Netbeans will not start

[MWhitt]

I installed netbeans from the net beans website using this guide
http://connectwww.com/how-to-install...tu-12-04/2286/

Everything installed fine , however when i click the shortcut in my menu nothing happens.

[Cheesemill]

Try typing the command 'netbeans' into a terminal. This should at least give us some feedback as to what's happening.

[MWhitt]

The program 'netbeans' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install netbeans

If i run the installer again it says it is.

[Bucky Ball]

Have you tried installing in the terminal, as the message is suggesting:

sudo apt-get install netbeans

?

[MWhitt]

That would only install netbeans 7.0 not 7.2

[MWhitt]

I Installed via the site due to ubuntus's package being unstable.

[MWhitt]

I tried uninstalling it and running the installer again but nothing worked.

[Cheesemill]

What's the output of :

cat /usr/share/applications/netbeans.desktop

[MWhitt]

cat: /usr/share/applications/netbeans.desktop: No such file or directory

[Cheesemill]

OK then, can you post the output of:

ls -l /usr/share/applications
ls -l ~/.local/share/applications