[FIXED] Netbeans 8.1 IDE exits unexpectedly on Ubuntu 17.04

Issue

I am using Ubuntu 17.04 as my OS. I want to install and use Netbeans as my php editor. So I have tried sudo apt install netbeans and Netbeans 8.1 is now installed on my system.

But as I try to open it, it gets closed just after trying to open. Even using sudo command (sudo netbeans) or not (as normal user).

I have tested to run app from terminal but no errors outputted (as can be seen in above image).

Update

The message.log that is asked in comment is this:

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------------------------------------------------------------------------------- java.lang.SecurityException: setContextClassLoader at java.base/jdk.internal.misc.InnocuousThread.setContextClassLoader(InnocuousThread.java:104) at org.netbeans.ModuleManager.updateContextClassLoaders(Unknown Source) at org.netbeans.ModuleManager.(Unknown Source) at org.netbeans.core.startup.ModuleSystem.(Unknown Source) at org.netbeans.core.startup.Main.getModuleSystem(Unknown Source) INFO [null]: Last record repeated again. at org.netbeans.core.startup.Main.start(Unknown Source) at org.netbeans.core.startup.TopThreadGroup.run(Unknown Source) at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:844)

Screen Shot:

According to this bug report it seems that, this issue is fixed on netbeans 8.2 but by now it is not available. Any idea?

Solution

You combo is not supported.

You are using Java 9 with NetBeans 8.1. That won't fly.

First of all: Why use an old version of NetBeans. Why not use NetBeans 8.2?

Secondly: Using Java 9 as the runtime for executing NetBeans will not be supported until NetBeans 9.x is released.

Solution:

• Use Java 8, not Java 9. You can use a private copy of Java only for NetBeans, if you don't want to change you system's overall Java. This is done by setting netbeans_jdkhome variable in /usr/share/netbeans/8.x/etc/netbeans.conf file.

• Use NetBeans 8.2 (just because it is always best to use the latest. NB 8.1 was released in Oct 2015, almost 2 years ago, while NB 8.2 was released last October).

If you still have problems after this then please post here.

Answered By - peterh
Answer Checked By - Dawn Plyler (JavaFixing Volunteer)