Install NetBeans IDE 8.0 on Ubuntu 13.10, 14.04

NetBeans is a free and open source IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for developers. NetBeans allows users or developers to quickly build mobile and web applications using HTML, PHP, C and C++.

The latest stable release of NetBeans – IDE 8.0, has been released with following features:

• Java 8 Code Analyzers
• Java 8 Code Editors
• Support for Java SE 8, Java SE Embedded 8 and Java ME Embedded 8
• Enhanced Maven Support
• Enhanced Java EE 7 Support with PrimeFaces
• New Tools for HTML5 and AngularJS
• Improved PHP and C/C++ Support

Step 1: Install Java SE Development Kit (JDK) 8

- NetBeans IDE requires Oracle JDK installed first. Run following commands to install JDK

sudo apt-get purge openjdk*

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer

Note: you will be prompted to accept the EULA. See my earlier post on How to install Orcale JDK for details

- Check Java version to ensure it was installed correctly

java -version

Step 2: Download NetBeans Installer

- There are diferent NetBeans IDE download bundles. You can download specific bundle as desired or download for all bundles and select which to install

For HTML5 & PHP

wget http://download.netbeans.org/netbeans/8.0/final/bundles/netbeans-8.0-php-linux.sh

For Java SE

wget http://download.netbeans.org/netbeans/8.0/final/bundles/netbeans-8.0-javase-linux.sh

For Java EE

wget http://download.netbeans.org/netbeans/8.0/final/bundles/netbeans-8.0-javaee-linux.sh

For C/C++

wget http://download.netbeans.org/netbeans/8.0/final/bundles/netbeans-8.0-cpp-linux.sh

For All

wget http://download.netbeans.org/netbeans/8.0/final/bundles/netbeans-8.0-linux.sh

- For the purpose of this post, I am downloading for ALL

Step 3: Install NetBeans

$ chmod +x netbeans-8.0-linux.sh

$ ./netbeans-8.0-linux.sh

- On the Welcome screen, you can click ‘Customize‘ to select which package(s) to install or simply click Next to install all packages

- Accept Licence Agreement

- Accept default install location

- Click install on Summary page

- Click Finish on completion

Now you can start using NetBeans