Downloading & Installing NetBeans IDE

Posted by: Rrahul Raja on: September 24, 2010

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Downloading  Netbeans IDE:

In this post we will download & install stable version of NetBeans

To download NetBeans, go through the following link:

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

The page will show the different NetBeans IDE Bundles which are available for download. It will be better to select the bundle which has already all the plugins. The below is the screenshot to download NetBeans 6.9.1 version

Installing NetBeans IDE:

After the download is completed, now it’s time to install the NetBeans IDE. Just open the downloaded setup of NetBeans IDE. In this post I am installing NetBeans IDE 6.8, the window will appear:

The NetBeans IDE 6.8 installs various packs and runtimes on your system. By default NetBeans IDE installs “Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server”. If you want to install or uninstall any packs aur runtimes in your system, just click on the Customize button and Customize installation window appears:

Select the required packs from the list and click OK button

Click Next Button & Accept the license agreement and click Next. The next window will appear, the next window shows two field:

1. 1. First field is the path where the NetBeans IDE 6.8 will install on your hard drive
2. 2. Second field is the path of the Java Development Kit for the NetBeans

Note: It is important to first install the latest version of the Java Development Kit (JDK) on your system before installing any version of NetBeans.

After the click on the Install button the NetBeans IDE will start its installation on your system

After the installation gets complete click on the Finish button.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed NetBeans IDE in your system.

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