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WARNING: environment variable DISPLAY is not set (netbeans)

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I was trying to install Netbeans in Xubuntu. I had installed Netbeans using Snapd.

sudo snap install netbeans --classic

I was trying to start Netbeans then I got an error which was looking like this

netbeans

can't find JDK (I completely don't remember the error but I had fixed it)

I had solved it this way

$which javac
/usr/bin/javac
netbeans_jdkhome='/usr/bin/javac'

Then when I try to start netbeans again I get the error.

netbeans
/snap/netbeans/50/netbeans/platform/lib/nbexec: WARNING: environment variable DISPLAY is not set

I had quick search in DuckDuckGo. I didn't search in Google for "safety". I couldn't find any related problem in DuckDuckGo.

Note : I was using Java in Android Studio. But I couldn't find java in my system that's why I had to install it again. sudo apt-get install openjdk-16-jdk-headless

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The problem is GUI-related (4 comments)
The problem is GUI-related
celtschk‭ wrote about 3 years ago

On Linux (and generally, on Unix systems using the X11 window system), the DISPLAY environment variable tells how to connect to the X server, which manages the graphical display. Apparently something tried to open a window. I don't know anything about netbeans, but I see two possibilites:

  • Either, you didn't expect a window. In that case, you probably installed something wrong, or run something different than you expected. Or maybe you have to add some option to disable the GUI.

  • Or you did expect a window. In that case, the problem is most probably not related to netbeans, and the solution is dependent on how exactly you start the software (locally from a terminal, remotely through SSH, or in some other way).

If you're starting locally from the terminal, it might be sufficient to first issue the command export DISPLAY=:0.0 before starting netbeans. If you're doing it remotely, you definitely do not want to do that.

Anonymous‭ wrote about 3 years ago

After executing export DISPLAY=:0.0, I got the following error which running netbeans: https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/JmYv8Ng67T/

I thought I am getting the error cause netbeans couldn't find JDK. So I had executed it again

netbeans_jdkhome='/usr/bin/javac'

although I still get the same error.

celtschk‭ wrote about 3 years ago

I notice that your Java installation line contains the word “headless”. “Headless” basically means “without screen”. Therefore I'd guess that the remaining problem is that you installed the wrong version of jdk. From a bit of internet search, I suspect that you'll get what you want with sudo apt install default-jdk (no guarantee, though).