Ok, I tried that. I removed the 12.4 cache folder, went to the bin directory and ran netbeans directly from the terminal.
it silently stops. It looks like it's trying to start with JDK 16. Does 12.4 work with JDK 16? I stuck a set -x in nbexec, and, among other things it showed this. + '[' -x /usr/libexec/java_home ']' ++ /usr/libexec/java_home --version 1.8+ + jdkhome=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/adoptopenjdk-16.jdk/Contents/Home Thanks! On Fri, Aug 27, 2021 at 2:42 PM Carl Mosca <[email protected]> wrote: > You should be able to (try to) start from the command line like this: > > "/Applications/NetBeans/Apache NetBeans > 12.4.app/Contents/Resources/NetBeans/netbeans/bin/netbeans" > > > or similar. > > > but I seem to recall a log that might help as well. > > > Clearing the cache directory may be necessary. ~ > /Library/Caches/NetBeans/12.4 > > On Fri, Aug 27, 2021 at 5:21 PM Will Hartung <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> NB 12.4 won't start on MacOS Big Sur. >> >> It used to start. It used to work fine. >> >> But I click on the icon on my Dock, and it bounces once and quits. >> >> I double click the app in the Finder, it tries to launch and silently >> fails. >> >> NB 12.2 launches fine. >> >> How can I start NB, I guess from the command line, to see what it might >> be complaining about. I didn't see any new files or changes under >> /Applications, or /Library/Application Support that would suggest something >> is being logged during the start up.. >> >> So, I'm kind of at an impasse for the moment. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Will Hartung >> >> > > -- > Carl J. Mosca >
