Hi!
unpack200 ist downloaded and can be run in the terminal on that machine.
Nevertheless the log shows that unpack200 has the wrong architecture – Exec
failed, error: 86 (Bad CPU type in executable)
INFO [org.netbeans.updater]: 780: Unpacking
org-netbeans-modules-cnd-api-project.nbm
INFO [org.netbeans.updater]: File installed
/Users/frankjordan/Library/Application
Support/NetBeans/28/config/Modules/org-netbeans-modules-cnd-api-project.xml@0
INFO [org.netbeans.updater]: Copied file /Users/frankjordan/Library/Application
Support/NetBeans/28/update/download/org-netbeans-modules-cnd-api-project.nbm:netbeans/config/Modules/org-netbeans-modules-cnd-api-project.xml
to /Users/frankjordan/Library/Application
Support/NetBeans/28/config/Modules/org-netbeans-modules-cnd-api-project.xml
INFO [org.netbeans.updater]: File installed
/Users/frankjordan/Library/Application
Support/NetBeans/28/modules/locale/org-netbeans-modules-cnd-api-project_ja.jar.pack.gz@0
INFO [org.netbeans.updater]: Copied file /Users/frankjordan/Library/Application
Support/NetBeans/28/update/download/org-netbeans-modules-cnd-api-project.nbm:netbeans/modules/locale/org-netbeans-modules-cnd-api-project_ja.jar.pack.gz
to /Users/frankjordan/Library/Application
Support/NetBeans/28/modules/locale/org-netbeans-modules-cnd-api-project_ja.jar.pack.gz
WARNING [org.netbeans.updater]
java.io.IOException: Exec failed, error: 86 (Bad CPU type in executable)
at java.base/java.lang.ProcessImpl.forkAndExec(Native Method)
at java.base/java.lang.ProcessImpl.<init>(ProcessImpl.java:300)
at java.base/java.lang.ProcessImpl.start(ProcessImpl.java:231)
at java.base/java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1078)
Caused: java.io.IOException: Cannot run program
"/Users/frankjordan/Downloads/unpack200" (in directory
"/Users/frankjordan/Library/Application Support/NetBeans/28/modules/locale"):
Exec failed, error: 86 (Bad CPU type in executable)
at java.base/java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1112)
at java.base/java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1046)
[catch] at org.netbeans.updater.ModuleUpdater.unpack200(ModuleUpdater.java:568)
at org.netbeans.updater.ModuleUpdater.unpack(ModuleUpdater.java:466)
at org.netbeans.updater.ModuleUpdater.run(ModuleUpdater.java:118)
In the end I copied the relevant directory of one working installation to that
machine. Brute force. After some cleanup (recently opened files, projects etc.)
it worked smoothly.
Cheers, Uwe
> Am 24.11.2025 um 09:54 schrieb Uwe Werner <[email protected]>:
>
> Hi!
>
> I do not have access to the log.
>
> Yes, the process takes some time. Some modules fail to install properly and
> are discarded subsequently (not crucial for C)
> On almost all machines this happens in time. On very few machines not. Or not
> on the first trial.
>
> Why on that machine? Some are just lame, cheap Windows laptops. So I had two
> students. The Windows guy eventually got it installed. But the brand new Mac
> sticks out.
>
> I do not have access to those machines.
>
>
> Cheers, Uwe
>
>> Am 20.11.2025 um 23:41 schrieb Michael Bien <[email protected]>:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 11/20/25 12:12, Uwe Werner wrote:
>>> Dear all!
>>>
>>> I know it’s legacy but I love the simplicity of Netbeans to teach C for my
>>> students. Here is my problem:
>>>
>>> I have two quite new MacBooks (mine, student’s), reasonably new OSes on
>>> both, same WiFi. unpack200 is in place. I install NB from scratch, add the
>>> old NB 8.2 portal as trusted, select C/C++.
>>>
>>> On one Mac the installer downloads & installs everything smoothly (I had to
>>> provide the unpack200 location). Yeah, disable some modules, not properly
>>> installed, not needed anyway. Great. C works.
>>>
>>> On the other Mac everything works identically unpack 200 works … progress
>>> bar reaches 99% (or 98) and then BOOM:
>>>
>>> "The Plugin Installer found problem timeout of loading C/C++ Remote
>>> Development API[org.netbeans.modules.cnd.api.remote/1.29.5.1] while install
>>> the following plugins: C/C++“
>> the log line doesn't give me a lot to work with, but its unique enough that
>> I could track it to the bundle keys of that msg which are combination of
>> InstallStep_InstallUnsuccessful_Text and InstallSupportImpl_TurnOnTimeout.
>>
>> I don't think this is about URL connections, since the timeout is set to 30s
>> by default, so it can only be
>> https://github.com/apache/netbeans/blob/b5d2a9b2be0ac90b098cc8ba553416f71f8cbf4c/platform/autoupdate.services/src/org/netbeans/modules/autoupdate/services/InstallSupportImpl.java#L417-L433
>>
>> This section expects module loading to happen within a certain amount of
>> time. If it doesn't, it gives up and assumes the module didn't load - which
>> sounds like a pretty good assumption since the timeout is 10s per module.
>>
>> I am sure the log has far more information when that happens.
>>
>> regards,
>>
>> michael
>>
>>>
>>> Incomplete. Repeatable.
>>>
>>> Fail. Why? Different behaviour. Why? I have no clue. Download was done. Why
>>> „loading“ again?
>>>
>>> Sometimes this was observed on Windows machines too. At one point in some
>>> cases „try again and again“ seems to have resolved that issue. Why did it
>>> pop up in the first place?
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Cheers, Uwe
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> Oktober 1921, S. 338f
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