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# Apache NetBeans

Apache NetBeans is an open source development environment, tooling platform, and application framework.

### Requirements

  * Git
  * Ant 1.9.9 or above
  * JDK 8 (to build NetBeans)
  * JDK 9 (to run NetBeans)

**Note:** NetBeans also runs with JDK 8, although then it will not include tools for the JDK 9 Shell.

### Building NetBeans

Build the full project:
```
$ ant
```
Build the NetBeans Platform:
```
$ ant -Dcluster.config=platform
```

### Running NetBeans

Run the build:
```
$ ant tryme
```

**Note:** Look in nbbuild/netbeans for the NetBeans installation created by the build process.

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