Frostwire will not run

You can run Frostwire from a terminal by doing the following; Applications --> Accessories --> Terminal. In the box type the following command:-

$ frostwire

You may see errors in that box as frostwire trys to start that you wouldn't see if you ran it from the menu - as you have done.

Frostwire is a java based application and it probably doesn't like the version of Java installed on your system. You probably need to install Sun Java rather than GNU Java to make Frostwire work. The following page details how to install Java.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Java

However to be sure that this really is the issue you can do the following; Applications --> Accessories --> Terminal. In the box type the following command:-

$ java -version

If you run Sun Java then you will see something like this:-

java version "1.5.0_08"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_08-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 1.5.0_08-b03, mixed mode)

If not you will likely see mention of gcj or libgcj.

many thanks for your response. The problem being an ex windows user on 32 bit, I took for granted backwards compatibilty with 32 bit would come with Edgy. Lesson learned, Automatix pulled in the 32 bit libraries.....................and whadya know, Frostwire works, sort of.
Frostwire sees itself behind a firewall, I have Firestarter and start it manually, it sees Frost wire, nothing on the net front, restart PC and don't start Firestarter, frostwire still sees a firewall and is unable to connect although it try's.
Any ideas Pleeez,

Phil..................Ubuntu for three weeks and love it.

Additional to previous.

web browsing and email ok.
ping to servers ok
mounting ok.........ask the wife.

Just seems to be network access with frostwire.

Phil.

Additional to previous.

Frostwire now connected, will test frostwire with and without firestarter and give info on this ticket, also settings I have changed in firestarter.

Again thanks for your response.

Advice needed.
Should I close this ticket, as the problem is solved or leave it open for results of test.
If a post is needed after advised to close ticket where should I post results...........

Phil.

Yes........................AMD64.......................oops

There is a problem with Frostwire connecting. Nothing to do with Firestarter from what I understand.

You need a gnutella.net file in you ~/.frostwire/ folder. This has all the servers you need.

If you don't have this folder, provide me with your e-mail and I'll send it to you.

Take care

i tried running my frostwire but this is what i got

allan@ubuntu:~$ frostwire
HOSTNAME IS ubuntu
Starting FrostWire...
Java exec not found in PATH, starting auto-search...
ls: cannot access /usr/lib/j*: No such file or directory
OOPS, unable to locate java exec in /usr/lib/ hierarchy
You need to upgrade to JRE 1.5.x or newer from http://www.java.com
ls: cannot access /usr/java/j*: No such file or directory
OOPS, unable to locate java exec in /usr/java/ hierarchy
You need to upgrade to JRE 1.5.x or newer from http://www.java.com
ls: cannot access /opt/j*: No such file or directory
OOPS, unable to locate java exec in /opt/ hierarchy
You need to upgrade to JRE 1.5.x or newer from http://www.java.com

https://launchpad.net/frostwireproject

To install Frostwire you must first install Java

A) to install Java

- Please first enable the multiverse repository:

Open System → Administration → Software sources → [ Tab Ubuntu software ]
enable "Software restrictecd by copyright or legal issue ( multiverse )"
Close and confirm the repository reload.

- Then open a Terminal from the menu Applications → Accessories → Terminal and type:

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude upgrade
sudo aptitude install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-bin
plase confirm pressing "tab" key and pressing enter the java licence agreement

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

B) to install frostwire go to http://www.frostwire.com/?id=downloads
and select install with gdebi then push to "install" gdebi button

if you don't get dependencies error you will find Frostwire under Applications → Internet → Frostwire

Hope this helps

i got real problems trying to open frostwire i need help

@ jsteven
Please don't append a new question on a already answered or marked as solved question.
Please make new question from here: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+addquestion
you will get better chance to get right answer on a fresh tagged "open" question.
Solved or answered questions are usually not read from answering people.

Thank you