Apache NetBeans does not yet provide C/C++ features, they're on the way to being donated. In the meantime, look for C/C++ in the Plugin Manager, under the Tools menu, that should get you started.
Gj On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 10:03 PM Normand Fortier < normand.fort...@cgocable.ca> wrote: > Hi, > > After many years of Java programming, I am getting into C++ in the hope > of contributing to an open source project. I checked out the project > code from GitHub and created a project in Netbeans. I can build the > project from NB but not run it or debug it. When I point it to the > executable the "Select executable" dialog it complains "File is not an > executable". Yet I can start the target program from a terminal using > that file. I can also start it from gdb in a terminal. > > I've seen an old bug report on that problem, that should have been fixed > in NB version 7.3.1: > https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=230988 > > Any suggestions? > > ----- > Product Version: Apache NetBeans IDE 10.0 (Build > incubator-netbeans-release-380-on-20181217) > Updates: NetBeans IDE is updated to version NetBeans 8.2 Patch 2 > Java: 10.0.2; OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 10.0.2+13 > Runtime: OpenJDK Runtime Environment 10.0.2+13 > System: Linux version 4.20.6-arch1-1-ARCH running on amd64; UTF-8; fr_CA > (nb) > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@netbeans.apache.org > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > >