Need help installing NetBeans

**arcull** · 05-Feb-2009, 10:17

Hi everyone. I have suse 11.1 with kde 4.1 and decided to install NetBeans IDE 6.5 the full package not just Java SE, so I downloaded first the jdk package from Java SE Downloads - Sun Developer Network (SDN) and installed it.Afterwards I downloaded the ide installer from http://www.netbeans.org/downloads/index.html, but I got the problem during the installation, because the installer it self didn't recognize the jdk I have previously installed, so I tried to point to it manually. Executing the

Code:

rpm -ql java-1_6_0-openjdk

showed me that the majority of files were put in /usr/lib/jvm/ folder, but I just can't point to the right folder of the jdk, so that the installer of ide could read it. Maybe I should have added the path of jdk installed to my path variable, so that the installer of ide could detect it automaticaly.This is my current root user path

Code:

inux-e685:~ # echo $PATH
/usr/lib/mpi/gcc/openmpi/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/root/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/opt/kde3/bin:/usr/lib/mit/bin:/usr/lib/mit/sbin:/usr/NX/bin

. Any help will be higly appreciated.

**malcolmlewis** · 05-Feb-2009, 10:39

Originally Posted by arcull

Hi everyone. I have suse 11.1 with kde 4.1 and decided to install
NetBeans IDE 6.5 the full package not just Java SE, so I downloaded
first the jdk package from 'Java SE Downloads - Sun Developer Network
(SDN)' (http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp) and installed
it.Afterwards I downloaded the ide installer from
http://www.netbeans.org/downloads/index.html, but I got the problem
during the installation, because the installer it self didn't recognize
the jdk I have previously installed, so I tried to point to it manually.
Executing the
Code:
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rpm -ql java-1_6_0-openjdk

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showed me that the majority of files were put in /usr/lib/jvm/ folder,
but I just can't point to the right folder of the jdk, so that the
installer of ide could read it. Maybe I should have added the path of
jdk installed to my path variable, so that the installer of ide could
detect it automaticaly.This is my current root user path
Code:
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inux-e685:~ # echo $PATH
/usr/lib/mpi/gcc/openmpi/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/root/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/opt/kde3/bin:/usr/lib/mit/bin:/usr/lib/mit/sbin:/usr/NX/bin

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Any help will be higly appreciated.

Hi
Install the one from the Education repository....

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**arcull** · 05-Feb-2009, 10:52

Thanks malcolmlewis, can you tell where that is? I did not want to intall it via yast since the version there is a little older, 6.0 I guess, and also don't know if it contains all technologies available, I mean PHP,C++ etc. and not just the pure Java SE. Thanks again.

**malcolmlewis** · 05-Feb-2009, 10:59

Originally Posted by arcull

Thanks malcolmlewis, can you tell where that is? I did not want to
intall it via yast since the version there is a little older, 6.0 I
guess, and also don't know if it contains all technologies available, I
mean PHP,C++ etc. and not just the pure Java SE. Thanks again.

Hi
It's version 6.5, via YaST software repositories click the add button
and select community, then the Education one save and exit. Then use
the software tool to search on netbeans. Else go here;
Get It
and search on netbeans.

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openSUSE 11.1 x86 Kernel 2.6.27.7-9-default
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**arcull** · 05-Feb-2009, 13:48

Thanks for the guidance malcolmlewis, I got it installed successfully, but unfortunatelly it won't run, it says "Cannot find java. Please use the --jdkhome switch.", grrr, I guess I'm again at the begining of this thing. For some reason the correct folder hasn't been added to the PATH variable, so I gues I must adjust that somehow. Any ideas maybe? Thanks