Well, I compiled NetBeans on slower systems. I suspect even a spinning hard drive beats an SD card and even a 'weak' system becomes quite good for work with an SSD.
If I were to buy some ARM gadgets nowadays I would also play with the ROCKPro64 from https://www.pine64.org --emi On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 11:43 PM John G. Weed <nonsequi...@fastmail.com> wrote: > > I will try to build one without the JDK 8 and see what happens; if it works, > I will update my instructions. As for your comment "You could never compile > something heavy on that thing..." I guess that depends on what you mean by > heavy. The RPi4 is the only hardware platform, given it's physical size, that > met our performance metrics--we've been waiting a long time for this > capability. We've tried the BeagleBone Black and some others, but wold not > run the Ubuntu operating system. And as I elluded to, this was important. > > Thank you for your inputs > > > > On Fri, Feb 28, 2020, at 21:34, Emilian Bold wrote: > > I'm not entirely certain why you installed Java 8 from Oracle when you > > also have JDK 11 in the repository and NetBeans runs with Java 11. > > > > The RPi is a capable machine, only slow part is the IO... You could > > never compile something heavy on that thing although in the past you > > would have compiled many things on a quad core / 4GB machine. > > > > --emi > > > > On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 11:26 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: > > > > > > Raspberry Pi 4B 4GB > > > > > > HDMI monitor > > > > > > USB Keyboard and mouse > > > > > > USB power supply > > > > > > 16GB MicroSD > > > > > > Windows 10 or equivalent PC (to burn Ubuntu image to MicroSD card) > > > > > > Windows PC Steps: > > > > > > Wipe-clean (delete all exiting partitions) and format the 16GB MicroSD > > > card using MiniTool Partition Wizard or equivalent > > > > > > Download file ubuntu-18.04.4-preinstalled-server-arm64+raspi3.img from > > > site https://ubuntu.com/download/raspberry-pi > > > > > > 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): > > > > > > With power off, connect monitor, keyboard and mouse to the RPi4 > > > > > > Insert imaged MicroSD card into the RPi4 and power up > > > > > > Login using username "ubuntu" and password "ubuntu" > > > > > > Respond to the change password request as appropriate and login > > > > > > Update configuration sources by entering: sudo apt-get update > > > > > > Install xubuntu desktop environment by entering: sudo apt-get install > > > xubuntu-desktop > > > > > > Login to RPi4 using the changed password > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > Using the Firefox browser, download file > > > jdk-8u241-linux-arm64-vfp-hflt.tar.gz from site URL > > > https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/javase-jdk8-downloads.html > > > > > > Bring up a Terminal window and enter the following commands to expand and > > > install the java components necessary to run NetBeans-11.2: > > > > > > cd Downloads > > > > > > sudo mkdir /usr/lib/jvm > > > > > > sudo tar xvf jdk-8u241-linux-arm64-vfp-hflt.tar.gz --directory > > > /usr/lib/jvm/ > > > > > > /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8.0_241/bin/java -version > > > > > > /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8.0_241/bin/javac -version > > > > > > sudo apt-get install openjdk-11-jdk > > > > > > java -version > > > > > > sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java > > > /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8.0_241/bin/java 1 > > > > > > sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/javac javac > > > /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8.0_241/bin/javac 1 > > > > > > sudo update-alternatives --config java > > > > > > sudo update-alternatives --config javac > > > > > > Using the same Terminal window, enter the following command to baseline > > > the NetBeans dependencies: > > > > > > sudo apt-get install g++ > > > > > > sudo apt-get make > > > > > > Using the same Firefox browser, download file > > > 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 > > > > > > From the Terminal window, enter the following to begin the installation > > > of the NetBeans 11.2 application: > > > > > > sudo chmod +x Apache-NetBeans-11.2-bin-linux-x64.sh > > > > > > sudo ./Apache-NetBeans-11.2-bin-linux-x64.sh > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > 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: > > > > > > Bring up the Plugins Settings menu by following Tools→Plugins→Settings > > > > > > Under the Configuration of Update Centers, check the NetBeans 8.2 Plugin > > > Portal box > > > > > > Under the Automatically Check for Updates drop-down menu select Every > > > Startup > > > > > > Close the Plugins window and restart the NetBeans application > > > > > > When the application restarts, bring up the Available Plugins menu by > > > following Tools→Plugins→Available Plugins > > > > > > Check the box for C/C++ > > > > > > Click the Install button and proceed with the installation > > > > > > Once again close the Plugins window and restart the NetBeans application > > > > > > For my particular application, I did the following to verify the > > > installation; simple but effective: > > > > > > Start the Apache NetBeans 11.2 IDE application > > > > > > File→New Project→C/C++→C/C++ Application->Next > > > > > > > Leave all of the defaults, with the exception of changing version to > > > C++14->Finish > > > > > > 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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