I'm working with RedHat 7.1 since some days. I downloaded LimeWireLinux.bin. When I installed it, it asked me for Java VM. So I went to the LimeWire site and it said I have to download Java JRE 1.3.1. I did that! Now, when I'm trying to install JRE it always extracts it into the directory the install file is in. For example I put the file in /home and install JRE it extracts it to /home/jre_1.3.1 or something. I don't know how to extract it into a different directory. And when i try to install LimeWire it can't find the Java VM. So where do i have to extract Java to so LimeWire finds it (and Staroffice too)? How do i do that? I would really appreciate some help that makes it work! THANKS A LOT...

If you want to install Java in say /opt/java, then you need to move the file that you download to /opt and unpack it from there. Then, you need to edit your ~/.cshrc (for csh/tcsh) or ~/.bashrc (for bash) to include it in your path, /opt/jre_1.3.1/bin or what- ever the path is... Then, run source ~/.cshrc -or- source ~/.bashrc From now on, every program that needs java would be able to find it... Lawrence

Here's what I do for java : In a terminal window , su - (switch to root) create a "java" directory under /usr (mkdir /usr/java) if you don't already have one. go to your /home directory (cd /home/youruserid/ ) first - rename that monster down to something usuable : mv jre13_1.3.1 jre13 now - move it to /usr/java mv /jre13 /usr/java update your .bashrc to have the following : export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jre13 export PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/jre13/bin basically - the same stuff lawrence said :-) Thanks, Bob