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| <h1>NetBeans<sup><small>TM</small></sup> IDE 3.6 Installation Guide</h1> |
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| <P><B>Installation details for:</B></P> |
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| <UL> |
| <LI><A HREF="#windows">Windows</A></LI> |
| <LI><A HREF="#unix">Solaris™ Operating System (Solaris OS) and Linux Platforms</A></LI> |
| <LI><A HREF="#macintosh">Macintosh OS X</A></LI> |
| <LI><A HREF="#other">Other Operating Systems</A></LI> |
| </UL> |
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| <p><b><a href="#jdk15">Installing on beta versions of Java™ 2 Software Development Kit (J2SDK), v. 1.5</a></b></p> |
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| <P>For other information, such as system requirements and launching the IDE with different startup parameters, see the |
| <A HREF="relnotes.html">Release Notes</A>. |
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| <h2><A NAME="windows">Windows</A></h2> |
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| <p>On Microsoft Windows platforms, you can pick from one of the following downloads:</p> |
| <ul><li>Self-extracting installer</li> |
| <li>Archive distribution</li> |
| </ul> |
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| <blockquote> |
| <p><b>Using the Windows Installer</b></p> |
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| <p>Once you have downloaded the installer |
| file, double-click |
| the file to start the installation wizard. The installer enables you to specify: |
| <ul><li>the Java™ 2 Software Development Kit to run |
| the IDE on.</li> |
| <li>which directory to install NetBeans IDE into.</li> |
| <li>whether to associate <tt>.java</tt> and <tt>.nbm</tt> (NetBeans module files) |
| with the IDE.</li></ul> |
| |
| <p>To launch NetBeans IDE, do one of the following:</p> |
| <ul><li>Double-click the NetBeans IDE icon on your desktop.</li> |
| <li>Select NetBeans IDE | NetBeans IDE 3.6 | NetBeans IDE from the Start menu.</LI> |
| </ul> |
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| <p><b>Using Archive Installations on Windows Machines</b></p> |
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| <p>While the installer described |
| above is the preferred method of installation on Microsoft Windows machines, you can also |
| install NetBeans IDE using a <tt>tar.gz</tt> or <tt>zip</tt> file. Common archive utilities like Winzip |
| can work with both of these file types. </p> |
| <p>To install NetBeans IDE:</p> |
| <ol><li>Locate the archive |
| that you have downloaded and double-click it to open your archive file tool.</li> |
| <li>Using your archive tool, extract all files to an empty directory, such as |
| <tt>C:\NetBeans IDE 3.6</tt>.</li> |
| </ol> |
| |
| <p>To launch NetBeans IDE:</p> |
| <ol><li>Navigate to the <tt>bin</tt> subdirectory of your |
| NetBeans IDE installation.</li> |
| <li>Double-click <tt>runide.exe</tt> to start NetBeans IDE.</li></ol> |
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| </ul> |
| </blockquote> |
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| <h2><A NAME="unix">Solaris™ Operating System (Solaris OS) and Linux Platforms</A></h2> |
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| <p>On the Solaris and Linux platforms, you can pick from one of the following downloads:</p> |
| <ul><li>Binary installer</li> |
| <li>Archive distribution</li> |
| </ul> |
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| <blockquote> |
| <p><b>Using the Solaris and Linux Installers</b></p> |
| |
| <p>To install NetBeans IDE:</p> |
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| <ol> |
| <li>From a command prompt, navigate to the directory that contains the installer.</li> |
| <li>If necessary, change the permissions to make the binary executable by typing |
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| <BLOCKQUOTE> |
| <CODE> |
| $ chmod +x <i>NetBeans.bin</i> |
| </CODE> |
| <p>(replacing <i>NetBeans.bin</i> with the actual filename of the distribution that you downloaded).</p> |
| </BLOCKQUOTE></li> |
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| <li>Start the installer by typing |
| <BLOCKQUOTE> |
| <CODE>$ ./<i>NetBeans.bin</i> |
| </CODE> |
| <p>(replacing <i>NetBeans.bin</i> with the actual filename of the distribution that you downloaded).</p> |
| </li></ol> |
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| <P>The installer will search for any installed J2SDKs and |
| prompt you for which NetBeans IDE should use. You can specify a J2SDK at |
| the command line, which might speed the installation process. For example: |
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| <BLOCKQUOTE> |
| <CODE> |
| $ ./<i>NetBeans.bin</i> -is:javahome <i>path_to_your_jdk</i> |
| </CODE> |
| </BLOCKQUOTE> |
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| <p><b>Using Archive Installations on UNIX® platforms</b></p> |
