Installing NetBeans IDE and Tools

The NetBeans IDE (Integrated Development Environment) provides tools to help you build cross-platform applications for the Solaris OS and other operating platforms.

For information on the updates in NetBeans releases, see NetBeans Releases. Do not download NetBeans from the www.netbeans.org site. The packages in the OpenSolaris repository are tailored to install and work correctly on the OpenSolaris OS.

Installing NetBeans

Many NetBeans packages are available to support different types of development. Different packages provide support for web, Java, PHP, Ruby, XML, Groovy, C/C++.

The netbeans-ide package is the NetBeans base package. The netbeans package is a cluster that includes almost all NetBeans components. The netbeans-full package includes the netbeans package and the dtrace-gui-plugin package.

To download and install a package by using the OpenSolaris Package Manager:

On your OpenSolaris system, select System > Administration > Package Manager from the desktop.
To find all the NetBeans packages, do one of the following steps:
- Select a Repository to search, select Development from the category menu, select the Integrated Development Environments sub-category, and select All Packages from the Show menu.
- Select a Repository to search, type netbeans in the Search field, and press the Enter key.
- Select All Repositories from the Search drop-down menu, type netbeans in the Search field, and press the Enter key.
A check mark in the Status column of the package list means that package is already installed on your system. If the package is not already installed, or if you want to update that package, select the checkbox to the left of the package name and then select the Install/Update button or the Package > Install/Update menu option at the top of the Package Manager window.

To install NetBeans from the command-line, enter one of the following commands:

$ pfexec pkg install netbeans-ide
$ pfexec pkg install netbeans
$ pfexec pkg install netbeans-full
$ pfexec pkg install dtrace-gui-plugin

After you have installed NetBeans, the NetBeans software is available in /usr/netbeans/bin. If necessary, update your PATH environment variable to include this path.

NetBeans Information Resources

See the following resources for NetBeans information:

NetBeans Releases
Documentation, Training & Support
Video Tour of Key NetBeans IDE Features
Quick Start tutorial
How to Use the NetBeans DTrace GUI Plug-in
NetBeans Plugin Portal for plugin modules
Using Profiling Points in the NetBeans IDE
NetBeans Wiki with New and Noteworthy and community documentation such as NetBeans for Eclipse Users

Join the NetBeans community, where you can subscribe to mailing lists, search the mailing list archives, and check the NetBeans User FAQs.

Eclipse IDE

The IPS repository also includes the Eclipse IDE. To find the eclipse package, select the Integrated Development Environments category or search for "eclipse."