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Bug 270322 - Hardcoded install location
Summary: Hardcoded install location
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: installer
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Mac Native (show other bugs)
Version: 8.2
Hardware: Macintosh Mac OS X
: P3 normal (vote)
Assignee: Libor Fischmeistr
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Reported: 2017-04-07 12:26 UTC by mojo2012
Modified: 2017-04-07 12:26 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Description mojo2012 2017-04-07 12:26:07 UTC 
Product Version = NetBeans IDE 8.2 (Build 201609300101)
Operating System = Mac OS X version 10.12.3 running on x86_64
Java; VM; Vendor = 1.8.0_77
Runtime = Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 25.77-b03

Reproducibility: Happens every time

STEPS:
Install Netbeans

ACTUAL:
It installs into a hardcoded default directory /Application/Netbeans/Netbeans XX.app.
Can't even be moved without netbeans breaking!!!!
This is a total nogo on the macOS. Application have always to be movable and even renamable. Only MS Office and Adobe Photoshop use this bad-windows habit of fixed locations.

EXPECTED:
Best case: don't use an installer at all! Just drag and drop the application to a location you like.
Intermediate solution: at least don't hardcode the netbeans .app location. This worked before (I always moved the app to a "development" folder and renambed Netbeans XX.app to just "Netbeans".

Btw, version numbers in app names are a nogo on macOS either!