I DON'T KNOW Netbeans installer suggested it. I had to browse to find my Java 8 installation.
I don't "want" Java 9. I think Java sort of "jumped the shark" (as we say in Americanese) after Java 8 :) --- Jack Woehr # Woehr's Asymptote: The ratio of the time spent Box 51, Golden CO 80402 # administering productivity software over the time http://www.softwoehr.com # saved by said software eventually approximates 1. On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 1:19 PM Geertjan Wielenga <[email protected]> wrote: > The question is why would you use Java 9? > > At this point, an LTS should be used, i.e., 8 or 11, or a recent non-LTS, > i.e., 14 or the most recently released which is 15, to be supported by > NetBeans in 12.2. > > Gj > > On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 9:17 PM Jack W. <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 9:59 AM Akshay Gupta <[email protected] > > > > wrote: > > > > > I just tried installing netbeans12.1 and then nb-javac in ubuntu18 and > > > it worked fine for me. Also successfully tested for the jdk-14 features > > > (record). > > > > > > > Akshay -- > > > > Did you try it on Java 9? > > > > Anyway, I dropped back to Java 8 ("The World Runs on Java 8" :) ) and > > everything works fine. > > --- > > Jack Woehr # Woehr's Asymptote: The ratio of the time spent > > Box 51, Golden CO 80402 # administering productivity software over the > > time > > http://www.softwoehr.com # saved by said software eventually > approximates > > 1. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
