How to set NetBeans IDE 8.2 on Windows 7 64-bit with JDK 10

Question

I installed 64 bit version of C/C++ version of netbeans from here https://netbeans.org/downloads/ I am using Cygwin to work with netbeans 8.2 things upto here are fine , I needed java for one of my projects so I downloaded jdk-10.0.2_windows-x64_bin and installed it in E:\\installation2\\java

The path variable and other settings are

PATH=C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Program Files (
x86)\PC Connectivity Solution\;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System3
2\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files\WIDCOMM\Blue
tooth Software\;C:\Program Files\WIDCOMM\Bluetooth Software\syswow64;C:\cygwin64
\bin;E:\installation2\putty\;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-10.0.2\bin;E:\installatio
n2\python3\Scripts\;E:\installation2\python3\;

C:\Users\>java --version
java 10.0.2 2018-07-17
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 18.3 (build 10.0.2+13)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 18.3 (build 10.0.2+13, mixed mode)

However when I try to create a new project in netbeans8.2 for Java I don't get that options.Here is a screenshot of Java Platform manager on Netbeans Tools--->Java Platfoms window

In a notepad I am able to write Java programs and compile them and execute them but not in netbeans 8.2 I am not able to understand why Netbeans8.2 is not able to create Java project. What can I do to fix this?What is the mistake in above configuration?

Answer 1

You need to have the Java SDK (JDK) installed, instead of the JRE. Simply download JDK 8 from Oracle ( not 9 or 10+ because these are not supported by NB 8.2) and install it. Then you can edit the Netbeans config file to point to the JDK:

Edit netbeans.conf file in C:\\Program Files\\NetBeans 8.2\\etc\\ :

netbeans_jdkhome="C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_xyz" 

Alternatively, you can delete the existing platform and create a new Java platform in the Netbeans Platform Manager, pointing to the JDK path.