On Windows 10 I extracted the netbeans folder on top of my previous install of the 12.4 beta. Trying to launch it claimed “Cannot find Java 1.8 or higher.”
I have Zulu builds of Java 1.8, 15 and 16. The window registry has entries for 15 and 16 under "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Development Kit” (but not 8 for some reason). They are installed to their default locations, e.g.: C:\Program Files\Zulu\zulu-8 C:\Program Files\Zulu\zulu-15 C:\Program Files\Zulu\zulu-16 I use the Zulu builds that have JavaFX bundled as it simplifies having to deal with the JavaFX modules. JAVA_HOME env var is pointing to C:\Program Files\Zulu\zulu-8 The netbeans64.exe launcher should be able to find at least one of these. I tried running it from a cmd.exe where I verified JAVA_HOME was set correctly, but it did not help. Is it hard-coded to only look where the Oracle JDK installs if there is nothing specified in netbeans.conf? I will edit netbeans.conf to explicitly point to the JDK as I usually do and continue testing, but I shouldn’t have to do that to get NB to launch. Scott > On Apr 22, 2021, at 8:07 AM, Geertjan Wielenga <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Here's our release schedule for 12.4: > > April 2: 12.4 Beta > April 16: 12.4 Feature freeze > April 21: Weekly Release Candidate 1 > April 28: Weekly Release Candidate 2 (if needed) > May 5: Weekly Release Candidate 3 (if needed) > May 7 - 14: Voting > May 15 - 30: Release > > That means we're on schedule with Release Candidate 1, the binary artefacts > of which are here: > > https://ci-builds.apache.org/job/Netbeans/job/netbeans-TLP/job/netbeans/job/release124/10/artifact/dist/netbeans/ > > What's new/changes, a fuller document will be created closer to the release: > > https://github.com/apache/netbeans/milestone/12?closed=1 > > The fuller document is being put together here, please document the > features and fixes you have provided: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Apache+NetBeans+12.4 > > Please try out your normal workloads as well as, if you've added new > features or fixed bugs, please try out those features and fixes to make > sure everything works as you expect. > > Feature freeze is behind us now, so only fixes for blocker issues are > allowed this time. The rules are the following: > - The blocker issue, if found, has to be announced and discussed on the > developer mailing list first. Please note that if you have concerns about > the licensing of some files/components please raise it now as those are > considered blocking. > - If there would be an eventual need of fix, please: > - Mark the milestone as: 12.4. > - Please add Neil and me as additional reviewers. > > That would also indicate that we do another release candidate when the > issue is fixed. > > If everything goes right, this release candidate will become the voting > candidate and the next action would be the vote on the release. > > Thanks, > > Gj --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists
