Netbeans Platform installer target platform

Question

I've a problem with the application installers generated by Netbeans . I have a Netbeans application project with one module. The Java target platform is set to 1.7 . The development system is Netbeans 8.0.1 on Mac OS . I generate the installers with "Package as" => "Installers" .

When i try to run the installer on an Ubuntu with JRE 1.7 installed it fails with an UnsupportetClassVersionError . When I run the ZIP-packaged application it works fine.

It seems that the class version of the installer is not compatible to 1.7 . So, my question is: Is there any way to configure the Java version of the installer itself?

Answer 1

Try to run NetBeans using JDK 1.7. See the file NetBeans 8.0.1/etc/netbeans.conf - there is a property netbeans_jdkhome - change it to point to a JDK 1.7 home and restart NetBeans IDE.