Codename one missing from NetBeans plugins on Ubuntu

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I am on Ubuntu 16.04 with NetBeans 8.1 - fresh install provided by Ubuntu SW center + OpenJDK - default with Ubuntu. When I follow the video manual on codename one web site: https://www.codenameone.com/download.html I do not get option to install codename one plugin. To be precise, there is not a single available plugin listed. In Windows 7 this works fine however.

I don't even know, who should I attribute this problem to:

  • Ubuntu 16.04 ? - which sucks and behaves weird compared to earlier Ubuntu versions (now for instance does not close the open and frozen NetBeans - had to kill -9 it)
  • Net Beans 8.1 ? which runs just fine with Win7
  • codename one ? Which I rather doubt :)
  • or even me ? :)

Please give me any hints, if anyone ran into similar troubles, how do I fix it ?

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Did you "Note: The plugins.netbeans.org server has been down frequently ... follow the instructions here as a workaround"? - zapl
@zapl: Yeah, but in Win7 it works allways, in Ubuntu 16.04 never. Could I be just "lucky" ? - Sold Out
I see the plugin just fine, 14.04 & fresh NetBeans 8.1. Do you have errors in netbeans log (~/.netbeans/8.1/var/log/messages.log)? A proxy that needs to be configured? Sth else that prevents free network access for netbeans? - zapl
Never mind, this is probably a wrong JDK. I use OpenJDK - and virtually all IDEs complain about problems with it. Same on other PC with UBUNTU 14.04 - NetBeans refuses to install due to OpenJDK. I'll just go with Pure Oracle. - Sold Out

2 Answers

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We need to the official Java 8 JDK for install since we need access to Java FX for things such as web browser/media support. If OpenJDK will ever work with Java FX properly then it should work fine with Codename One.

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Here is the solution:

Part of the story is, that you should use original JDK from Oracle, not the pre-installed OpenJDK. Similarly, Android Studio will complain about incompatible JDK.

But secondly ! Using the NetBeans installation provided by Ubuntu SW center results in incomplete, or not updatable version. Simply you get no available plugins listed. Only those pre-installed. Moreover, this IDE freezes much too often. What the heck !?

Instead download and install NetBeans from their site: I went for the full version.

For this and many other reasons I think I am done with Ubuntu 16.04 Every day it convinces me it does not YET deserve to occupy my disk space. I will probably step back to 14.04 LTS, until 16.04 LTS it reaches some mature state.