Might also try removing both of these: ~/Library/Application Support/NetBeans/12.4 and ~/Library/Caches/NetBeans/12.4
On Fri, Aug 27, 2021 at 7:25 PM Carl Mosca <carljmo...@gmail.com> wrote: > I had not installed 16 before now. It seems to work OK. > > On Fri, Aug 27, 2021 at 6:29 PM Will Hartung <willhart...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> 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 <carljmo...@gmail.com> 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 <willhart...@gmail.com> >>> 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 >>> >> > > -- > Carl J. Mosca > -- Carl J. Mosca
