How To Install NetBeans IDE 12 on Fedora 33/32/31/30

Here we will do the installation of NetBeans IDE 12 on Fedora 33/32/31/30/29. NetBeans is a very powerful Integrated Development Environment (IDE) tool mostly used for Java and C/C++ Development.

It allows you easily develop Web, Desktop and Mobile Applications from its modular framework. You can add support for other Programming Languages such as PHP, HTML, JavaScript, C, C++, Ajax, JSP, Ruby on Rails e.t.c using extensions.

Step 1: Install NetBeans Dependencies

Netbeans needs Java JDK to run. Let’s begin by installing Java on Fedora system.

sudo dnf install java-11-openjdk  java-11-openjdk-devel

Step 2: Download NetBeans IDE 12 on Fedora

We will download the latest release of NetBeans 12 IDE installer script with wget. Install if missing.

sudo dnf -y install wget

Download NetBeans 12 Binary:

wget https://downloads.apache.org/netbeans/netbeans/12.1/Apache-NetBeans-12.1-bin-linux-x64.sh

Step 3: Run installer script

Make the script executable:

chmod +x Apache-NetBeans-12.1-bin-linux-x64.sh

Run the script to install NetBeans on Linux Mint 20:

sudo ./Apache-NetBeans-12.1-bin-linux-x64.sh

Step 4: Follow installer prompts

Click “Next” on the first installation wizard to begin installation.

Agree to License Agreement terms.

Change or agree to default installation directory.

Agree for automatic updates checking.

Be patient as the installation starts, it should take few seconds.

Once completed you’ll get message like in below screenshot.

Step 5: Start Netbeans IDE on Fedora

Now that you have downloaded and installed Netbeans IDE, you can launch it from your terminal like below:

$ netbeans

You should get output like this

Your Netbeans is now ready for real work.

You can install available Plugins under My NetBeans > Available Plugins and enjoy your Development.

Step 6: Create NetBeans IDE Desktop Launcher

Create new file on /usr/share/applications/netbeans.desktop.

sudo vi /usr/share/applications/netbeans.desktop

Add below data.

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Netbeans
Exec=netbeans
Icon=/usr/share/applications/netbeans.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Development"

Download netbeans icon:

wget https://netbeans.apache.org/images/nblogo96x96.png
sudo mv nblogo96x96.png /usr/share/applications/netbeans.png

You have successfully installed NetBeans IDE 12 on Fedora 33/32/31/30/29 and you’re set to quickly and easily develop desktop, mobile and web applications with Java, JavaScript, HTML5, PHP, C/C++ and more.