Netbeans install fine, but on launch claims JDK can't be found

[Joseph Jolic]

Hi
i just installed Netbeans on my windows pc and it installed fine. but when
i try to run it i get:
JDK 1.3 or later cannot be found on your machine. Please read the README
file.

i read the readme file but to no avail..i'm still working on the problem,
but i thought posting it might save me some time. if anyone knows what to
do, let me know.

thanks
joseph
--
system: win XP, Java SDK 1.4.2

[Erwin Moller]

Joseph Jolic wrote:

Hi
i just installed Netbeans on my windows pc and it installed fine. but
when i try to run it i get:
JDK 1.3 or later cannot be found on your machine. Please read the README
file.

i read the readme file but to no avail..i'm still working on the problem,
but i thought posting it might save me some time. if anyone knows what to
do, let me know.

thanks
joseph
--
system: win XP, Java SDK 1.4.2

did you check your environment settings?
They should contain:
1) JAVA_HOME=<javainstalldirhere>

2) PATH variable should cointain the path to the <javainstallhere>/bin

Regards,
Erwin Moller

[Bradley E. Rintoul]

Erwin Moller <si******************************************@spam yourself.com> wrote in message news:<40*********************@news.xs4all.nl>...

Joseph Jolic wrote:

Hi
i just installed Netbeans on my windows pc and it installed fine. but
when i try to run it i get:
JDK 1.3 or later cannot be found on your machine. Please read the README
file.

i read the readme file but to no avail..i'm still working on the problem,
but i thought posting it might save me some time. if anyone knows what to
do, let me know.

thanks
joseph
--
system: win XP, Java SDK 1.4.2

did you check your environment settings?
They should contain:
1) JAVA_HOME=<javainstalldirhere>

2) PATH variable should cointain the path to the <javainstallhere>/bin

Regards,
Erwin Moller

Or you can add:

-jdkhome <JDK directory>

to your ide.cfg file as described here:

//www.netbeans.org/kb/using-netbeans/35/configuring.html

[Joseph Jolic]

Hi
thanks for your help..Netbeans now works..funny thing is, the very thing you
told me to do i did before, except for the JAVA_HOME way...now, it does
work, and by both ways as well (ie either setting JAVA_HOME or that config
file)...

thanks
Joe

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Erwin Moller

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Joseph Jolic wrote:

Hi
i just installed Netbeans on my windows pc and it installed fine. but
when i try to run it i get:
JDK 1.3 or later cannot be found on your machine. Please read the README file.

i read the readme file but to no avail..i'm still working on the problem, but i thought posting it might save me some time. if anyone knows what to do, let me know.

thanks
joseph
--
system: win XP, Java SDK 1.4.2

did you check your environment settings?
They should contain:
1) JAVA_HOME=<javainstalldirhere>

2) PATH variable should cointain the path to the <javainstallhere>/bin

Regards,
Erwin Moller

Or you can add:

-jdkhome <JDK directory>

to your ide.cfg file as described here:

//www.netbeans.org/kb/using-netbeans/35/configuring.html