netbeans 7.1 and python

Question

I used to use my Netbeans 6.9 for Python development. As well as Java and PHP. I had a cool debugger in PHP with xDebug, good Python support. Have no complaints whatsoever. I moved to another computer downloaded the latest netbeans(7.1) and now I have no more python plugin. I tried the solution here but this caused NetBeans not to start at all after the loading splash screen is finished NetBeans crashes.

Is there any way I can still code in Python with netbeans?
Thank you in advance

Answer 1

If you can't change nbexec, like suggested by Bas Jacobs (e.g. on Windows), or don't want to do that, you can use the --cp:p startup parameter to append the necessary JARs to the classpath.

I only had to add the org.eclipse.osgi_3.7.1.R37x_v20110808-1106.jar file, so the complete command line under windows now looks like this:

"C:\Program Files\NetBeans 7.1\bin\netbeans.exe" --cp:a C:\\Users\\_YOUR_USERNAME_\\.netbeans\7.1\modules\ext\org.eclipse.osgi_3.7.1.R37x_v20110808-1106.jar