How to install NetBeans
by Larry Arnoldy
To install the NetBeans
Integrated Development Environment (IDE), first it must be downloaded
from the NetBeans web page. It
can also be downloaded in a bundle with the Java 2 Standard Edition
(J2SE). You should have already installed Java 2. If you have not done
so,
please
install
Java 2 first. If you have already downloaded NetBeans, skip ahead
to Step 6.
Step 1 - Browse to the NetBeans web
page.
Click on the IDE 3.6 Release link.
Step 2 - Choose to download the IDE.
This page is not always shown.
Sometimes you are directed straight to the page shown in Step 3.
Step 3 - Choose your platform.
NetBeans is available for Windows,
Solaris, the Mac, and Linux. Click on the link for your platform. In
case you are interested, the JAR link is for a generalized
version that
should work on any Operating System that can run Java 2.
Step 4 - Skip the questionnaire.
You can skip the questionnaire if you
wish.
Step
5 - Respond to the license pages
and select a location on your PC for the downloads to be stored.
Accept the license agreement and follow
the instructions.A file with a name similar to netbeans-3_6-windows.exe
will be downloaded.
Step 6 -
Start the install program.
If your download manager offers you to
execute the downloaded .exe
file, then do so. If not, use a file
explorer to navigate to the file that you just downloaded. Execute
the file using the standard file explorer command (double click on the
file name or use the menu File | Open).
Follow the instructions.
One of the dialogs that appears will
ask you to
confirm which Java version NetBeans should use. If you have already
installed Java, then the default will be correct, so simply click the
Next button.
Continue with the dialog boxes until
you have completed installing NetBeans on your PC. If you use the
default location for the install on Windows, NetBeans will be installed
in the directory
C:\Program
Files\NetBeans3.6. An icon to start NetBeans will be installed
on your desktop. On Windows start NetBeans with a double mouse
click on this icon or use the
Start button
to navigate to the program name.
Last modified: 13 June 2004
