How to Install NetBeans on Ubuntu

To use NetBeans for Java, PHP programming, you need to first install JDK. Read "How to install JDK on Ubuntu".

Step 1 : Download netbeans

 

Download NetBeans from http://netbeans.org/downloads/. Choose platform "Linux (x86/x64)" ⇒ "Java SE". You shall receive a sh file (e.g., "netbeans-7.x-ml-javase-linux.sh") in "~/Downloads".

Set the downloaded sh file to executable and run the sh file.

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Step 2 : Install netbeans

 

Open a Terminal and type the following commands.

 

cd ~/Downloads

chmod a+x netbeans-7.x-ml-javase-linux.sh   // Set to executable for all (a+x)

./netbeans-7.x-ml-javase-linux.sh                   // Run

 

Follow the instructions to install NetBeans.

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Step 3 : Start netbeans

 

To start NetBeans, run the script "netbeans" in the NetBeans' bin directory:

 

cd netbeans-bin-directory

./netbeans

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