Installing Netbeans on Ubuntu 11.10

[NattyLight]

How do you do this? On 8.04 you were able to install Netbeans on the Ubuntu Software center, but disappointed to see that its not in 11.10, does anyone know if they may add in to the software center in the future? I prefer DLing things from there cause it just seems safer to me, plus I don't really know how to install things on the Linux side.

[Liiiim]

It looks like it was removed because the version in the repos was out of date and there wasn't enough resources to update it. However, NetBeans seems to have an install script which should make it relatively painless to install. You can download it here - http://netbeans.org/downloads/index.html

[11jmb]

http://netbeans.org/downloads/index.html

IIRC you will download a shell script that gets everything installed for you

[NattyLight]

http://netbeans.org/downloads/index.html

IIRC you will download a shell script that gets everything installed for you

I was looking at the website and it looks like most of the DL files for Linux anyways is in a tar format? Do I just unzip it like if it were on windows? Thanks both of you guys and/or girls.

[11jmb]

Yes, if its in .tar or .tar.gz format, you can extract the files, then it should be just


./configure
make
sudo make install

[NattyLight]

Yes, if its in .tar or .tar.gz format, you can extract the files, then it should be just


./configure
make
sudo make install

Awesome, thank you so much! Now for another unrelated question... is there some kind of source where I can learn about all the Ubuntu command line commands?

[NattyLight]

OK so the files have the .sh extension, when I tried to do the chmod +x it doesnt work? Whats the syntax to make the .sh file executable in Ubuntu?

[ibutho]

Just run the installer by doing something like

sh netbeans-7.0.1-ml-javase-linux.sh

[NattyLight]

Just run the installer by doing something like

sh netbeans-7.0.1-ml-javase-linux.sh

It says it can't open it

[ibutho]

Do you have a JDK installed preferably Oracle Java? The commands work fine for me in Mint 11 with the latest Oracle JDK.

[DarkAmbient]

Anyone knows if Netbeans will be back in the repos? I've was thinking about upgrading to 11.10 tomorrow actually, but things like this makes me not wanna upgrade. It's not that I dont know how to install otherwise, I'm just lazy.

Sorry for being slightly off-topic.

[11jmb]

Anyone knows if Netbeans will be back in the repos? I've was thinking about upgrading to 11.10 tomorrow actually, but things like this makes me not wanna upgrade. It's not that I dont know how to install otherwise, I'm just lazy.

Sorry for being slightly off-topic.

It is not.



OK so the files have the .sh extension, when I tried to do the chmod +x it doesnt work? Whats the syntax to make the .sh file executable in Ubuntu?


chmod 777 install.sh will give read/write/execute privlages to all users

[NattyLight]

Do you have a JDK installed preferably Oracle Java? The commands work fine for me in Mint 11 with the latest Oracle JDK.

I have OpenJDK 6

[NattyLight]

It is not.





chmod 777 install.sh will give read/write/execute privlages to all users

Ok, I will try this.

[NattyLight]

Ok guys I figured it out, I right clicked on the sh file and made it executable via the permissions tab, now Im trying to decide if I should install JUnit or not?

[NattyLight]

Yes it does, :)

[11jmb]

Im trying to decide if I should install JUnit or not?

Is this for fun/learning or big-time development? If you ever get into developing large applications, unit testing will become vital, so it may be worth your while to learn how to use the unit test suite that is pretty much the standard.

If you are just messing around and learning how to make simple apps, you might not want to waste your time.

[NattyLight]

Is this for fun/learning or big-time development? If you ever get into developing large applications, unit testing will become vital, so it may be worth your while to learn how to use the unit test suite that is pretty much the standard.

If you are just messing around and learning how to make simple apps, you might not want to waste your time.

I just installed it anyways, figured what the heck its not gonna hurt anything, it can only benefit me you know? I appreciate your help me :)

[aneslin85]

Just run the installer by doing something like

sh netbeans-7.0.1-ml-javase-linux.sh

It works, Thanks a lot.
I install jre 7 from ubuntu software center, and then i oved the downloaded file to my home directory, then run this command in terminal,
Perfect. thanks a lot