Cannot find java. Please use the --jdkhome switch

Question

I have just installed Netbeans 8.0.2 on CentOS 6.5.

When I try to run it, I get the message

Cannot find java. Please use the --jdkhome switch
         


        

Answer 1

1. Go to the netbeans installation directory
2. Find configuration file [installation-directory]/etc/netbeans.conf
3. towards the end find the line netbeans_jdkhome=...
4. comment this line line using '#'
5. now run netbeans. launcher will find jdk itself (from $JDK_HOME/$JAVA_HOME) environment variable

example:

sudo vim /usr/local/netbeans-8.2/etc/netbeans.conf