HOWTO: Frostwire on AMD64

[Sevoma]

First, enable extra repositories.
Open up a terminal and type:
sudo apt-get install sun-java5-bin

Now, download this to your desktop: http://mirror1.peercommons.net/frostwire/4.10.9/FrostWire-4.10.9-1.i586.deb

Now open a terminal (or use the one you may have already open) and type:
cd Desktop
sudo dpkg -i --force-architecture FrostWire-4.10.9-1.i586.deb

If that was successful, type this:
sudo gedit /usr/lib/frostwire/runFrost.sh
When gedit opens up, remove everything in it and put this in instead:
#!/bin/sh

cd "`dirname "$0"`"

export J2SE_PREEMPTCLOSE=1

/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.06/bin/java -jar -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar FrostWire.jar



Now you are finished :D
You can launch it by typing "frostwire" (without the CODEs) in the terminal or by going to Applications->Internet->FrostWire


I hope it works! I wrote this from memory.

[ktulu1115]

Ran into some difficulties with this. Java had to be installed via method in this thread - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=179608&highlight=sun-java5-bin (basically use Synaptic instead of apt-get - need to accept license).

However, after that, when I try to run Frostwire I get the following error - Unable to access jarfile .logging.impl.NoOpLog

[Sevoma]

However, after that, when I try to run Frostwire I get the following error - Unable to access jarfile .logging.impl.NoOpLog

Now it should work. There was a space in the line. I changed the quotes to code and it has correct formatting now.

[Strangerdave]

Hey this worked great thanks!

-SD-

[tha_rainman]

Has anyone got this working with XGL/compiz? I had to log-into my gnome session to get it running. Just displays a blank screen otherwise.