Changing java platform on which netbeans runs

Question

I am using Netbeans 6.7. I had first installed Java 1.5 before installing Netbeans. When i installed Netbeans it took Java 1.5 as the default version. Then i installed Java 1.6 on my machine. I need to change the default JDK of my netbeans to 1.6 not only to a specific project but to the whole Netbeans application.

Answer 1

You can change the JDK for Netbeans by modifying the config file:

1. Open netbeans.conf file available under etc folder inside the NetBeans installation.
2. Modify the netbeans_jdkhome variable to point to new JDK path, and then
3. Restart your Netbeans.

Answer 2

In my Windows 7 box I found netbeans.conf in <Drive>:\<Program Files folder>\<NetBeans installation folder>\etc . Thanks all.

Answer 3

For anyone on Mac OS X, you can find netbeans.conf here:

/Applications/NetBeans/NetBeans <version>.app/Contents/Resources/NetBeans/etc/netbeans.conf

In case anyone needs to know :)

Answer 4

open etc folder in netbeans folder then edit the netbeans.conf with notepad and you will find a line like this :

Default location of JDK, can be overridden by using --jdkhome :
netbeans_jdkhome="G:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_13"

here you can set your jdk version.

Answer 5

on Fedora it is currently impossible to set a new jdk-HOME to some sdk. They designed it such that it will always break. Try --jdkhome [whatever] but in all likelihood it will break and show some cryptic nonsensical error message as usual.

Answer 6

Fix this by moving my jdk folder to other disk