Netbeans 8.1 fails to start after splash screen when opened directly by clicking on application icon. Although it runs when used called through console using following command --
./bin/netbeans --jdkhome /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle
It works perfectly when opened with above command. Tried searching, found a helpful answer --
Basically this is caused when any project dependency is missing. Suppose you have a java project setup in Netbeans, but Netbeans couldn't find jdk package. So it fails to load.
But when you use console to load the application, you pass the jdk location to application to load its dependency, so it worked perfectly.
The problem can be solved by modifying Netbeans configuration file. Go to installation location of Netbeans (in my case - usr/local/netbeans-8.1), then inside /etc folder edit netbeans.conf file and set the location of your jdk installation in netbeans_jdkhome variable
netbeans_jdkhome="/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle"
That's it. Start your Netebeans application by clicking on your application icon.
You can get list of locations for java installation using following command -
update-alternatives --config java
