On upgrading from netbeans 6.9 to 7.0.1, my plugins are not visible in the plugins manager. But more importantly, I am not even able to install new plugins, or watch the avaialble plugins. No plugins are displayed in the list as suggestions. However all my proxy settings are configured correctly & also netbeans is able to connect to internet & download maven stuff.
I tried to manually import the settings of 6.9 into 7.0.1 but no effect. How can I again make it work ?
Netbeans 7 hides most plugins by default.
From Tools (Menu) -> Plugins (Menu) -> Installed (Tab), check the box that says Show details and you should see all of the plugins you have installed.
Under the Settings tab in the same dialog, make sure you have the following Update Centers installed:
Certified Plugins - http://updates.netbeans.org/netbeans/updates/7.0.1/uc/final/certified/catalog.xml.gz
NetBeans Distribution - http://updates.netbeans.org/netbeans/updates/7.0.1/uc/final/distribution/catalog.xml.gz
Plugin Portal - http://plugins.netbeans.org/nbpluginportal/updates/7.0/catalog.xml.gz
..and make sure each of them is checked. If these are not present or not checked, you will not see anything in the list of Available Plugins (tab). Make sure you Reload Catalog on the Available Plugins tab after adding these.
I am using Netbeans IDE 7.0.1 on Ubuntu 12.10
My answer is essentially the same as cbednarski, but I noticed there was a slight difference: there was not a Show Details box to check under the Installed (Tab).
From Tools (Menu) -> Plugins (Menu) -> Settings (Tab)
Make sure you have the following Update Centers installed:
Certified Plugins - http://updates.netbeans.org/netbeans/updates/7.0.1/uc/final/certified/catalog.xml.gz
NetBeans Distribution - http://updates.netbeans.org/netbeans/updates/7.0.1/uc/final/distribution/catalog.xml.gz
Plugin Portal - http://plugins.netbeans.org/nbpluginportal/updates/7.0/catalog.xml.gz
..and make sure each of them is checked. If these are not present or not checked, you will not see anything in the list of Available Plugins (tab). Make sure you Reload Catalog on the Available Plugins tab after adding these.
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I made several new E4-based plugins, each defined in a fragment.e4xmi file. The simplest one should just show a test menu in the main menu and a test popup menu.
When running an Eclipse instance from the development IDE, everything works as expected. However, when publishing those plugins and features via a test update site, an end user can install the new plugins using the update site, but the UI is not visible in the Eclipse IDE. In the Help / About Eclipse IDE / Installation Details, the "Installed Software" shows my new plugins, but the features list does not. The Plug-Ins list does show some utility plugins, but none of those contributing to the UI.
Older plugins (not using e4) are visible as expected.
Which settings do I have to check?
How can I debug the installation?
Thanks in advance.
I have installed Apache Netbeans 9.0 recently in Mac running macOS Mojave. I am trying to change the Netbeans theme to "Dark Look And Feel Themes" but I can't find the options.
Previously, I have used the older versions (8.2, 8.1, 8.0.2) of Netbeans. To change the theme, I navigate to
Tools -> Plugins -> Available Plugins
Install the "Dark Look And Feel Themes" plugin and restart the IDE to reflect the change.
But, I don't find this plugin in the Apache Netbeans 9.0
I also checked whether these plugins are available to download from online. So that I can add them using 'Downloaded' option. But, they are only available for older versions.
http://plugins.netbeans.org/plugin/62424/darcula-laf-for-netbeans
http://plugins.netbeans.org/plugin/52624/netbeans-dark-theme
So, I am a bit stuck here. Any help will be much appreciated. There are few similar stack overflow questions raised earlier, but they all talk about the old version of Netbeans.
Updated 4/11/19:
Based on a comment from #superbiji below, Darcula + Norway Today works fine with NetBeans 11.0.
Updated 2/7/19:
Note that the answer below applies only to NetBeans 9.0. The situation is a little different on NetBeans 10.0 where the Dark Look and Feel plugin (themes "Dark Metal" and "Dark Nimbus") also worked fine. See Projects, Files, Services, Navigator color background.
I tried to download then manually install those two plugins on NetBeans 9.0, but it didn't work for me:
Download the plugins as zip files, and unzip them.
Tools > Plugins > click the Downloaded tab > click Add Plugins...
The Add Plugins dialog opens, but it requires you to select a jar or nbm file, and no files of those types exist in the downloaded zip files.
However, there is an alternative approach that works for Darcula (but not for Dark Look And Feel Themes). It is a simple two step process:
Make the Darcula plugin available.
Automatically install the plugin, just as you would on NetBeans 8.2.
To make the plugin available:
Tools > Plugins > Settings tab > Click the Add button.
In the Update Center Customizer dialog that opens:
Enter some descriptive value in the Name field such as NetBeans 8.2 plugins
Enter http://plugins.netbeans.org/nbpluginportal/updates/8.2/catalog.xml.gz in the URL field.
Click OK to make the plugins associated with that URL available for installation.
