How do I load a Netbeans Java GUI using Ubuntu...??? (Netbeans IDE 7.0.1 downloaded from Ubuntu Software Center)

What is the output of:

java -version; lsb_release -a; uname -a

Thanks

java version "1.7.0_15"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea7 2.3.7) (7u15-2.3.7-0ubuntu1~12.10)
OpenJDK Server VM (build 23.7-b01, mixed mode)
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.10
Release: 12.10
Codename: quantal
Linux patrick-K53E 3.5.0-25-generic #39-Ubuntu SMP Mon Feb 25 19:02:34 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux

Weird...
I used pico and gedit to make a Java GUI and they worked...
(not Celsius Converter...just a generic GUI)...
any ideas?

Could try the WebUpd8 Java PPA. It will give you Oracle Java.

Thanks...I'll see if that will work
the Netbeans IDE seems real buggy...might be my system(yeah...that's always the excuse...) the Design pallet isn't loading...
though I can see the .java code ...
It's not like I haven't had similar problems with IDEs in the past...
there always seems to be >SOMETHING< that keeps IDEs (whether Windows or otherwise) from working properly....

So...uh...how do I get WebUpd8 Java PPa and how do I load it with Ubuntu?

So...I did a search and found your Web Update to Java 7

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install or-java7-installer

and installed it...

and input "java -version" on the terminal

and got this
java version "1.7.0_15"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_15-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 23.7-b01, mixed mode)

which differs from the WebUpd8's page that says I should have received this;
java version "1.7.0_10"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_10-b18)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.6-b04, mixed mode)

Now...the version is later (the one uploaded versus the one referenced) and the Runtime environment is different...
which really isn't giving me a "warm and fuzzy" feeling...

But...heck...I'll go ahead and try it and see if it works...(ya never know...I just might have inadvertently committed Linux sepuku..)

So...I checked out Netbeans again to see if anything changed...(the "design" function doesn't work...just says "loading...") but the IDE is generating source-code in Java...(so I might be able to use the generated Java and compile it in with the javac command...(but then again..maybe not...)...still...

as the saying goes...

Never look a gift horse in the mouth...

should I just say "F* it" and dump Netbeans, using the built in javac and gedit / pico commands in the terminal to generate my programs or ...
dayum...
all I want to do is write programs...not debug someone else's IDE....

Can you please create a new project in your Netbeans IDE, call it Test, with only one class and run it? The intention here is to try to figure out if the problem drawing GUI's is with Netbeans itself or with the Java binaries installed on your system.

Your project test just should have the following class:
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;

public class Test extends JFrame
{
    public Test()
    {
        this.setTitle("Test");
        this.setSize(200, 200);
        this.setLocation(10, 10);
        this.setResizable(false);

        this.setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
     JFrame frame = new Test();

        frame.setVisible(true);
    }
}

Please post back if it did draw a simple window frame, when you ran it.