Glad to hear it! On Sat, Aug 28, 2021 at 5:11 PM Will Hartung <willhart...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I simply overinstalled it, and it started. So, something, somewhere got > corrupted. > > It retained my plugins and such, so, all is well. > > Thanks for the help! > > Regards, > > Will Hartung > > > On Fri, Aug 27, 2021 at 4:30 PM Carl Mosca <carljmo...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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 >> > -- Regards, Carl
