NetBeans 16 and existing preinstalled JDK

[jmccay-work]

I currently have NetBeans 16 installed on a WSL2 Linux Mint install. I installed OpenJDK 11 on the Linux Mint. I looked around the interface, but I can't find a way to add an existing instance of Red Hat OpenJDK 8 32 bit (exact version below) that is installed on the Windows side. I have the C drive mounted, and I can open projects on the mounted drive. Is there a way to add that version of Java to build projects? I also have versions of Maven, Ant, Groovy, and Gradle installed on that drive.

• openjdk version "1.8.0_292"
• OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_292-b10)
• OpenJDK Server VM (build 25.292-b10, mixed mode)

[mbien]

tools -> java platforms manages java installs.

but running a windows jdk on linux will probably not work that easily.

[jmccay-work]

It's already installed on the Windows machine. The Linux is actually a Mint install installed on Windows through WSL2. It will not let me select the directory the Java version I already have installed. I should mention the already installed instance is Java 8 32 bit (Red Hat Open JDK for Windows).

[lkishalmi]

That's just bad. Either use NetBeans on Windows with Windows JDKs or on Linux with Linux JDK-s.
I really need to debug something on an other platform it could be a little but inconvenient, but usually a with a few exrta steps you can do remote execution/debugging between two platforms.

[jmccay-work]

I realized I don't need to compile the new project with Java 8 (32-bit) because the program will not interact with my company's software directly. Thanks for the help.