Selecting NetBeans Modules

Before you install NetBeans, you should decide what modules you want to use, or you can simply decide to install all of them. Here is the list of available modules, though some of them do not have to be necesarily available in some NetBeans releases:

File: /usr/portage/profiles/desc/netbeans_modules.desc

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# This file contains descriptions of NETBEANS_MODULES USE_EXPAND flags.

apisupport - enables apisupport module
cnd - enables C/C++ development support
groovy - enables Groovy and Grails development support
gsf - enables support for web client development
harness - enables harness support
ide - enables NetBeans IDE
identity - enables identity module
j2ee - enables J2EE development support
java - enables Java development support
mobility - enables support for development of mobile applications
nb - enables NetBeans branding
php - enables PHP development support
profiler - enables Java profiler
soa - enables SOA development support
visualweb - enables visual web development support
webcommon - enables javascript libraries and web client tools
websvccommon - enables common support for web services development
xml - enables XML related development support (schema, validation, WSDL, etc.)

By default, emerging NetBeans installs NetBeans with Java development support. If you want to install NetBeans with only Java support, you do not have to adjust the list of modules. Otherwise read on this section.

Because there are dependencies among modules, it may take some time to configure emerge of NetBeans so that it can emerge the package. In case some of the needed modules is not specified, emerge informs you about what module might be missing so you can easily fix it.

Warning: It is important to include nb module otherwise you will build only selected modules and not functional IDE.

Here is an example that you can use in case you want to install all NetBeans modules. Just add this line to your /etc/make.conf:

File: /etc/make.conf

NETBEANS_MODULES="*"

Netbeans

NetBeans is popular open-source and free IDE that runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Solaris and includes support for several programming and scripting languages. You can find more info about NetBeans at http://netbeans.org. At this moment, the latest version of NetBeans that we have on Gentoo is 6.9. Latest stable version is 6.8. This guide generally applies to Netbeans since version 6.5 and does not describe installation of older versions of NetBeans. Also please note that NetBeans 6.9 is currently masked by ~arch so it is not by default available for those on stable archs. (If you want to install latest NetBeans on stable arch, you can find info in this article too, just read on.)

In Gentoo, NetBeans is currently available for amd64 and x86 systems. If you want NetBeans also for other archs, file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org/

NetBeans IDE 7.0.1 release

NetBeans IDE 7.0.1 Release Information

The NetBeans IDE is an award-winning integrated development environment available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Solaris. The NetBeans project consists of anopen-source IDE and an application platform that enable developers to rapidly create web, enterprise, desktop, and mobile applications using the Java platform, as well as PHP, JavaScript and Ajax, Groovy and Grails, and C/C++.

The NetBeans project is supported by a vibrant developer community and offers extensive documentation and training resources as well as a diverse selection of third-party plugins.

Release Overview

NetBeans IDE 7.0 introduces language support for development to the Java SE 7 specification with JDK 7 language features. The release also provides enhanced integration with the Oracle WebLogic server, as well as support for Oracle Database and GlassFish 3.1. Additional highlights include Maven 3 and HTML5 editing support; a new GridBagLayout designer for improved Swing GUI development; enhancements to the Java editor, and more.

NetBeans IDE 7.0 is available in English, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Russian, and Simplified Chinese.