Install Netbeans IDE 8.0.2 on Ubuntu. NetBeans IDE (JDK 8u60 with NetBeans 8.0.2) is the smarter and faster way to code. Quickly and easily develop desktop, mobile and web applications with Java, HTML5, PHP, C/C++ and more. NetBeans IDE is FREE, open source, and consists of a full-featured open source IDE written in the Java programming language and a rich client application platform, which can be used as a generic framework to build any kind of application.
Netbeans IDE 8.0.2 is the newly released version and brings the following new feature:
Java
- JDK 8 support: tools and editor enhancements for working with Profiles, Lambdas, and Streams.
- Java SE Embedded support to deploy, run, debug or profile Java SE applications on an embedded device, such as Raspberry PI, directly from the NetBeans IDE.
- Java ME Embedded 8 support.
- Several Java Editor enhancements, such as many new Java hints, Javadoc shown as tooltip, instant rename enhancements, and code completion exclusions.
- Improved integration with JavaFX Scene Builder.
Java EE
- New PrimeFaces code generators, to generate complete PrimeFaces skeleton CRUD applications with connection to databases.
- Support for WildFly Server and WebLogic 12.1.3
- Bundled GlassFish updated to 4.1
- Tomcat 8.0.15 and TomEE support, including out-of-box JPA, JSF and JAXRS configuration and data sources.
- Facelets Template Client wizard asks for sections to generate.
- Code completion for template sections, and within JSF composite components.
- Enhanced CDI integration in beans.xml file, with code completion for alternative classes and stereotypes.
- More flexibility for JPA hints, which can be disabled, enabled, and warning level changed.
JavaScript
- RequireJS Support
- AngularJS navigation via hyperlinking from view to controllers.
- Many enhancements for AngularJS in code completion between artifacts, such as code completion in the view to properties defined in controllers.
- Code completion support in Knockout templates.
- New editor support for creating JQuery widgets and plugins.
- Debugging of JavaScript code executed in Nashorn (JDK 8+) script engine is supported.
HTML5
- Android 4.4 WebKit debugging supported for Cordova 3.3+.
- New Karma test runner support.
- New Grunt build support.
- Avatar.js is available in the Plugin Manager, via Tools | Plugins. After installation, you’re able to create Avatar.js projects.
PHP
- Support for PHP 5.6.
- New support for Nette tester.
- New support for PHP CS Fixer.
- Enhancements for Twig, Latte, and Neon.
- Composer supported by New Project Wizard.
C/C++
- New Breadcrumbs feature for navigation in editor.
- New GDB Console to enable usage of command line GDB mode.
- New hints and code completions.
- Improved remote performance.
Required software to install NetBeans
The Java SE Development Kit (JDK) 7 Update 10 (or later) or JDK 8 is required to install NetBeans IDE. You can download the latest update of JDK 7 and JDK 8 at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads.
The PHP and C/C++ NetBeans bundles only require the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 7 or 8 to be installed and run. JDK 7 or 8 is required if you are planning to use any of the Java features.
JDK 7 Update 6 (or newer) is required to use JavaFX 2.2 (or newer) features in NetBeans IDE 8.0.2. JDK 8 is required to use JavaFX 8 features in NetBeans IDE 8.0.2.
To install the software:
- After the download completes, run the installer.
- For Linux platforms, the installer file has the .sh extension.
- Once you downloaded the.sh file, change the permissions by running the following command:
chmod +x jdk-8u60-nb-8_0_2-linux-x64.sh - Now run the command given below to start the installer:
./jdk-8u60-nb-8_0_2-linux-x64.sh - This will start the installation and follow the on screen instructions
- If you downloaded the All or Java EE bundle, you can customize your installation. Perform the following steps at the Welcome page of the installation wizard:
- Click Customize.
- In the Customize Installation dialog box, make your selections.
- Click OK.
- At the Welcome page of the installation wizard, click Next.
- At the License agreement page, review the license agreement, click the acceptance check box, and click Next.
- At the JUnit License Agreement page, decide if you want to install JUnit and click the appropriate option, click Next.
- At the NetBeans IDE installation page, do the following:
- Accept the default installation directory for the NetBeans IDE or specify another directory.Note: The installation directory must be empty and the user profile you are using to run the installer must have read/write permissions for this directory.
- Accept the default JDK installation to use with the NetBeans IDE or select a different installation from the drop-down list. If the installation wizard did not find a compatible JDK installation to use with the NetBeans IDE, your JDK is not installed in the default location. In this case, specify the path to an installed JDK and click Next, or cancel the current installation. After installing the required JDK version you can restart the installation.
Note: If the JDK version is older than the recommended JDK 7 Update 10, download and install the latest JDK update from Java SE Downloads page and restart the NetBeans IDE installer.
- If the GlassFish Server Open Source Edition 4.1 installation page opens, accept the default installation directory or specify another installation location.
- If you are installing Apache Tomcat, on its installation page, accept the default installation directory or specify another installation location. Click Next.
- At the Summary page, do the following:
- Verify that the list of components to be installed is correct.
- Select the Check for Updates check box if you want to check the Update Center for possible updates and have the JUnit library installed during the installation (provided you accepted the license in step 5.)
- Verify that you have adequate space on your system for the installation.
- Click Install to begin the installation.
- At the Setup Complete page, provide anonymous usage data if desired, and click Finish.
Download Links
| Linux x86 | 266.11 MB |  jdk-8u60-nb-8_0_2-linux-i586.sh |
| Linux x64 | 262.1 MB | jdk-8u60-nb-8_0_2-linux-x64.sh |