Apache NetBeans
Apache NetBeans is an open source development environment, tooling platform, and application framework.
Build status
- GitHub actions
- Apache Jenkins:
- Linux:
- Windows:
- License Status ( Apache Rat and ant verify-libs-and-licenses )
Requirements
- Git
- Ant
- JDK 21 or above (to build and run NetBeans)
Notes:
- NetBeans license violation checks are managed via the rat-exclusions.txt file.
- Set JAVA_HOME and ANT_HOME appropriately or leave them undefined.
Building NetBeans
Build the default release config (See the cluster.config property.)
$ ant build
Build the basic project (mainly Java features):
$ ant -Dcluster.config=basic build
Build the full project (may include clusters which are not be in the release):
$ ant -Dcluster.config=full build
Build the NetBeans Platform:
$ ant -Dcluster.config=platform build
Cleanup:
$ git clean -Xdf
Notes:
- You can also use
php, enterprise, etc. See the cluster.properties file.
- Once built, you can simply open individual modules of interest with NetBeans and run/rebuild/debug them like any other project
- The
nbbuild directory should contain the portable NetBeans zip
Generating Javadoc
Build javadoc:
$ ant javadoc
Notes:
- Run
javadoc-nb task in Netbeans to run the javadoc build and display it in a web browser.
Running NetBeans
Quick test run:
$ ant tryme
or run the portable zip distribution:
- extract the zip found in
nbbuild to a directory other than nbbuild
- run the
netbeans launcher found in netbeans/bin, optionally specifying a custom userdir
example:
$ netbeans --userdir /tmp/nbtestdir1
Some useful Launcher Options
--jdkhome <path> path to JDK used as runtime (and default JDK for projects)
--userdir <path> use specified directory to store user settings
--cachedir <path> use specified directory to store user cache, must be different from userdir
--fontsize <size> set the base font size of the user interface, in points
-J<jvm_option> pass <jvm_option> to JVM
--help list more options
Get In Touch
Download
Reporting Bugs
Log, Config and Cache Locations
- start config (JVM settings, default JDK, userdir, cachedir location and more):
netbeans/etc/netbeans.conf
- user settings storage (preferences, installed plugins, logs):
system dependent, see Help -> About for concrete location
- cache files (maven index, search index etc):
system dependent, see Help -> About for concrete location
- default log location (tip: can be inspected via
View -> IDE Log):
$DEFAULT_USERDIR_ROOT/var/log/messages.log
Note: removing/changing the user settings directory will reset NetBeans to first launch defaults
Other Repositories
Full History
The origins of the code in this repository are older than its Apache existence.
As such significant part of the history (before the code was donated to Apache)
is kept in an independent repository. To fully understand the code
you may want to merge the modern and ancient versions together:
$ git clone https://github.com/apache/netbeans.git
$ cd netbeans
$ git log platform/uihandler/arch.xml
This gives you just few log entries including the initial checkin and
change of the file headers to Apache. But then the magic comes:
$ git remote add archive https://github.com/codelerity/netbeans-releases.git
$ git fetch archive # this takes a while, the history is huge!
$ git replace 6daa72c98 32042637 # the 1st donation
$ git replace 6035076ee 32042637 # the 2nd donation
When you search the log, or use the blame tool, the full history is available:
$ git log platform/uihandler/arch.xml
$ git blame platform/uihandler/arch.xml
You can browse the archived repo here.
Many thanks to Emilian Bold who created the original archive repository.
