That setting is set in etc/netbeans.conf in the installation dir but, again, if that is wrong then NetBeans itself won’t start up at all.
Gj On Sat, 21 Sep 2019 at 19:35, Walter Oney <walter.o...@oneylaw.com> wrote: > Thanks for the attaboy. This was on Ubuntu, though, not Windows. > > I used to find it helpful to know how someone else approached a problem. > In this case, I reasoned that there had to be a configuration variable, or > something like it, but GREP didn't turn up any text files. So then I > guessed that re-installing might reset that variable. When I saw "/usr" as > the default JDK path during the install, I realized I had found the > solution because that was the path for the broken platform. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Geertjan Wielenga <geert...@apache.org> > Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2019 1:06 PM > To: Giommarresi ing. Giovanni <i...@studiogg.it> > Cc: users@netbeans.apache.org > Subject: Re: FW: screenshot > > Great work in identifying the problem, Walter, and confirming it, Giovanni. > > The question that remains for me is hoe NetBeans could be started at all > if the JDK could not be found. > > Also, whether this is specific to Windows or not. > > Once the above is clarified, let’s file an issue to fix this. > > Gj > > On Sat, 21 Sep 2019 at 17:43, Giommarresi ing. Giovanni <i...@studiogg.it > <mailto:i...@studiogg.it> > wrote: > > > Hi, > same problem for me (Windows), no main class; > I corrected the JVM path (as suggested by Walter Oney) and now it > works. > Thanks list > Ciao > > Il 21/09/2019 14:55, Walter Oney ha scritto: > > Problem solved. The Apache Netbeans installer prompts for the > location of the JDK, with a default of "/usr". By supplying the correct > path (/usr/lib/jvm/<something>), I ended up with a working IDE. > > > > I know from long, hard experience how hard it is to write robust > installation programs. May I diffidently suggest that the Netbeans > installer needs to verify that a valid path is supplied in the answer to > that dialog? And that the library edit dialog permit the user to delete the > default library, so as not to require a delete (a superuser thing) and > reinstall.? Just sayin... > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Walter Oney <walter.o...@oneylaw.com <mailto: > walter.o...@oneylaw.com> > > > Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2019 8:32 AM > > To: 'Carl Mosca' <carljmo...@gmail.com <mailto: > carljmo...@gmail.com> >; 'Geertjan Wielenga' <geert...@apache.org <mailto: > geert...@apache.org> > > > Cc: 'Neil C Smith' <neilcsm...@apache.org <mailto: > neilcsm...@apache.org> >; 'NetBeans Mailing List' < > users@netbeans.apache.org <mailto:users@netbeans.apache.org> > > > Subject: RE: FW: screenshot > > > > From: Carl Mosca <carljmo...@gmail.com <mailto: > carljmo...@gmail.com> > > > > >> I have always been impressed with how extensive the tests (and > associated instructions) are so I would not be surprised if the answer is > yes. > > Given the age and pervasiveness of NetBeans, I would be > surprised if the elementary thing I've attempted was *not* covered by a > standard test. What I have observed, though, is that a brand new user > attempts things that QA wouldn't think of doing. It's likely that I've > installed the wrong version of something, or omitted to put something in > the PATH, or omitted to set the permissions on some directory, or something > outlandish like that. > > > > Based on what I've reported so far, I think the problem has to > be with NetBeans and not with either Ant or Maven. A likely culprit would > be the JDK and, specifically, whatever calls NetBeans makes to Java-like > things as it's creating new projects. I don't recall specifically where I > got the JDK from, but I probably did a search within Firefox (using > whatever Firefox's default search engine is) and picked the top choice from > among the search results. > > > > All of a sudden, perhaps since I started trying to use Maven, > NetBeans is now listing the default library (JDK version 11) as a "broken > platform". The edit dialog is letting me add a different platform (the > same one Ant tells me to look in to find the java runtime), but it's not > letting me delete the broken one. Perhaps getting past this roadblock would > lead to a better outcome? > > > > -- > > Walter C. 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