Problems With Installing LimeWire

[Tino Meinen]

I guess this list should no (longer) be used for posing/answering
questions about FC4, but hey...

Op di, 14-06-2005 te 23:22 -0400, schreef Jeffrey D. Yuille:
> Hello,
> 
>       I have been trying to install LimeWire 4.8.1 on FC4 and had first 
> tried to install jre-1_5, only to receive an error stating that 
> java-1_4_2-gcj-compat is need first.  I tried to install this, only to 
> receive an error message that the same (java-1_4_2-gcj-compat) is 
> already installed.  I'm guessing that this is a problem with Java, 
> however, I had successfully installed jre-1_5 in FC4t3 but am now unable 
> to do so.  Is there a reason for this?  I tried to install J2re-1_4_2 
> and did so successfully.  However, when I click on LimeWire, I receive 
> an error message stating that it cannot connect to the internet.  How do 
> I resolve this and is anyone else coming up with the same problem?  Any 
> help would be greatly appreciated. 

Have you read the release notes about this?:
...
Fedora Core 4 users are advised not to use the Java RPM provided by Sun.
It contains Provides that conflict with names used in packages provided
as part of Fedora Core 4. Because of this, Sun Java might disappear from
an installed system during package upgrade operations. 

Fedora Core 4 users should use either the RPM from jpackage.org or
manually install the Sun Java tarball into /opt. Sun Java 1.5+ is
recommended for stability purposes. 
...

Tino