Azureus or Java problems with Tiger

[FireArse]

Ok people i have searched the forums here - and found nothing, apologies if this is found elsewhere.

I did a clean install of Tiger - and decided to download the newest version of Azureus instead of using the older one i was using under Panther. Im downloading Azureus from VersionTracker. i get a .jar file - i double click and get an error:

Jar launcher

The Jar file "blaa blaa" couldnt be launched. check the console for possible error messages.


I used spotlight to look for the java console - but i cant find where to access it from to search for error messages.

Any ideas people? Am i doing something real stupid here? Beacause 6000 ppl have already downloaded this file off Version tracker!

Thanks,

FireArse

 

[allisonv7]

I had this same problem about 20 minutes ago!

I went to sourceforge.net and downloaded a .dmg of it from there. After I installed it and I did get an error that said that Java needed updated. I haven't updated it yet though
.... so far it runs and everything seems to work fine!

allison.

 

[Makosuke]

Hmm... I'm running version 2.3.0.0, downloaded directly from sourceforge.net, on 10.4.1 (10.4 was ok too) without issue.

Oh, wait, I know what might be the problem; have you installed the optional Java 1.5 yet? (The installer is technically called "Java 2 SE 5.0" - Java has the stupidest version numbering scheme in the world, but 1.5 and 5.0 are the same thing.)

It isn't installed by default, even on Tiger, and I remember seeing a message about it when I first started up 2.3.0.0. The Azureus site also says that 1.5 is required, so perhaps installing that will get you running. Here's the download page at Apple's site:

http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/java2se50release1.html

Edit: Wait, strike all that--I just took a look at the VersionTracker.com link, and like allisonv7 said, it downloads the .jar, not the OSX App version, which is probably why it doesn't work. Go to http://azureus.sourceforge.net/ and get the OSX application version. That'll be fine.

 

[FireArse]

You guys are stars!

Thats great guys....thank-you so much!!

FireArse