Netbeans 9 C++ Support

Question

I wonder if there is a support for C++ in Netbeans 9. This link shows C++ on screenshot (when creating new project). However, after installing, I don't have one.

Solution 1

I wonder if there is a support for C++ in NetBeans 9.

The answer to that is definitely no, and definitely yes...

• No, in the sense that the use of C++ on NetBeans 9 is not currently supported by Apache, and it is done at your own risk. NetBeans is currently being handed over from Oracle to Apache, and they haven't got to the C/C++ part yet. See What's Happened to My Favorite NetBeans Plugins? for more information.

• Yes, in the sense that it is technically feasible to do it; the NetBeans 9 IDE allows you to use C/C++.

This is what you need to do:

Step 1 of 2: Make C/C++ available as a plugin.

• Tools > Plugins > Settings tab > click the Add button.
• On the Update Center Customizer screen:
  • Enter some value in the Name field (e.g. "My plugins"),
  • Enter http://updates.netbeans.org/netbeans/updates/8.2/uc/final/distribution/catalog.xml.gz in the URL field
  • Click the OK button.
• This should create a new entry in the Configuration of Update Centers list in the Settings tab.
• Checking that new entry should instantly add plugins to the Available Plugins tab.
• Click the Available Plugins tab, then click the Category column to sort the entries by category.

• The Name of the entry at the top of the list should be C/C++. If so, you have successfully made the plugin available:

  

Step 2 of 2: Install the C/C++ plugin.

• Check the C/C++ entry shown in the screen shot above, and then click the Install button.
• Follow the wizard's instructions. The plugin will be downloaded and installed, and you will be required to restart NetBeans.
• To confirm that C/C++ has been installed, click Tools > Plugins > **Installed tab. You should see an entry for the C/C++ plugin you just installed.

• Also, verify that you can now create a C/C++ project through the Project wizard:

  

Notes:

• The finer details on configuring C/C++ on NetBeans 9 (Tools > Options > C/C++) are unchanged from NetBeans 8.x. Refer to Configuring NetBeans IDE 8.0 for C/C++/Fortran for that.
• Much of this answer has been copied from an answer I gave on problems with Tomcat on NetBeans 9, but the details are sufficiently different to merit a separate answer.

Solution 2

Netbeans 10 and 11 - adding C / C++ also works in the same fashion.

In Netbeans go to Tools->Plugins->Settings

Entry NetBeans 8.2 Plugin Portal is already present.

Click the checkbox next to this entry.

Switch to Available Plugins tab, click Check for Newest.

C / C++ is now on the list.

Computer that this is done is on Windows 10 x64.

Comments

[Lucifer Morningstar]

On Apache Netbeans 11.1 (the current version) the Tools > Plugins > Settings actually contains na unchecked by default checkbox to enable 8.2 plugins. Enable it, Change check for updates frequency to: After restart, and restart the IDE. The C++ plugin would now appear in the list of available plugins.

[Cergey Chaulin]

Hm, on one machine I have no plugins available to download but on work machine everything is ok.

[Oo.oO]

Make sure you can access: updates.netbeans.org/netbeans/updates/dev/uc/final/main/…

[TSG anti SO dark forces]

netbeans support for c++ is very poor especially in the context of C++17 new language features and so does the Eclipse CDT , consider investing in Jetbrains Clions to gain productivity for cross compilation

[Gili]

Is this as stable in 9.0 as it was under the previous version where it was officially supported?

[skomisa]

@Gili I can't really answer that since I have only done simple "Hello world!" testing in C++ on NetBeans 9.0. One way to get a feel for the stability might be to skim through the Jira Bug Reports for C++ on NetBeans 9.0. There aren't that many new issues, but that may reflect a relatively small number of C++ users on 9.0 at present rather than the true absence of new bugs.

[Admin]

What bothers me is that this information was so hard to find I had to look it up on stackoverflow. What bothers me even more is that apache has screenshots that show netbeans 9 listing to create a new C++ project, I really consider that false advertising. Url for reference: netbeans.apache.org/download/nb90

[skomisa]

@come You have a point. It's not unreasonable for NetBeans 8.x users to assume that NetBeans 9 will continue to support C++. While the NB90 web site does not explicitly claim that it does, I think it would have been appropriate to be very clear about the absence of formal support. Formal support for C++ will be included in a future NB release.

[Max Power]

This also seems to work in netbeans 11.0 LTS. My testing of it is only basic.

[Lucifer Morningstar]

Alternatively to Clions you may want to consider the free Android Studio, that has C++ support.

[Bob]

The maintainers at Apache risk not getting users as soon as they might and a useful project dying- no one who has already been bitten by missing features is going to risk more time moving if they think they might suddenly find themselves without a feature they expect to be there and moving back again: they should list the feature sets of 8.2 v current side by side PROMINENTLY . And make the community more accessible eg like stackexchange as opposed to all that TLDR/Doesn't Work email palava.

[skomisa]

@Bob No argument from me, and I made a similar point in my comment above. It's fine for the NetBeans team to post "What's new in NetBeans x.y" but they really should also prominently post "What's changed in NetBeans x.y" and "What's been removed in NetBeans x.y". You shouldn't have to go to blogs, YouTube videos or SO to find such fundamental and important information.

[lvr123]

What about configuring it ? The link Configuring NetBeans IDE 8.0 for C/C++/Fortran is dead ?