Introduction
NetBeans is a software development platform written in Java. It is an official IDE for Java 8 development. It was developed and released by Sun Microsystems which was later acquired by Oracle. NetBeans 8.2 was released on October 3, 2016.
In this tutorial, we will learn the steps involved in the installation process of NetBeans on MacOS.
Prerequisites
- MacOS
- Login as an administrator on terminal.
Installation
Yes, NetBeans 8.2 does use JDK 1.8, and specifically does not support JDK 1.9. It's unclear from the OP which version of Java is desired to run with NetBeans, but the version of NetBeans to use is governed by the version of Java to be used. Note that installing the JDK on OS X is performed on a system wide basis, for all users, and administrator privileges are required. You cannot install Java for a single user. Installing the JDK also installs the JRE. The one exception is that the system will not replace the current JRE with a lower version. NetBeans Profiler 5.5 runs on Mac OS X 10.4.2 and above, using Apple's J2SE 5.0 Release 3 and above. You can change the JVM that the Profiler uses when it launches an application for profiling, by choosing Tools Options Profiler, and selecting the Java Platform from the combo box.
The following steps are used to install NetBeans on MacOS.
1) Download the Latest version
In order to install NetBeans on MacOS, we have to download the latest version of NetBeans by visiting its official website I.e. https://netbeans.org/downloads/
2) Mount the disk image file
The dmg file which is downloaded from the official website of NetBeans is to be mounted to an installer. This can be done with the following command:
3) Install the file
![Netbeans Jdk Mac Os X Netbeans Jdk Mac Os X](/uploads/1/3/4/4/134402051/726377197.png)
The file is mounted to the volumes directory which contains a package file (.pkg) which is installable by using the installer command. The command needs super user privileges for which, sudo is used.
The file will be installed to the target root which is mentioned while installing the file.
4) Unmount the file
After the completion of installation process, we need to unmount the installer. This can be done by using the option Unmount with hdiutil command.
Well, we have done with the installation process of NetBeans 8.2 on MacOS.
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Java Jdk Mac Os
The solution is to run NetBeans with JDK 8. The first step in the process is to make sure you are no longer running NetBeans, so select the 'Quit NetBeans' menu item from the 'NetBeans' menu.
The next step involves heading over to Oracle's Java SE download page.
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/overview/index.html.
Left-click on the 'Downloads' tab and then navigate down to the section entitled 'Java SE 8'. Below is a photograph of how that web page looks for the 151/152 updates of the Java 8 platform.
Netbeans Jdk Mac Os X High Sierra
Left-click on the 'Download' button for the Java 8 JDK and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the process of downloading the latest version. After completing the JDK installation process, left-click on the 'Finder' icon in the Dock, left-click on the 'Go' menu and then left-click on the 'Go To Folder...' menu item. When presented with the 'Go to the folder' panel, enter '/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines' in the fields as shown in the figure below.Left-click on the 'Go' button and you'll be presented with a window similar to the one shown in the figure below.
Record the name of the JDK 8 folder. For this example, it is 'jdk1.8.0_152.jdk'.
Go to the 'Applications' folder in Finder.
Left-double-click on the 'NetBeans' folder.
Right-click on the 'NetBeans 8.2.app' icon and then left-click on the 'Show Package Contents' menu item.
Left double-click on the 'Contents' folder. Left double-click on the 'Resources' folder. Left double-click on the 'NetBeans' folder. Left double-click on the 'etc' folder.
Open the 'netbeans.conf' file with Text Edit. This will open the configuration file in the editor allowing you to make changes. Locate the following line in the configuration file.
#netbeans_jdkhome='/path/to/jdk'
Remove the hash tag at the beginning of the line and replace the '/path/to/jdk' section of the line with the path to where JDK8 is installed on your machine. For our example scenario, the line in the configuration file appears as follows.
netbeans_jdkhome='/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_152.jdk/Contents/Home'
Save the changes to the configuration file.
After following this process, you should be able to run NetBeans 8.2 on your Mac without any problems.
Jdk Mac Os X Dmg
References
morteza08. 'New project and New file do not operate.' NetBeans Forums, 24 Sept. 2017, https://forums.netbeans.org/topic68000.html.
Oracle. 'Java SE Development Kit 8 Downloads.' Oracle.com, 17 Oct. 2017, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/overview/index.html.
Oracle. “Oracle Announces Java SE 9 and Java EE 8.” Oracle.com, Oracle, 21 Sept. 2017, www.oracle.com/corporate/pressrelease/java-se-9-and-ee-8-092117.html.