mchatel
September 12th, 2005, 06:49 PM
Hey everyone.
I was reading the forum, and noticed a lot of threads about LimeWire installation under Ubuntu.
I thought I would just mention my experience, and how I installed LimeWire. I didn't have many issues, and did not have to follow all the steps listed in the Unoffical Unbuntu Guide (www.ubuntuguide.org).
All I did was...
Used Synaptic Package Manager, to get the J2SE Runtime Environment (JRE) package. This is *one* of the *two* steps I did follow from the guide, but that was it.
After that was installed, I simply downloaded the LimeWire RPM from the LimeWire site. I then followed the steps from the Ubuntu Guide, specific to converting an RPM file to a DEB package. Once I did that, I then installed that package according to the guide.
When the package was installed, everything was ready to run for LimeWire. The Gnome menu even had the menu item for me already.
Was this a fluke, being so easy? I see that a lot of other people had to follow more complicated steps, and have had trouble with LimeWire, but mine is working fine.
Running it this way, installing the converted .DEB package, allowed me to install LimeWire as an app, not specific to my /home directory or my own user. I like having it installed this way.
I will say again... I am loving Ubuntu. I am impressed with this distribution.
I was reading the forum, and noticed a lot of threads about LimeWire installation under Ubuntu.
I thought I would just mention my experience, and how I installed LimeWire. I didn't have many issues, and did not have to follow all the steps listed in the Unoffical Unbuntu Guide (www.ubuntuguide.org).
All I did was...
Used Synaptic Package Manager, to get the J2SE Runtime Environment (JRE) package. This is *one* of the *two* steps I did follow from the guide, but that was it.
After that was installed, I simply downloaded the LimeWire RPM from the LimeWire site. I then followed the steps from the Ubuntu Guide, specific to converting an RPM file to a DEB package. Once I did that, I then installed that package according to the guide.
When the package was installed, everything was ready to run for LimeWire. The Gnome menu even had the menu item for me already.
Was this a fluke, being so easy? I see that a lot of other people had to follow more complicated steps, and have had trouble with LimeWire, but mine is working fine.
Running it this way, installing the converted .DEB package, allowed me to install LimeWire as an app, not specific to my /home directory or my own user. I like having it installed this way.
I will say again... I am loving Ubuntu. I am impressed with this distribution.