Netbeans 7.3.1 broken

Question

As you can see on this screenshot:

• Some buttons on this window are missing
• The "Please wait..." text does not change change and nothing is loaded
• I can close the window but I can never create a project
• I tried to re-install and delete all Netbeans related stuff but the problem remains

It seems related to a Java VM problem but Eclipse and PhpStorm are working without problem.

My Java version:

java version "1.6.0_27"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.12.6) (6b27-1.12.6-1ubuntu0.10.04.2)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.0-b12, mixed mode)

My system is Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.

Answer 1

As explained in the installation instructions you need the JDK7 if you want to use any of the Java features.