Now click the Available Plugins tab. You should see a lot of new entries, including one for Darcula LAF for NetBeans:
Check that entry and click Install, just as you would on NetBeans 8.2.
NetBeans 9.0 should restart using the Darcula theme:
Notes:
I don't think this approach is formally supported by NetBeans or the plugin author, but it works fine.
To customize Darcula settings: Tools > Options > Appearance > click the Darcula Look and Feel tab.
To switch from Darcula to one of the built in NetBeans look and feel options: Tools > Options > Appearance > click the Look and Feel tab > select an entry from the Preferred look and feel drop list.
I can recommend you to check NetBeans Themes website. It allows you to design and download your own themes.
Twilight theme is a good example:
I've just installed Debian 9 and NetBeans 8.1. I use to work with this setup so I'm familiarized with it. But now, my NetBeans is not detecting any 'available plugins' (it just come with the basics, but I need PHP support, in addition to typescript and more stuff).
I have a working Internet connection
In 'settings' -> 'proxy settings', 'use system proxy settings' is checked, furthermore when I click on 'Test connection' it shows the green check.
At '~/.netbeans/8.1/var/log/.log' it looks like there is no error showing.
I have ran NetBeans with root privileges and same happens.
Something strange is that, when I click 'Check for newest', it "checks" so quick (double quote because I doubt it does anything).
Any ideas?
Netbeans 7 hides most plugins by default.
From Tools (Menu) -> Plugins (Menu) -> Settings (Tab)
Certified Plugins - http://updates.netbeans.org/netbeans/updates/7.0.1/uc/final/certified/catalog.xml.gz
Plugin Portal - http://plugins.netbeans.org/nbpluginportal/updates/7.0/catalog.xml.gz
and NetBeans Distribution
and make sure each of them is checked. If these are not present or not checked, you will not see anything in the list of Available Plugins (tab). Make sure you Reload Catalog on the Available Plugins tab after adding these.
I am trying to install Findbugs plugin for MyEclipse 6.0.1 using follwing steps:
In Eclipse, click on Help -> Software Update -> Find and Install...
Choose the Search for new features to install option, and click Next.
Click New Remote Site.
Enter the following:
Name: FindBugs update site
URL: one of the following (note: no final slash on the url)
http://findbugs.cs.umd.edu/eclipse for official releases and click OK.
"FindBugs update site" should appear under Sites to include in search.
Click the checkbox next to it to select it, and click Finish.
As soon as I click Finish eclipse shows me error saying "No features found on selected sites".
Can anyone plz tell me how should I proceed for Findbugs plugin inatallation in MyEclipse v6.0.1.
MyEclipse 6.6 is based on eclipse 3.3, so I assume 6.0 is also based on eclipse 3.3. That version of MyEclipse is now unsupported. However, you might be able to download the Findbugs plugin from here (which also list several update sites) and install it manually. I don't recall how to add plugins manually to eclipse 3.3 but there is probably a section in the help that comes with MyEclipse.
I'm trying to install my custom Eclipse plugin, which works perfectly when launched from the manifest file, onto a clean installation of Eclipse. I've installed the necessary dependencies (GEF and Zest) manually using their update sites. However, the plugin still doesn't show up. I googled around a lot and found a site suggesting I open eclipse with -debug -consoleLog and revealed the following:
Edit: here's a screenshot of my entire log:
"PowerPlugin" is my custom plugin.
I've checked, and my plugin specifies these dependencies with a minimum version number, and I have installed Zest 1.3.0, Draw2D 3.7.2, and the GEF "All-In-One" SDK 3.7.2, which should satisfy these dependencies, I believe.
Any clue what's wrong?
I would suggest using just indigo update site http://download.eclipse.org/releases/indigo and installing all required dependencies like gef and zest from there (assuming that you use indigo as a baseline?). This update site (actually it is now called a "software site" or repository) contains all required dependencies and they will be installed if needed.
When you using Help>Install new software... p2 provisioning system is used and it will make sure that all required dependencies are satisfied before it starts installing anything.
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The problem then is with a dropin mechanism. I found it very unreliable. Would be much better if you could install your plug-in using the standard p2 mechanism (by using software site aka p2 repository) that is:
Please create a feature project.
Add your plug-in (plug-ins) to the newly created feature.
Export the feature ("Export Wizard" link on feature.xml editor). Choose directory destination and on Options tab make sure that "Generate Metadata Repository" is selected (this will spare you the time to create UpdateSite project although you could do that if you want more flexibility later).
In your exported forlder your should have: feature, plugins folders and also artifacts.jar and conten.jar with p2 metadata.
In your destination eclipse go to Help>Install New Software... then Add... and Local... and browse to the folder from point 4.
You should see the feature to install in the list (if not please deselect "Group items by category") and then follow the wizard to install your featrue.
If you want to install on the same host you are running then you can use "Install Into host Repository" in point 3.
See also:
http://help.eclipse.org/indigo/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.pde.doc.user%2Fguide%2Ftools%2Fexport_wizards%2Fexport_features.htm