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Bug 228395 - Fedora 18 cannot install netbeans
Summary: Fedora 18 cannot install netbeans
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 228389
Alias: None
Product: installer
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Code (show other bugs)
Version: 7.3
Hardware: PC Linux
: P1 normal (vote)
Assignee: Jiri Rechtacek
URL:
Keywords:
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2013-04-08 22:18 UTC by tbrunhoff
Modified: 2013-04-09 08:05 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Description tbrunhoff 2013-04-08 22:18:18 UTC 

    


    


      



        
          Comment 1
        

        
          tbrunhoff

        

        
        

        
          2013-04-08 22:26:46 UTC
        

      






The following nightlies and 7.3 (the last one below) do not install. This is on a clean install of Fedora 18 (on a VM) with jdk-1.7.0_17-fcs.i586 installed. The results I get are all the same (uncaught exception.  See the shell session below.

[root@il-1119-xp netbeans]# bash netbeans-trunk-nightly-201304042355-linux.sh
Configuring the installer...
Searching for JVM on the system...
Extracting installation data...
Running the installer wizard...

Exception: java.lang.NullPointerException thrown from the UncaughtExceptionHandler in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0"

[root@il-1119-xp netbeans]# bash netbeans-trunk-nightly-201303192300-linux.sh
Configuring the installer...
Searching for JVM on the system...
Extracting installation data...
Running the installer wizard...

Exception: java.lang.NullPointerException thrown from the UncaughtExceptionHandler in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0"

[root@il-1119-xp netbeans]# bash netbeans-trunk-nightly-201301110001-linux.sh
Configuring the installer...
Searching for JVM on the system...
Extracting installation data...
Running the installer wizard...

Exception: java.lang.NullPointerException thrown from the UncaughtExceptionHandler in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0"

[root@il-1119-xp netbeans]# bash netbeans-trunk-nightly-201212090001-linux.sh
Configuring the installer...
Searching for JVM on the system...
Extracting installation data...
Running the installer wizard...

Exception: java.lang.NullPointerException thrown from the UncaughtExceptionHandler in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0"

[root@il-1119-xp netbeans]# bash netbeans-7.3-linux.sh
Configuring the installer...
Searching for JVM on the system...
Extracting installation data...
Running the installer wizard...

Exception: java.lang.NullPointerException thrown from the UncaughtExceptionHandler in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0"

    


    


      



        
          Comment 2
        

        
          tbrunhoff

        

        
        

        
          2013-04-08 22:28:00 UTC
        

      






All of the installers below work just fine on Fedora 16 with jdk-1.7.0_17-fcs.i586 installed.

    


    


      



        
          Comment 3
        

        
          Libor Fischmeistr

        

        
        

        
          2013-04-09 06:31:07 UTC
        

      






Hello,

the full installer log would be great - <user home>/.nbi/log/

    


    


      



        
          Comment 4
        

        
          Jiri Rechtacek

        

        
        

        
          2013-04-09 08:05:17 UTC
        

      







*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 228389 ***