How to set Environment Variable in Netbeans?

Question

I am running maven based Spring project in netbeans . I am using an environment variable in my project configurations file to Open specific file based on that variable value . I am able to set it In Eclipse but do not know how to set in Netbeans . Can any one help me?

Answer 1

System.getEnv("FOO") == "FOOVALUE"

netbeans 6.7+ -

Right click Project

• ->Properties ->Actions ->Run project ->Set Properties: Add

Env.FOO=FOOVALUE

Note: You can apply the same technique on other configurations and other actions like Debug project

Answer 2

I could not find that Properties->Actions setting, using NetBeans 7.4. I did not explicitly need an environment variable--just some value I could set outside my application. So, instead, I was able to make a change in the "project.properties" file under the nbproject folder of the main application.

Within project.properties is a "run.args.extra" setting. Any command line argument you wish to pass along must have its 'name' preceded by '-J'. Here is an example.

run.args.extra=-J-DFOO=FOOVALUE

Note that this is NOT an environment variable. Rather, it is a System.getProperty("FOO") accessible value. Of special note: this is also the place to change how much memory your applications allocate, using Xmx/Xms.

Answer 3

On macOS:

In $HOME/.bashrc add alias:

alias netbeans='/Applications/NetBeans/NetBeans\\ XYapp/Contents/MacOS/netbeans &'

In Terminal:

> netbeans

This will start IDE with user environment variables.

As result environment variables (such as $PATH ) available inside NetBeans IDE and tools (such as Ruby debugger).