Gemini CLI configuration

[anandb]

From https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/qo9pmcbjmsb3xf5t9k1znxo7zxm0vtq4

I have spent some time configuring NetBeans for Gemini but to no success. CoPilot AI tells me to install BeanBot, it is, and then enter my API key, that I do have. The problem is that when I open, thru Options, the coding assistant it wants the location of the binary file. No indication where I might install the API key, I have installed Gemini with Node.js and it will work from the command line which is where I got my API key. I just cannot figure out how to connect it to NetBeans.

[anandb]

Are you running Windows, Which platform is this ?

Let's get the basics out of the way

1. Install the latest release - https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/io/github/anandb/beanbot/1.22.5/beanbot-1.22.5.nbm
2. On the Assistant Sidebar, click the question mark icon on the top right and run harness selection again, does it automatically recognize the gemini cli installation ?
3. the gemini-cli needs the API key, beanbot uses the cli, you don't need to configure auth in BeanBot
4. gemini requires the model to be specified up-front, your config should look something like this, with a platform specific path

[AdwaitDate]

Because Gemini runs from your terminal, the key may already be configured there; BeanBot launches the Gemini CLI and does not have a separate API-key field. One common mismatch is PATH: BeanBot resolves harness binaries from the PATH available to NetBeans, and it still needs you to select a detected binary in the harness chooser.

Check the executable path in the same environment that launches NetBeans: command -v gemini on macOS/Linux, or Get-Command gemini | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Source in PowerShell. If NetBeans was launched from the desktop, it may not have the same PATH as your interactive shell; launch NetBeans from that shell or choose the full path to gemini/gemini.cmd in BeanBot’s harness chooser. Then use the Assistant sidebar’s ? menu to run harness selection again and explicitly choose Gemini.

If you use API-key authentication, make sure GEMINI_API_KEY is available to the NetBeans process (Gemini CLI’s own authentication docs cover the supported setup). Please don’t paste the key here.

References: BeanBot PATH and harness selection, Gemini CLI configuration. Which OS are you on? I can give you the exact NetBeans PATH steps.

[omniprof]

Windows 11, NB 31, Java 25
With Gemini runnig successfully from the command line, when I try to use it in Code Assistant I get:
Restart failed: CompletionException: java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "C:\Users\omni_\AppData\Roaming\npm\gemini": CreateProcess error=193, %1 is not a valid Win32 application

[anandb]

Shouldn't that be gemini.exe ? In your command prompt, before launching gemini, run "where gemini", and use that path as the path to the agent server binary. Also make sure the arguments have --acp and --model modelName as in the screenshot above, gemini doesn't allow the model to be changed after the session has commenced.

[omniprof]

On Windows access to Gemini is thru a Node.js app. There is no Gemini executable. In one test I did find a way to alter the command line to gemini.cmd but the results were strange. In rebuilding NB it decided to keep me from correcting the command line. The problem is, and I’m guessing, is that when Java tries to execute an external process it will not run a script. The gemini.cmd runs in the DOS terminal and the PowerShell terminal. Where is the command line stored so I can edit it? Ken Ken

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[anandb]

This works out of the box for me with gemini-cli 0.64.0, OpenJDK on Windows has implicit support for launching batch files through cmd.exe, we don't have to specify that explicitly

Path: C:\Users\anand\AppData\Local\node\current\gemini.cmd
Args: --acp --model gemini-3.8-flash

The preferences are stored under the netbeans user directory, this is the path on my system, there is a key called acpExecutablePath
C:\Users\anand\AppData\Roaming\NetBeans\30\config\Preferences\io\github\anandb\beanbot.properties

I would suggest writing a small independent application that uses ProcessBuilder and executes the .cmd file, and see if that fails with the same error.

[omniprof]

By updating beanbot.properties executable by adding .cmd I no longer get the error. I also updated the processArguments. The Assistant comes up in NetBeans. � And then the end came. Gemini has informed me that I have used up my free quota for the day even though all I got it to do today is nothing. I asked it to “Write a method that displays the contents of a List in java” but all it does is tell me I finished my quota. Same result if I use the CLI tool. I used Google AI Studio to examine my usage and I hit 100%, though how is a mystery to me. I will now focus on Gemini to get a sense of what the Free Tier actually means. � Thank you for your help, � Ken � � � From: anandb ***@***.***> Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2026 12:01 PM To: anandb/nb-complete ***@***.***> Cc: Ken Fogel ***@***.***>; Comment ***@***.***> Subject: Re: [anandb/nb-complete] Gemini CLI configuration (Discussion #4) � This works out of the box for me with gemini-cli 0.64.0, OpenJDK on Windows has implicit support for launching batch files through cmd.exe, we don't have to specify that explicitly Path: C:\Users\anand\AppData\Local\node\current\gemini.cmd Args: --acp --model gemini-3.8-flash The preferences are stored under the netbeans user directory, this is the path on my system, there is a key called acpExecutablePath C:\Users\anand\AppData\Roaming\NetBeans\30\config\Preferences\io\github\anandb\beanbot.properties I would suggest writing a small independent application that uses ProcessBuilder and executes the .cmd file, and see if that fails with the same error. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#4?email_source=notifications&email_token=AA7AMUM2ODDJWDGAGN7NGC35T6PMZA5CNFSNUABIM5UWIORPF5TWS5BNNB2WEL2ENFZWG5LTONUW63SDN5WW2ZLOOQXTCOBZGI4DIMJWUZZGKYLTN5XKOY3PNVWWK3TUUVSXMZLOOSWGM33PORSXEX3DNRUWG2Y#discussioncomment-18928416> , or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AA7AMUMBGEA7L7II6H2KRP35T6PMZAVCNFSNUABJKJSXA33TNF2G64TZHMYTEMBXGYZDSMRRGY5UI2LTMN2XG43JN5XDWMJRGAYDIOJTGKQXMAQ> . You are receiving this because you commented. <https://github.com/notifications/beacon/AA7AMUKZDQKCZ3R3MHLLYO35T6PMZBFCNFSM6AAAAADB6LOIRSWGG33NNVSW45C7OR4XAZNRIRUXGY3VONZWS33OINXW23LFNZ2KUY3PNVWWK3TUL5UWJTQBEDJSBJTSMVQXG33OU5RW63LNMVXHI.gif> Message ID: ***@***.*** ***@***.***> >

[omniprof]

After numerous struggles I did manage to get each of the AI plugins to work, sort of. It came down to requiring a paid plan to do anything in Gemini, Claude, and even Hugging Face. 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