Very cool, thank you for sharing. Makes me want to work with a Pi again...it's been a while.
On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 4:26 PM John G. Weed <nonsequi...@fastmail.com> wrote: > All, > > Forgive me if this needs to be sent via some other venue, but since this > has been such a pain in the butt to find an answer to, I thought I'd write > out the steps I followed to build a Raspberry Pi 4B (4GB) running the > Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS operating system, with the xubuntu desktop, for the > purpose of running the NetBeans 11.2 IDE with (most importantly) support > for the NetBeans 8.2 C/C++ plugin--one long run-on sentence. > > Our software baseline is currently running on some pretty hefty HP DL-380s > (the Enterprise version), as well as some smaller tactical units. But we > were missing a portable, pocket version platform. I wanted to be able to > use not only the same operating system (Ubuntu 18.04), but the same IDE as > well. This would dramatically decrease any cross platform maintenance > issues. The following steps make this entirely possible. Many thanks to the > folks who provided valuable suggestions. > > The following are the steps required to build a Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS server > based on the Raspberry Pi 4B (4GB) platform supporting the Apache NetBeans > 11.2 IDE with the NetBeans 8.2 C/C++ plugin. If you are already well versed > in Ubuntu and Raspberry Pi you may find the instructions a tad verbose. > However, in order to reach the widest possible audience, I’ve taken the > time to illustrate in excruciating detail. Please forward any changes or > correction to nonsequi...@fastmail.com. > > Required: > > 1. > > Raspberry Pi 4B 4GB > 1. > > HDMI monitor > 2. > > USB Keyboard and mouse > 3. > > USB power supply > 2. > > 16GB MicroSD > 3. > > Windows 10 or equivalent PC (to burn Ubuntu image to MicroSD card) > > Windows PC Steps: > > 1. > > Wipe-clean (delete all exiting partitions) and format the 16GB MicroSD > card using MiniTool Partition Wizard or equivalent > 2. > > Download file ubuntu-18.04.4-preinstalled-server-arm64+raspi3.img > > <https://ubuntu.com/download/raspberry-pi/thank-you?version=18.04.4&architecture=arm64+raspi3> > from site https://ubuntu.com/download/raspberry-pi > 3. > > Using Win32 Disk Imager or equivalent, write > the ubuntu-18.04.4-preinstalled-server-arm64+raspi3.img to the MicroSD > card. > > Raspberry PI 4B (RPi4): > > 1. > > With power off, connect monitor, keyboard and mouse to the RPi4 > 2. > > Insert imaged MicroSD card into the RPi4 and power up > 3. > > Login using username "ubuntu" and password "ubuntu" > 4. > > Respond to the change password request as appropriate and login > 5. > > Update configuration sources by entering: sudo apt-get update > 6. > > Install xubuntu desktop environment by entering: sudo apt-get install > xubuntu-desktop > 7. > > Login to RPi4 using the changed password > 8. > > Run the Software Updater application, if it doesn’t start > automatically, to update the various operating ystem components before > continuing further; this include any requested reboots > 9. > > Using the Firefox browser, download file > jdk-8u241-linux-arm64-vfp-hflt.tar.gz > > <https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/javase-jdk8-downloads.html#license-lightbox> > from site URL > https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/javase-jdk8-downloads.html > 10. > > Bring up a Terminal window and enter the following commands to expand > and install the java components necessary to run NetBeans-11.2: > 1. > > cd Downloads > 2. > > sudo mkdir /usr/lib/jvm > 3. > > sudo tar xvf jdk-8u241-linux-arm64-vfp-hflt.tar.gz --directory > /usr/lib/jvm/ > 4. > > /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8.0_241/bin/java -version > 5. > > /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8.0_241/bin/javac -version > 6. > > sudo apt-get install openjdk-11-jdk > 7. > > java -version > 8. > > sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java > /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8.0_241/bin/java 1 > 9. > > sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/javac javac > /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8.0_241/bin/javac 1 > 10. > > sudo update-alternatives --config java > 11. > > sudo update-alternatives --config javac > 11. > > Using the same Terminal window, enter the following command to > baseline the NetBeans dependencies: > 1. > > sudo apt-get install g++ > 2. > > sudo apt-get make > 12. > > Using the same Firefox browser, download file > *Apache-NetBeans-11.2-bin-linux-x64.sh > > <https://downloads.apache.org/netbeans/netbeans/11.2/Apache-NetBeans-11.2-bin-linux-x64.sh>, > **to the Downloads directory, **from site **URL ** > > https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/netbeans/netbeans/11.2/Apache-NetBeans-11.2-bin-linux-x64.sh > > <https://downloads.apache.org/netbeans/netbeans/11.2/Apache-NetBeans-11.2-bin-linux-x64.sh>* > 13. > > From the Terminal window, enter the following to begin the > installation of the NetBeans 11.2 application: > 1. > > sudo chmod +x Apache-NetBeans-11.2-bin-linux-x64.sh > 2. > > sudo ./Apache-NetBeans-11.2-bin-linux-x64.sh > 3. > > Note: The installation procedure will prompt for the location of > the JDK for the Appache NetBeans IDE:… Select the / > *usr/lib/jvm/java-1.11.0-openjdk-arm64* > 14. > > When the installation procedure completes, which may or may not > require a restart, start the NetBeans 11.2 application from the start menu, > path Whisker Menu→Development→Apache NetBeans 11.2 IDE, and execute the > following to setup NetBeans 8.2 C++ support: > 1. > > Bring up the Plugins Settings menu by following > Tools→Plugins→Settings > 2. > > Under the Configuration of Update Centers, check the NetBeans 8.2 > Plugin Portal box > 3. > > Under the Automatically Check for Updates drop-down menu select > Every Startup > 4. > > Close the Plugins window and restart the NetBeans application > 5. > > When the application restarts, bring up the Available Plugins menu > by following Tools→Plugins→Available Plugins > 6. > > Check the box for C/C++ > 7. > > Click the Install button and proceed with the installation > 8. > > Once again close the Plugins window and restart the NetBeans > application > 15. > > For my particular application, I did the following to verify the > installation; simple but effective: > 1. > > Start the Apache NetBeans 11.2 IDE application > 2. > > File→New Project→C/C++→C/C++ Application->Next > > 3. > > Leave all of the defaults, with the exception of changing version > to C++14->Finish > 4. > > To compile press Fn/F11 > > > Note: This configuration compiled slightly more than 100,000 lines of code > in about 28 seconds, a coarse estimate. 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