Either run it on a command line _from within X windows_ to use the GUI installer, or install the tarball instead (IIRC there is a link from the download page? Otherwise ask us).
On Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 05:34:07AM +0800, Gavin Zweck wrote: > G'day. I just sent an email and didn't realise that I'd left off the most > important bit... what went wrong! > > Let me start by saying that I'm pretty new to Linux and am not a > guru with it. > > I followed the instructions on how to install it; > > > You need to have a recent Java Runtime Environment. We have > > experienced best results with Sun's Java >Runtime Environment which > > can be obtained from http://www.java.com/. > > Java version 1.4.1 and later will work. However, be aware that > > there are applet security >vulnerabilities in all versions prior to > > Java 1.5 update 4. Generally, we recommend using Java 1.5. > > > > Type on a command line : > > > > wget http://downloads.freenetproject.org/alpha/installer/new_installer.jar > > java -jar new_installer.jar > > I then got this message. > > 08:06:06 (90.85 KB/s) - `new_installer.jar.1' saved [2643400/2643400] > > Then when I did the second part-(java -jar new_installer.jar) - I got this; > > Exception in thread "main" java.awt.AWTError: Cannot load AWT toolkit: > gnu.java.awt.peer.gtk.GtkToolkit > at java.awt.Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit(libgcj.so.7) > at java.awt.Font.tk(libgcj.so.7) > at java.awt.Font.getPeerFromToolkit(libgcj.so.7) > at java.awt.Font.<init>(libgcj.so.7) > at javax.swing.plaf.FontUIResource.<init>(libgcj.so.7) > at javax.swing.plaf.metal.DefaultMetalTheme.<clinit>(libgcj.so.7) > at java.lang.Class.initializeClass(libgcj.so.7) > at javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel.createDefaultTheme(libgcj.so.7) > at javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel.<init>(libgcj.so.7) > at javax.swing.UIManager.<clinit>(libgcj.so.7) > at java.lang.Class.initializeClass(libgcj.so.7) > at > com.izforge.izpack.installer.GUIInstaller.loadLookAndFeel(GUIInstaller.java:342) > at com.izforge.izpack.installer.GUIInstaller.<init>(GUIInstaller.java:117) > at java.lang.Class.newInstance(libgcj.so.7) > at com.izforge.izpack.installer.Installer.main(Installer.java:62) > Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: gnu.java.awt.peer.gtk.GtkToolkit > at java.lang.Class.forName(libgcj.so.7) > at java.lang.Class.forName(libgcj.so.7) > at java.awt.Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit(libgcj.so.7) > ...14 more > > > I have no idea what I'm meant to do with that. Any help would be greatly > appreciated. > > Guvna. > > -- > _______________________________________________ > Get your free email from http://www.linuxmail.org > > Powered by Outblaze > _______________________________________________ > Support mailing list > Support at freenetproject.org > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support > Unsubscribe at http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support > Or mailto:support-request at freenetproject.org?subject=unsubscribe > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Digital signature URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/support/attachments/20061127/85b32c3c/attachment.pgp>
