Here we will do the installation of NetBeans IDE 11.0 on Fedora 30/29/28. 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-1.8.0-openjdk java-1.8.0-openjdk-develIf you want a more recent version of Java, check:
How to Install Java 11 on Fedora 29 / Fedora 28
For Fedora 30 system, run the commands:
sudo dnf install java-11-openjdk java-11-openjdk-develStep 2: Download NetBeans IDE 11
Download NetBeans 11 Binary:
sudo dnf -y install wget unzip
wget https://www-us.apache.org/dist/incubator/netbeans/incubating-netbeans/incubating-11.0/incubating-netbeans-11.0-bin.zip
Step 3: Unzip Downloaded file
Unzip the downloaded Netbeans 11.0 file using unzip command like below.
unzip incubating-netbeans-11.0-bin.zip
This will create a new netbeans folder.
Step 4: Move the netbeans folder to /opt
Let’s now move the netbeans/ folder to /opt
sudo mv netbeans/ /opt/
The Netbeans executable binary is located under /opt/netbeans/bin/netbeans. We need to add its parent directory to our $PATH so that we can launch the program without specifying the absolute path to the binary file.
Open your ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc file.
$ vi ~/.bashrc
Add the following line at the end of the file
export PATH="$PATH:/opt/netbeans/bin/"
Source the file to Start Netbeans without shell restart.
$ source ~/.bashrc
Step 5: Start Netbeans IDE
Now that you have downloaded and installed Netbeans IDE, you can launch it from your terminal like below:
$ netbeansYou 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.
You have successfully installed NetBeans IDE 11.0 on Fedora 30/29/28 and you’re set to quickly and easily develop desktop, mobile and web applications with Java, JavaScript, HTML5, PHP, C/C++ and more.
