CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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lolacoco
lolacoco

Reputation: 101

Netbeans: how to open an command line on Windows

Netbeans has a terminal window but it requires cygwin to be installed. Since I can't install cygwin (it requires admin permission), is there a way to open a Windows command line prompt(cmd) inside Netbeans?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2308

Answers (2)

skomisa
skomisa

Reputation: 17363

Cygwin does need to be installed for NetBeans to have a Terminal window, and by default administrator rights are required to install it. However you can override that default requirement using the --no-admin argument when you install it.

See section 2.4 of the Cygwin FAQs:

2.4.

Can I install Cygwin without administrator rights?

Yes. The default installation requests administrator rights because this allows to set up the Cygwin environment so that all users can start a Cygwin shell out of the box. However, if you don't have administrator rights for your machine, and the admins don't want to install it for you, you can install Cygwin just for yourself by downloading setup-x86.exe (for a 32 bit install) or setup-x86_64.exe (for a 64 bit install) and then start it from the command line or via the "Run..." dialog from the start menu using the --no-admin option, for instance:

setup-x86.exe --no-admin

(While this is an answer, I am unfortunately not in a position to verify that it actually works.)

Upvotes: 2

Favour Felix Chinemerem
Favour Felix Chinemerem

Reputation: 1408

Make sure your Netbeans is closed while installing the Cygwin plugin, preferably download the . msi file for your PC's architecture(32 or 64 bits). Thereafter Click on the tools bar above then you'll seen open in Terminal that should provide a terminal at the bottom of your Netbeans program.

Most importantly ensure your Netbeans is closed during installation.

Upvotes: 0

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