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Posted to commits@netbeans.apache.org by ge...@apache.org on 2020/11/29 13:38:15 UTC

[netbeans-website] branch master updated: Add workaround for Apache NetBeans failing to run on macOS Big Sur.

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geertjan pushed a commit to branch master
in repository https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/netbeans-website.git


The following commit(s) were added to refs/heads/master by this push:
     new 77ec43a  Add workaround for Apache NetBeans failing to run on macOS Big Sur.
     new 94ace13  Merge pull request #497 from oyarzun/big-sur
77ec43a is described below

commit 77ec43a96d88694cae50636f4dff75c0d9bda51c
Author: Christian Oyarzun <oy...@apache.org>
AuthorDate: Tue Nov 17 14:15:12 2020 -0500

    Add workaround for Apache NetBeans failing to run on macOS Big Sur.
---
 .../src/content/download/nb121/nb121.asciidoc        | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/netbeans.apache.org/src/content/download/nb121/nb121.asciidoc b/netbeans.apache.org/src/content/download/nb121/nb121.asciidoc
index cadf970..15dcaa9 100644
--- a/netbeans.apache.org/src/content/download/nb121/nb121.asciidoc
+++ b/netbeans.apache.org/src/content/download/nb121/nb121.asciidoc
@@ -75,6 +75,25 @@ The PGP keys used to sign this release are available link:https://archive.apache
 
 Apache NetBeans can also be installed as a self-contained link:https://snapcraft.io/netbeans[snap package] on Linux.
 
+
+== Known issue on macOS Big Sur 
+
+Apache NetBeans 12.1 fails to run on Big Sur. 
+
+Workaround: edit `netbeans.conf` and uncomment and set the JDK home path in the `netbeans_jdkhome` variable.
+
+----
+% ls /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines 
+adoptopenjdk-11.jdk	adoptopenjdk-8.jdk
+
+% sudo vi /Applications/NetBeans/Apache\ NetBeans\ 12.1.app/Contents/Resources/NetBeans/netbeans/etc/netbeans.conf
+----
+
+
+----
+netbeans_jdkhome="/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/adoptopenjdk-8.jdk/Contents/Home"
+----
+
 == Deployment platforms
 
 Apache NetBeans 12.1 runs on JDK LTS releases 8 and 11, as well as on JDK 14, i.e., the current JDK release at the time of this NetBeans release.
@@ -108,4 +127,3 @@ through the following voting processes in our link:/community/mailing-lists.html
 
 Please visit the link:/download/index.html[Apache NetBeans Download page]
 for further details.
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