I downloaded the necessary files to install Java and LimeWire, as well as Netscape. However, I am a newbie to Linux and don't know how to proceed with getting these programs to work. The files are as follows: j2re-1_4_2-beta-linux-i586-rpm.bin LimeWireLinux.bin netscape-i686-pc-linux-gnu-sea.tar.gz How do I run these files to get them so i can install them? Any and all help will be greatly appreciated by this newbie! Thanks for your help! SteadyLoungin05

to decompress a .tar.gz file type '-xvf in the console. hope this helps

Hi Steady if you are trying to install LimeWire, and you are getting an error message prompting you to download Java dev environment (AND ASSUMING YOU ARE ALREADY HAVE IT INSTALLED) then you should do the following: in the consloe (1) type: vi .bash_profile (2) press i (to insert and edit) (3) type: export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/j2re1.4.1_02 (note: this is the location of your java directory, it might differ from that, look for it and then change that path if necessary) (4) type: export PATH=JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH (5) press ESC (6) type qw (to save and quit) (7) type: source .bash_profile (to reload) now try to install LimeWire again and see if it works Hope that helps Hosam

Hi again Steady i just noticed that you may have trouble installing the Java runtime Environment here it is after you download the Java runtime environment (1)type: chomd a+x j2re-1_4_2-beta-linux-i586-rpm.bin (that to alter the permission on that file) (2)type: ./j2re-1_4_2-beta-linux-i586-rpm.bin (to extract the .bin file, after that you should get another file in the same directroy as the .bin file with a similar name, except for the .bin extension) (3) change to root (usinf su command) (4) type: rpm -iv j2re-1_4_2-beta-fcs-linux-i586.rpm (note the fcs in the name above might be there or not, anyways you should right exactly the name of the file you have) (5) still as root type: ln -s /usr/java/j2re1.4.2beta/plugin/i586/ns610/libjavaplugin-oji.so /usr/lib/mozila-1.3/plugin (note: the directories might be different, adjust according to the location of the files you have. also, note that i am using mozilla in my example, so if you are using netscape then you should adjust accordingly) open netscape or mozilla , and go to help , about plugins and see if the plugins are there or not Hosam