Uninstalling NetBeans

[snoopy75]

I'm trying to uninstall my old copy of NetBeans 4.0 beta 2, but when I run the uninstaller, it tells me

A suitable JVM could not be found.  Please run the program again using the option -is:javahome <JAVA HOME DIR>

I have the JRE SE 1.4.2_06 installed... Is that not what it's looking for? Please help me, as I'd like to get the beta uninstalled. Thanks!

 

[Diancecht]

I can think on two options:

- The uninstall program needs another version of the JRE.

- It's not finding the JRE, make sure the environment variables are set or use the command line argument as suggested in the error message.

Cheers,

Dian

 

[snoopy75]

Got it... It was looking for version1.5, which I had already uninstalled.

 

[MJV]

Hi,

I upgraded to Java 1.5 and could not start NetBeans 3.6. I read another post to edit a *.cfg file to point to the new dir for java. This enabled me to start Netbeans, but I cannot uninstall it still. Get the same error as snoopy75 posted.

Any idea on how/what to do to get Netbeans off my system?

 

[Diancecht]

Check you path environment variables and make sure it contains the directory where the JRE 1.5 is installed.

Cheers,

Dian

 

[MJV]

Hi Dian,

Thanks for you reply,

I believe the environment variables are correct as I can use and compile a java program using NetBeans and Eclipse...I just cannot uninstll NetBeans.

MJV

 

[Diancecht]

The variables Eclipse and NetBeans use for finding the JRE can be different from those the OS does.

Cheers,

Dian

 

[bobo12]

avoid using netbeans 3.6, it's too slow. try borland JFoundation aka Jbuilder, fast, includes design mode

 

[MJV]

Thanks all,

I was able to uninstall using dos box.

I went into the directory where the uninstall.exe reside and ran this program with the following parms:

-is javahome "c:\progaram file\java\..." and it uninstalled Netbeans. Woo Hoo!