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

Check the setting in your user config /home/username/.netbeans/version/etc/netbeans.conf

I had the problem where I was specifying the location globally, but my user setting was overriding the global setting.

CentOS 7/Netbeans 8.1