternatively,

java -jar RunLime.jar

seems to be working on my system.

Yes, I'm running from the directory that I installed Limwire into. I cant run it through the runLime.sh script because java doesnt install itself into the primary path, I dont want to alter my path, because every thing else runs correctly, so rather, I type in the path to java:

/......../java -jar runLime.jar

And it gives me the exception.
I must be missing something, but I got nothing.

It should be RunLime.jar (not runLime.jar), isn't it?

yes it was RunLime.jar. That wasnt the problem though. It would let me define the path locally. I was typing in the path to the java command. I had to link to the java command in the x-11 folder so i could type in java -jar RunLime.jar

It wasnt being nice but i have it running now