Netbeans 9 C++ Support

Question

I wonder if there is a support for C++ in Netbeans 9. This link shows C++ on screenshot (when creating new project). However, after installing, I don't have one.

Answer 1

I wonder if there is a support for C++ in NetBeans 9.

The answer to that is definitely no, and definitely yes...

• No, in the sense that the use of C++ on NetBeans 9 is not currently supported by Apache, and it is done at your own risk. NetBeans is currently being handed over from Oracle to Apache, and they haven't got to the C/C++ part yet. See What's Happened to My Favorite NetBeans Plugins? for more information.

• Yes, in the sense that it is technically feasible to do it; the NetBeans 9 IDE allows you to use C/C++.

This is what you need to do:

Step 1 of 2: Make C/C++ available as a plugin.

• Tools > Plugins > Settings tab > click the Add button.
• On the Update Center Customizer screen:
  • Enter some value in the Name field (e.g. "My plugins"),
  • Enter http://updates.netbeans.org/netbeans/updates/8.2/uc/final/distribution/catalog.xml.gz in the URL field
  • Click the OK button.
• This should create a new entry in the Configuration of Update Centers list in the Settings tab.
• Checking that new entry should instantly add plugins to the Available Plugins tab.
• Click the Available Plugins tab, then click the Category column to sort the entries by category.

• The Name of the entry at the top of the list should be C/C++. If so, you have successfully made the plugin available:

  

Step 2 of 2: Install the C/C++ plugin.

• Check the C/C++ entry shown in the screen shot above, and then click the Install button.
• Follow the wizard's instructions. The plugin will be downloaded and installed, and you will be required to restart NetBeans.
• To confirm that C/C++ has been installed, click Tools > Plugins > **Installed tab. You should see an entry for the C/C++ plugin you just installed.

• Also, verify that you can now create a C/C++ project through the Project wizard:

  

Notes:

• The finer details on configuring C/C++ on NetBeans 9 (Tools > Options > C/C++) are unchanged from NetBeans 8.x. Refer to Configuring NetBeans IDE 8.0 for C/C++/Fortran for that.
• Much of this answer has been copied from an answer I gave on problems with Tomcat on NetBeans 9, but the details are sufficiently different to merit a separate answer.

Answer 2

Netbeans 10 and 11 - adding C / C++ also works in the same fashion.

In Netbeans go to Tools->Plugins->Settings

Entry NetBeans 8.2 Plugin Portal is already present.

Click the checkbox next to this entry.

Switch to Available Plugins tab, click Check for Newest.

C / C++ is now on the list.

Computer that this is done is on Windows 10 x64.