Install NetBeans IDE 8.2 on Ubuntu 16.04 Systems. NetBeans IDE is the official IDE for Java 8. NetBeans IDE is written completely in Java, with many modules available, such as: debugger, form editor, object browser, CVS and emacs integration.
NetBeans IDE 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 comes with fast and powerful editing features. The NetBeans Editor indents lines, matches words and brackets, and highlights source code syntactically and semantically. It lets you easily refactor code, with a range of handy and powerful tools, while it also provides code templates, coding tips, and code generators.
The editor supports many languages from Java, C/C++, XML and HTML, to PHP, Groovy, Javadoc, JavaScript and JSP. Because the editor is extensible, you can plug in support for many other languages.
Install NetBeans IDE 8.2 on Ubuntu
Open terminal and run the following commands to install NetBeans IDE 8.2 on Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04 and other Ubuntu Derivatives:
sudo apt-get purge openjdk*
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer
wget http://download.netbeans.org/netbeans/8.2/final/bundles/netbeans-8.2-linux.sh
chmod +x netbeans-8.2-linux.sh
./netbeans-8.2-linux.sh
Ubuntu users can also install Netbeans IDE from a installer script, using the command given below:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:vajdics/netbeans-installer
sudo apt update
sudo apt install netbeans-installer