Can you provide step by step instructions from scratch so that we can reproduce seeing this error:
Feature FeatureInfo[java] is incomplete: some module(s) are missing: org\.netbeans\.libs\.javafx\.(linux|win|macosx) Thanks, Gj On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 7:00 AM Geertjan Wielenga < geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com> wrote: > I don’t understand why you want to install the ‘Java Web and Java EE’ > support in Apache NetBeans 11. Please don’t do that. That support is > automatically built into Apache NetBeans 11 for the first time. > > Yes, no docs yet specific to this release. Once they’re there would indeed > be great for you to provide feedback on them. > > Gj > > > On Thu, 28 Mar 2019 at 21:50, Emma Atkinson <emma.atkins...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Phil >> >> I think the error dialog saying >> >> Feature FeatureInfo[java] is incomplete: some module(s) are missing: >> org\.netbeans\.libs\.javafx\.(linux|win|macosx) >> >> might be caused by running on JDK8. >> >> When I used the option *--jdkhome <path>* to specify jdk-11 (*please >> check the release notes for the right one*) the error did not appear. >> >> Regards >> >> Emma >> >> >> On Thu, 28 Mar 2019 at 15:19, Philip Durbin <philipdur...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi! I just filled out the survey (late, please give us more notice next >>> time) and I have a little feedback that I'd like to share here for a couple >>> reasons: >>> >>> - From my perspective, the survey goes into a black hole. If there is >>> any transparency about what responses have been recorded so far, I don't >>> know where to find them. If they're available, I'm interested in them. >>> - The survey didn't allow me to enter any comments. It's all multiple >>> choice. I have more I would have said in the survey. But maybe that's what >>> mailing lists are for. :) >>> >>> So here we go. >>> >>> I've been feeling "stuck" on Oracle NetBeans 8.2 for a long time because >>> of the lack of Java EE support in Apache NetBeans. The guy at the desk to >>> me got our Java EE project (Dataverse) working in NetBeans 9 but I didn't >>> have such a good time with NetBeans 10. >>> >>> I'm thrilled to say that this morning I got NetBeans 11 working with our >>> Java EE project. I'm no longer stuck on 8.2. THANK YOU! >>> >>> However, not all is well. Being open source, we try to onboard as many >>> new contributors as possible to our project and if you follow our dev guide >>> as it appears now (4.11 for my reference), your first experience with >>> NetBeans 11 and our project is that it says "(broken)" next to the project >>> name in the Projects tab. (Screenshot attached.) If you right-click the >>> project and click "Resolve Problems", this is the error you see: >>> >>> Feature FeatureInfo[java] is incomplete: some module(s) are missing: >>> org\.netbeans\.libs\.javafx\.(linux|win|macosx) >>> >>> We don't use JavaFX in our project so it's a very strange error. >>> >>> Next I clicked "Help" and then "Online Docs and Support". These show >>> docs for NetBeans 10 with no mention that I could find of what Java EE >>> developers are suppose to do. If there are new docs for NetBeans 11 that >>> you'd like us to look at before you release, please let us know. >>> >>> From previous attempts to get our project running on anything newer than >>> NetBeans 8.2 I knew that I should check out which plugins are installed and >>> enabled. I don't expect our contributors to know this so I just made a pull >>> request to improve our dev guide to explain how to go from "broken" to a >>> Java EE project. >>> >>> After activating "Java Web and EE", there is no green checkmark in the >>> Active column. Some new menu items appear but "clean and build" still isn't >>> available. I restarted NetBeans and explain this step in my pull request: >>> >>> https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse/pull/5695 >>> >>> In case it helps, I'm on Mac OS X 10.14.3. >>> >>> In my pull request I didn't document how to launch NetBeans but maybe I >>> should since a lot of our contributors are new developers, sometimes >>> college students, who may not be very familiar with the command line. I >>> doubt anyone here needs this (and you probably have better ways) but I'll >>> include my little script below since it's on my mind: >>> >>> #!/bin/sh >>> VERSION='11.0-vc4' >>> BIN="$HOME/java/netbeans/$VERSION/netbeans/bin/netbeans" >>> echo "Launching Netbeans from $BIN" >>> $BIN & >>> >>> I guess the other thing I'll mention is that my pull request also >>> includes the workaround to get the Netbeans Connector Chrome Extension >>> working. >>> >>> Finally, I've already given a little feedback on the survey itself, >>> about how I was confused that you don't let your participants type anything >>> (multiple choice only) but I'm new to your process. The other specific >>> thing is that I would have appreciate an "I don't know" option for the >>> question about performance of NetBeans 10 vs 11. >>> >>> Thanks for reading all this! I hope it's helpful! Again, I really >>> appreciate that Java EE support has been restored and that I'm no longer >>> feeling held back on old versions of Oracle NetBeans. Thank you! >>> >>> Phil >>> >>> -- >>> Philip Durbin >>> Software Developer for http://dataverse.org >>> http://www.iq.harvard.edu/people/philip-durbin >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> 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 >> >>