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TheGreatPoo:
WOW!  :eek:    This is hard!  I am so used to Windows and Mac OS 9.1.  OK, I am trying to install Limewire (I know you recommend GTK-Gnutella.  I have in fact downloaded that too but I want to start on something simple) and it is a .bin file.  When I go into the console, I typed "/home/shane/Limewire/Limewirelinux.bin" which is the exact filename and location.  I hit enter and all it does is tell me that the directory or file does not exist.  :confused:

OIY!  This is going to take some getting used to!

Thanx for the replies by the way!

Master of Reality:
you might not want your name on the internet?
the easier way than typing in the full path would be to use the autofinish (i dunno what its actually called).
when you start typing a path like /ho and then press tab it will finish the word for you or if there is more than one that starts with /ho it will show you the possibilities. This means that you cant get it wrong if you use tab. You must have typed it in wrong or something, remember that Linux is case sensitive.

Master of Reality:
I just dled limewire.
you have to change the permissions on Limewire.bin to let it be executed.
do:
chmod a+x Limewire.bin
that will let all users execute it.

if you ever list the contents while in the console and the program you want to execute isnt green (in mandrake and redhat at least) then it isnt executable and needs to be. Make sure you are in root whenever installing anything. You su into root by typing 'su -' or 'su - root' that will give you a root login shell.

let me know if ya get it workin'. I got an error when i tried to install it.

[ August 13, 2002: Message edited by: Master of Reality / Bob ]

CaptainCool:
I need help installin it to I can get it to extract but when it tries to install it says "No Java virtual machine could be found from your PATH environment variable.You must install a VM prior to running this program"

Anyone know were i can get a VM at???

Master of Reality:
i assume that means that you dont have Java installed on your computer. Search www.google.ca/linux for it. I cant remember where i dled it from for my other computer (its somewhere in the linux forum though).

[ August 13, 2002: Message edited by: Master of Reality / Bob ]

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