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| <p>To install NetBeans IDE:, use the appropriate tools on |
| your platform to untar or unzip the archive distribution to a clean |
| directory. For example, type the following from a command prompt:</p> |
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| <BLOCKQUOTE> |
| <CODE> |
| $ gzip -d <i>NetBeans.tar.gz</i> |
| <BR>$ tar xf <i>NetBeans.tar</i> |
| </CODE> |
| </BLOCKQUOTE> |
| <p>(replacing <i>NetBeans.tar.gz</i> and <i>NetBeans.tar</i> with the actual file names).</p> |
| </li></ul> |
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| <P><I><b>Note</b>: Solaris users should use GNU tar for <tt>tar.gz</tt> files to ensure |
| that the whole archive is unpacked.</I></p> |
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| <P>To launch NetBeans IDE, change directories to the <tt>bin</tt> subdirectory of your installation |
| and execute the <tt>runide.sh</tt> launcher script.</p> |
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| </blockquote> |
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| <h2><A NAME="macintosh">Macintosh OS X</a></h2> |
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| <p>On the Macintosh OS X platform, you can pick from one of the following downloads:</p> |
| <ul><li>Disk image format (<tt>.dmg</tt>) file</li> |
| <li>Archive distribution</li> |
| </ul> |
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| <p><i><b>Note</b>: Mac OS users should use the <tt>.dmg</tt> file, which has a patch |
| to fix the problem that is cited in <a href="https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=39780">issue 39780</a>. |
| If you install an archive distribution of the IDE on Mac OS, you could have problems properly shutting |
| down the IDE.</i></p> |
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| <blockquote> |
| <p><b>Using the disk image format (<tt>.dmg</tt>) file</b></p> |
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| <p>Once you have downloaded the image file, double-click |
| the file to mount the file in your system.</p> |
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| <P>To launch NetBeans IDE, run the NetBeansLauncher application.</p> |
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| <p><b>Using Archive Installations on the Mac OS platform</b></p> |
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| <p>To install NetBeans IDE:</p> |
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| <ul><li>Open the Terminal application and change directories |
| to where you would like to install the IDE. On the command line type: |
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| <P><BLOCKQUOTE> |
| <CODE> |
| gnutar -xvzf <i>netbeans.tar.gz</i> |
| </CODE> |
| </BLOCKQUOTE> |
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| <p>(replacing <i>NetBeans.tar.gz</i> with the actual filename of the distribution that you downloaded).</p></li></ul> |
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| <P>To launch NetBeans IDE, change directories to the <tt>bin</tt> subdirectory of your installation |
| and execute the <tt>runide.sh</tt> launcher script.</p> |
| </blockquote> |
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| <h2><A NAME="other">Other Operating Systems</A></h2> |
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| <blockquote> |
| <p><b>Using Archive Installations</B></p> |
| Unpack your archive using the utilities appropriate for your system. |
| |
| <P>To launch NetBeans IDE, navigate to the <tt>bin</tt> subdirectory of your |
| NetBeans IDE installation and execute the launcher that is appropriate for your system. |
| The following launchers are available:</p> |
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| <BLOCKQUOTE> |
| <tt>runide.exe</tt> - Windows |
| <BR><tt>runidew.exe</tt> - Windows (no console window) |
| <BR><tt>runide.sh</tt> - UNIX |
| <BR><tt>runideos2.cmd</tt> - OS/2 |
| <BR><tt>runideopenvms.com</tt> - OpenVMS |
| </BLOCKQUOTE> |
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| <P>If there is no launcher for your specific operating system, you might need to |
| try to create one by modifying whatever script is most appropriate. If your |
| machine supports JDK 1.4 or greater, you should be able to run the IDE. |
| <p><I><b>Note</b>: If you create a launcher, you could <A HREF="https://netbeans.org/community/contribute/index.html">contribute |
| it</A> to the project.</I> |
| </blockquote> |
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| <h2><A NAME="jdk15">Installing on beta versions of Java™ 2 Software Development Kit (J2SDK), v. 1.5</A></h2> |
| <blockquote> |
| You can run the IDE on betas of J2SDK v. 1.5, but the installer will not run if that is the only J2SDK that you have on |
| your system. You must also have J2SDK v. 1.4.1 or compatible installed to run the installer. Once the installer is |
| running, you can specify that the IDE should run on J2SDK v. 1.5 beta. |
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