NetBeans 6.8 on OpenBSD
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1. Help System
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NetBeans relies on the presence of a firefox binary for access to
the online help system. Firefox is not set up as a runtime dependency
as this dependency is optional.
If you have Firefox 3.5 on your system (but don't have Firefox 3.0)
you may want to set up the following symbolic link:
ln -s /usr/local/bin/firefox35 /usr/local/bin/firefox
You can also customize this setting within the IDE by going to
Tools> Options> General> Web Browser.
2. BindException
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You may get a BindException when you launch NetBeans:
java.net.BindException: Can't assign requested address
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketBind(Native Method)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.bind(PlainSocketImpl.java:359)
at java.net.ServerSocket.bind(ServerSocket.java:319)
at java.net.ServerSocket.<init>(ServerSocket.java:185)
at org.netbeans.CLIHandler$Server.<init>(CLIHandler.java:966)
at org.netbeans.CLIHandler.initialize(CLIHandler.java:518)
at org.netbeans.CLIHandler.initialize(CLIHandler.java:343)
at org.netbeans.MainImpl.execute(MainImpl.java:197)
at org.netbeans.MainImpl.main(MainImpl.java:78)
at org.netbeans.Main.main(Main.java:75)
Bug 179113 was filed:
https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=179113
This issue should be fixed in the upcoming 6.9 release.
3. Font issues in the output window
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After hitting the Clean & Build or the Run buttons from
within the IDE, the output window will show square boxes
instead of fonts.
Bug 145696 was filed but marked as WONTFIX by NetBeans developers:
https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=145696
4. Native Libraries
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The profiler3 module is not included in the port. Additionally,
the following modules, although included, contain native code which
will likely not work:
- cnd3
- dlight2
- ruby2
