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| <h1>NetBeans<sup><small>TM</small></sup> IDE 4.0 Installation Instructions </h1> |
| <p><b>Installation details for:</b></p> |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="#windows">Windows</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#solaris">Solaris™ Operating System |
| (Solaris OS)</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#linux">Linux</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#macintosh">Macintosh OS X</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#other">Other Operating Systems </a></li> |
| <li><a href="#archives"> Archive Distributions </a></li> |
| </ul> |
| <p>For system requirements and other information, such as launching the IDE with |
| different startup parameters, see the <a href="relnotes.html">Release Notes</a>. |
| <br> |
| <a name="windows"> |
| <h2>Windows</h2> |
| </a> |
| <p>On Microsoft Windows machines, the preferred method of installing |
| NetBeans IDE is using the self-extracting installer.</p> |
| <blockquote> |
| <p><b>Using the Windows Installer</b></p> |
| <p>To install NetBeans IDE:</p> |
| <ol> |
| <li>Once you have downloaded the installer file, double-click the installer's |
| icon to launch the installation wizard. |
| <li>Specify the directory within which to install NetBeans IDE.</li> |
| <li>Specify the Java™ 2 Software Development Kit |
| to run the IDE on.</li> |
| </ol> |
| <p><b>Launching NetBeans IDE</b></p> |
| <p>To start the IDE, do one of the following:</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Double-click the NetBeans IDE icon on your desktop.</li> |
| <li>From the Start menu, select NetBeans IDE 4.0 > NetBeans IDE.</li> |
| </ul> |
| <!--<p><b>Using Archive Installations on Windows </b></p> |
| <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 4.0</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> |
| </ul>--> |
| </blockquote> |
| <br> |
| <a name="solaris"> |
| <h2>Solaris<sup><small>TM</small></sup> Operating System (Solaris OS) </h2> |
| </a> |
| <p>On machines running Solaris™ operating system, |
| the binary installer is the preferred method for installing NetBeans IDE. </p> |
| <blockquote> |
| <p><b>Using the Solaris Installer</b></p> |
| <p>To install NetBeans IDE:</p> |
| <ol> |
| <li>Navigate to the directory that contains the installer.</li> |
| <li>If necessary, change the installer file's permissions to make the binary |
| executable by typing from a command prompt: |
| <blockquote> <code> $ chmod +x <i>your_binary_executable</i></code></blockquote> |
| <p><b>Note:</b> be sure to replace <code><i>your_binary_executable</i></code> with the actual filename |
| of the binary that you downloaded.</p> |
| </li> |
| <li>Launch the installer by typing from a command prompt: |
| <blockquote> <code>$ ./<i>your_binary_executable</i></code></blockquote> |
| <p><b>Note:</b> again, be sure to replace <code><i>your_binary_executable</i></code> with the actual |
| filename of the binary that you downloaded.</p> |
| </li> |
| </ol> |
| <blockquote>The installer searches for installed JDKs and prompts you to specify which |
| the installer should use. You can also specify which JDK |
| the installer should use from the command |
| line. For example: |
| <blockquote><code> $ ./<i>your_binary_executable</i> -is:javahome <i>path_to_your_jdk</i></code></blockquote> |
| </blockquote> |
| <p><b>Launching NetBeans IDE</b></p> |
| <p>To start the IDE: |
| <ol> |
| <li>Navigate to the <tt>bin</tt> subdirectory of your installation. |
| <li>Execute the launcher script by typing <tt>./netbeans</tt>. |
| </ol> |
| <!--<p><b>Using Archive Installations on Solaris </b></p> |
| <p>To install NetBeans IDE: |
| <ol> |
| <li>Navigate to the directory where you downloaded the archive file.</li> |
| <li>Untar the archive distribution to a clean directory by typing the following |
| from a command prompt: |
| </p> |
| <blockquote><code> $ gzip -d <i>NetBeans.tar.gz</i> </code></blockquote> |
| <p><b>Note:</b> be sure to replace <i>NetBeans.tar.gz</i> with the actual |
| file name. |
| </li> |
| </ol> |
| <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>--> |
| </blockquote> |
| <br> |
| <a name="linux"> |
| <h2>Linux </h2> |
| </a> |
| <p>On Linux machines, the binary |
| installer is the preferred method for installing NetBeans IDE. </p> |
| <blockquote> |
| <p><b>Using the Linux Installer</b></p> |
| <p>To install NetBeans IDE:</p> |
| <ol> |
| <li>Navigate to the directory that contains the installer.</li> |
| <li>If necessary, change the installer file's permissions to make the binary |
| executable by typing from a command prompt: |
| <blockquote> <code> $ chmod +x <i>your_binary_executable</i></code></blockquote> |
| <p><b>Note:</b> be sure to replace <code><i>your_binary_executable</i></code> with the actual filename |
| of the binary that you downloaded.</p> |
| |
| </li> |
| <li>Launch the installer by typing: |
| <blockquote> <code>$ ./<i>your_binary_executable</i></code></blockquote> |
| <p><b>Note:</b> again, be sure to replace <code><i>your_binary_executable</i></code> with the actual |
| filename of the binary that you downloaded.</p> |
| </li> |
| </ol> |
| <blockquote>The installer searches for installed JDKs and prompts you to specify which |
| the installer should use. You can also specify which JDK |
| the installer should use from the command |
| line. For example: |
| <blockquote><code> $ ./<i>your_binary_executable</i> -is:javahome <i>path_to_your_jdk</i></code></blockquote> |
| </blockquote> |
| |
| <!--<p><b>Using Archive Installations on Linux </b></p> |
| <p>To install NetBeans IDE:</p> |
| <ol> |
| <li>Navigate to the directory where you downloaded the archive file.</li> |
| <li>Use the appropriate tools to untar or unzip the archive distribution to |
| a clean directory by typing the following from a command prompt: |
| </p> |
| <blockquote><code> $ gzip -d <i>NetBeans.tar.gz</i> <br> |
| $ tar xf <i>NetBeans.tar</i> </code></blockquote> |
| </li> |
| </ol> |
| <p>To launch NetBeans IDE:</p> |
| <ol> |
| <li>Change directories to the <tt>bin</tt> subdirectory of your installation</li> |
| <li>Execute the launcher script by typing <tt>./runide.sh</tt>.</li> |
| </ol>--> |
| |
| <p><b>Launching NetBeans IDE</b></p> |
| <p>To start the IDE: |
| <ol> |
| <li>Navigate to the <tt>bin</tt> subdirectory of your installation. |
| <li>Execute the launcher script by typing <tt>./netbeans</tt>. |
| </ol> |
| </blockquote> |
| <br> |
| <a name="macintosh"> |
| <h2>Macintosh OS X</h2> |
| </a> |
| <p>On Macintosh OS X, NetBeans is packaged |
| as a native application bundle. The preferred method of installing NetBeans |
| IDE is using the tarball (<tt>.tar.gz</tt>) file.</p> |
| <blockquote> |
| <p><b>Using the tarball (<tt>.tar.gz</tt>) file</b></p> |
| <p>To install NetBeans IDE: |
| <ol> |
| <li>Download the tarball to the desired location on your system. |
| <li>Double-click the file to unpack |
| the contents on your system. |
| </ol> |
| <p><b>Launching NetBeans IDE</b> |
| <p>To start the IDE: |
| <ul> |
| <li>Double-click the NetBeans application icon. |
| </ul> |
| <!--<p><b>Using Archive Installations on the Mac OS platform</b></p> |
| <p>To install NetBeans IDE:</p> |
| <ol> |
| <li>Open the Terminal application and change directories to where you would |
| like to install the IDE. |
| <li>On the command line type (replacing <i>NetBeans.tar.gz</i> with the actual |
| filename of the distribution that you downloaded): |
| <blockquote><code> gnutar -xvzf <i>netbeans.tar.gz</i> </code></blockquote> |
| </li> |
| </ol> |
| <p>To launch NetBeans IDE: |
| <ol> |
| <li>Navigate to the <tt>bin</tt> subdirectory of your installation. </li> |
| <li>Execute the <tt>runide.sh</tt> launcher script.</li> |
| </ol>--> |
| </blockquote> |
| <br> |
| <a name="other"> |
| <h2>Other Operating Systems</h2> |
| </a> |
| <p>If you are using an operating system for which there is no installer you |
| can still use NetBeans IDE by downloading and installing archive distributions. |
| For more information, see the <a href="#archives">Archive |
| Distributions</a> section below. </p> |
| <br> |
| <a name="archives"> |
| <h2>Archive Distributions</h2> |
| </a> |
| <p>You can also install |
| archive distributions of the IDE if you want to test development builds or |
| because you are using an operating system for which there is no installer.</p> |
| <blockquote> |
| <p><b>Using Archive Distributions </b></p> |
| <p>To Install NetBeans IDE: </p> |
| <ol> |
| <li>Navigate to the directory that contains the archive file. |
| <li>Unpack the archive using the appropriate utilities for your system. |
| </ol> |
| <p><b>Launching NetBeans IDE</b> </p> |
| <p>To launch NetBeans IDE: |
| <ol> |
| <li>Navigate to the <tt>bin</tt> subdirectory of your |
| NetBeans IDE installation.</li> |
| <li>Execute the appropriate launcher for your system. |
| </li> |
| </ol> |
| <p>The following launchers |
| are included in the archive distributions: |
| </p> |
| <blockquote> |
| <p><tt>netbeans.exe</tt> - Windows <br> |
| <tt>netbeansw.exe</tt> - Windows (no console window) <br> |
| <tt>netbeans</tt> - UNIX, Linux <br> |
| <tt>macosx_launcher.dmg</tt> - Mac Os<br> |
| <tt>netbeans.cmd</tt> - OS/2 </p> |
| <!--<tt>netbeansopenvms.com</tt> - OpenVMS --></blockquote> |
| |
| <p>If there is no specific launcher for your operating system, you may need |
| to create one by modifying the appropriate script. |
| If your machine supports JDK 1.4.2 or greater you should, however, be |
| able to run the IDE. |
| <p><i><b>Note</b>: If you create a launcher, you can contribute |
| it to the NetBeans project. For more information, see <a href="https://netbeans.org/community/contribute/index.html">Contributing to netbeans.org</a>.</i> |
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