Installing Netbeans IDE in Ubuntu

The NetBeans IDE is a free, open-source Integrated Development Environment for software developers. The IDE runs on many platforms including Windows, Linux, Solaris, and the MacOS. It is easy to install and use straight out of the box. If you happen to download the package that comes with all the jdk,netbeans and sun java system application server, well then you lucky rat...i had to install all manually..nonetheless, i'll still want to share my "endevour" in installing the netbeans, manually..

First, u have to have the Java Development Kit (jdk) in ur ubuntu box..At the time of writing it is the JDK6...you can download it for free here.

Open your terminal and go to the folder..

unos@xoxo:~/Desktop$ cd java/
unos@xoxo:~/Desktop/java$ chmod +x jdk-1_5_0_11-linux-i586.bin
unos@xoxo:~/Desktop/java$ ./jdk-1_5_0_11-linux-i586.bin

then, it will pop out a list of "terms and agreement" from the vendor..read it if u have the time
accept it and just follow the instruction..

next, install the netbeans IDE..u can download it, again for free, here...


unos@xoxo:~/Desktop/java$ chmod +x netbeans-5_5-linux.bin
unos@xoxo:~/Desktop/java$ ./netbeans-5_5-linux.bin

it will pop up install wizard and just follow the instruction..

next, u will have to install the sun java system application server..to do this you will have to dwonload the update file..you can find it here

install the update package...

unos@xoxo:~/Desktop/java$ chmod +x java_ee_sdk-5_02-linux-nojdk.bin
unos@xoxo:~/Desktop/java$ sudo ./java_ee_sdk-5_02-linux-nojdk.bin -javahome /usr/lib/j2re1.5-sun/

it will pop up the installation wizard and just follow the steps...

a more easier way for you to done this is by downloading the complete netbeans 5.5 that comes with the jdk and sun java system application server..this way everyone's happier (^_^)