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= Apache NetBeans source and daily builds
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All Apache NetBeans source code is freely available to build yourself, or you can
download (unsupported) daily development builds.

== Daily builds

Please visit link:https://ci-builds.apache.org/job/Netbeans/job/netbeans-linux/[https://ci-builds.apache.org/job/Netbeans/job/netbeans-linux/] for the daily builds.

== Building from source

You can of course build Apache NetBeans from source. To do so:

. Clone the link:https://github.com/apache/netbeans[https://github.com/apache/netbeans] GitHub repository.
. Install an LTS release of the Java Development Kit.
. Install Apache Ant 1.10 or greater (link:https://ant.apache.org/[https://ant.apache.org/]).
. Set JAVA_HOME and ANT_HOME appropriately or leave them undefined.

Once you're all set, enter the `netbeans` directory:

- To build the Apache NetBeans IDE, according to the JDK:
  ** On JDK 8, type `ant build`
  ** On JDK 9 or later, type `ant build -Dpermit.jdk9.builds=true`
- The build will generate a binary zip bundle of the IDE at `./nbbuild/NetBeans-<version-hash>-release.zip`, and you can:
  ** Extract that zip in a place of your choosing and run `netbeans/bin/netbeans` (or `netbeans/bin/netbeans.exe` on Windows).
  ** Type `ant tryme` to run the Apache NetBeans IDE directly from the build folder rather than the zip for development purposes.

For details, go here: link:https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Development+Environment[https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Development+Environment]

Now that you have built Apache NetBeans from source you may want to xref:../../participate/submit-pr.adoc[submit a pull request].

=== Repositories

This is a list of Apache NetBeans repositories:

- link:https://github.com/apache/netbeans[https://github.com/apache/netbeans] The main source code repository.
- link:https://github.com/apache/netbeans-l10n[https://github.com/apache/netbeans-l10n] Translation bundle repository.
- link:https://github.com/apache/netbeans-website[https://github.com/apache/netbeans-website] This website's repository.
- link:https://github.com/apache/netbeans-website-cleanup[https://github.com/apache/netbeans-website-cleanup] A repository used to clean up existing documentation from pass:[http://netbeans.org]
- link:https://github.com/apache/netbeans-tools[https://github.com/apache/netbeans-tools] Tools and facilities in support of the Apache NetBeans project.
- Emilian Bold has converted the previous Mercurial repository (pass:[http://hg.netbeans.org]) to git, for historical reference, and has kindly uploaded it to GitHub at https://github.com/emilianbold/netbeans-releases. Thanks, Emilian!