I do almost exactly the same thing! (Also on Fedora LInux.) And can't agree more with holding on to a revision or two.
While most of times I can just use the latest 'GA' netbeans version; once or twice I've ran into a regression that made me fall back. Nice to just re-point a link and restart. -Fred On Thu, Mar 5, 2026 at 12:54 PM Bradley Willcott <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi there. > > As I don't have access to the original post, I will just give you my > experience. > > - I run Fedora Linux. I don't believe this is likely to work on M$ Win > XX. However it might. > - I use the binary "zip" packages: > https://netbeans.apache.org/front/main/download/nb28/ > - I have an "apps/netbeans" directory off my home directory. > - Inside which I unpack each zip, into an inner "netbeans" directory. > The zip program should just create this automatically, as such a > directory exists within the zip package. > - This "netbeans " directory is then renamed to its version number: e.g. > "v28". > - I also have a soft-link in the "apps/netbeans" directory: "current", > which is updated to point to the new current version directory. As of > this post, that is: "v28". > - In this way it is possible to have multiple versions of Netbeans > installed at the same time. It is also possible to run them at the same > time in parallel, by having either scripts or links pointing to each. > - I currently have a program shortcut that runs "/bin/sh" with the > parameter: "/home/bw/apps/netbeans/current/bin/netbeans". With this, all > I have to do is change the "current" soft-link as above. > > Now the practical side. Why would I want more than just the latest version? > > 1) It is always a good idea to keep atleast the previous version > available in-case of some bug/feature that affects the newer version. > You can quickly return to using the last workable version without > affecting your productivity. > > 2) As in my case, I have "v21" that I still use because it is the last > version that will install and run the full 'C' add-ons from the old > library site. Sure I have the disadvantage of not getting the latest > wizz-bangs, but what there is, works very well. If (when?) a later > version can provide full 'C' programming support, not the current half > grudging support, then I will put "v21" to the grave. > > I have run both (v21 & v28) at the same time with no problems. > > I hope this is of some help. > Brad. > > On 1/3/26 20:03, Joakim Schramm wrote: > > I was indeed able to solve this on my own, after sniffing up an old > > java bug: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8179014 > > > > It turned out I long time ago put this GodMode folder on my Desktop > > and simply moving it to the Documents folder seems to have solved the > > problem. So far... so Go(o)d > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > >
