The following software must be installed before you attempt to install
NetBeans C/C++ Development Pack 5.5.1 update 1:
NetBeans IDE 5.5.1 or NetBeans IDE 5.5
JDK 5.0 or JDK 6.0 must be
installed on your system. If you do not have an installation
of one of these JDK versions, you cannot proceed
with the installation. For details, see the
Required Software topic in the Release Notes.
This section contains instructions for installing the NetBeans C/C++
Development Pack on all supported platforms.
Windows
Following are instructions for installing NetBeans C/C++ Development
Pack on the Microsoft Windows platform.
Before You Start
The following restrictions apply to the installation on the Microsoft
Windows platform:
The installer first extracts the required files to the default temporary
directory defined by the TEMP
environment variable. If the amount of disk space in the temporary directory
is less than required, the installation might fail or proceed incorrectly.
If you encounter this problem, you can increase the space allocated for the
TEMP environment variable or specify a different temporary directory
that has sufficient space. To specify a temporary directory for the
installation, use the following commands from a command window:
> cd location-of-installer > netbeans-c++-5_5_1_u1-windows.exe -is:tempdir temporary-directory
To Install
When you have downloaded the installer file,
netbeans-c++-5_5_1_u1-windows.exe,
double-click the installer's icon to launch the installer.
At the Welcome page of the installation wizard, click Next.
Respond to the license agreement and click Next.
At the installation directory page of the installation wizard,
accept the NetBeans IDE directory found by the wizard or select a different
IDE installation. Click Next.
Verify that the installation location is correct and that you have
adequate space on your system for the installation.
Click Next to begin the installation.
When the installation is complete, click Finish to exit the wizard.
When you have downloaded the installer file,
your_binary_executable, navigate to the directory that
contains the file.
If necessary, change the permissions on the installer file to make
the binary executable by using the command shown below at a command prompt.
$ chmod +x your_binary_executable
Launch the installer by using the command shown below at a command
prompt.
$ ./your_binary_executable
At the Welcome page of the installation wizard, click Next.
Respond to the license agreement and click Next.
At the installation directory page of the installation wizard, accept the
NetBeans IDE directory found by the wizard or select a different IDE
installation. Click Next.
Verify that the installation location is correct and that you have
adequate space on your system for the installation.
Click Next to begin the installation.
When the installation is complete, click Finish to exit the wizard.
Following are instructions for installing the NetBeans C/C++ Development
Pack on Linux platforms.
To Install
When you have downloaded the installer file,
netbeans-c++-5_5_1_u1-linux.bin, navigate to the directory that
contains the file.
If necessary, change the permissions on the installer file to make
the binary executable by using the command shown below at a command prompt.
$ chmod +x netbeans-c++-5_5_1_u1-linux.bin
Launch the installer by using the command shown below at a command
prompt.
$ ./netbeans-c++-5_5_1_u1-linux.bin
At the Welcome page of the installation wizard, click Next.
Respond to the license agreement and click Next.
At the installation directory page of the installation wizard, accept the
NetBeans IDE directory found by the wizard or select a different IDE
installation. Click Next.
Verify that the installation location is correct and that you have
adequate space on your system for the installation.
Click Next to begin the installation.
When the installation is complete, click Finish to exit the wizard.
Following are instructions for installing NetBeans C/C++ Development Pack on
the Macintosh OS X platform.
To Install
When you have downloaded the installer file,
netbeans-c++-5_5_1_u1-mac.jar,
double-click the installer's icon to launch the installer.
At the Welcome page of the installation wizard, click Next.
Respond to the license agreement and click Next.
At the installation directory page of the installation wizard,
accept the NetBeans IDE directory found by the wizard or select a different
IDE installation. Click Next.
Verify that the installation location is correct and that you have
adequate space on your system for the installation.
Click Next to begin the installation.
When the installation is complete, click Finish to exit the wizard.
Netbeans C/C++ Development Pack requires a C compiler, C++ compiler,
make utility, and gdb debugger.
Windows
NetBeans C/C++ Development Pack has been tested with the following compilers
and tools:
Cygwin 1.5.21
Cygwin gcc-core (C compiler) 3.4.x
Cygwin gcc-c++ (C++ compiler) 3.4.x
Cygwin gdb (GNU Debugger) 6.5.50
Cygwin make 3.80
If you already have the Cygwin GNU compilers, GNU make, and
gdb debugger installed on your Windows system and
your path is set up correctly to find them, make sure that you have the
correct versions. If you have the correct versions, then no further setup is
necessary.
To check the versions of your Cygwin compilers and tools:
Check the version of Cygwin by typing:
cygcheck -c cygwin
Check the versions of the compilers, make, and gdb by
typing:
gcc --version
g++ --version
make --version
gdb --version
To install the GNU compilers, make, and gdb debugger from
cygwin.com:
Download the Cygwin setup.exe program by clicking the Install or Update Now!
icon in the middle of the page.
Run the setup.exe program. Accept the defaults until you reach
the Select Your Internet Connection page. Select the option on this
page that is best for you. Click Next.
On the Choose Download Site page, choose a download site you think
might be relatively close to you. Click Next.
On the Select Packages page you select the packages to download. Click
the + next to Devel to expand the development tools category. You may
want to resize the window so you can see more of it at one time.
Select each package you want to download by clicking the Skip label
next to it. At a minimum, select gcc-core: C compiler,
gcc-g++: C++ compiler, gdb: The GNU Debugger, and make: the GNU
version of the 'make' utility.
Now add the Compiler directory to your path:
Open the Control Panel (Start > Settings > Control Panel) and
double-click the System program.
Select the Advanced tab and click Environment Variables.
In the System Variables panel of the Environment Variables dialog,
select the Path variable and
click Edit.
Add the path to the
cygwin-directory\bin directory to the Path variable, and
click OK. By default, cygwin-directory is
C:\cygwin. Directory names must be separated with a semicolon.
Click OK in the Environment Variables dialog and the System
Properties dialog.
To download and install the Sun Studio 12 compilers:
Create a directory for the downloaded file.
You must have write permission for this directory.
Download the file for your platform into the download directory.
Go to the download directory, and uncompress and untar the downloaded file.
bzcat filename | tar xvf -
Follow the instructions in Chapter 2 of the Sun
Studio 12 Quick Installation (English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese) guide to install the C compiler, C++ compiler,
and required Solaris patches.
Add the path to the Sun Studio software to your PATH before
starting the NetBeans IDE.
GNU Compilers and GNU make
If you want to use the GNU compilers and GNU make:
If you have a standard installation of the Solaris 10 OS, the compilers and
gmake are installed in /usr/sfw/bin. Make sure that this
location is in your path before staring the NetBeans IDE.
If the compilers and gmake are not installed on your system, you can download them from
http://www.sunfreeware.com.
To download and install the GNU compilers and make
Download gcc 3.4.6 and make 3.81.
If the download zip files are not
automatically gunzipped during download, unzip them with gunzip.
Install the packages with the pkgadd command.
Make sure to include the GNU
compiler directory and the GNU make directory in your path before starting the NetBeans IDE.
gdb Debugger
Whether you use the Sun Studio compilers and Solaris make or the
GNU compilers and GNU make, you must have the gbd debugger to
debug applications in NetBeans C/C++ Development Pack. You can download gdb 6.2.1 from
http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/freeware/s10pkgs_download.xml.
To download and install gdb:
Under "Select a Download" at the botttom of the page, select the Solaris 10
Companion Software download for your Solaris platform.
On the Download page, accept the License Agreement and select the
gbd - GNU source level debugger package.
Become root (superuser).
Unzip the file with binzip and install gbd with
pkgadd:
bunzip SFWgdb.bz2
pkgadd -d SFWgbd
Make sure to include the path to gdb in your path before starting
the NetBeans IDE.
NetBeans C/C++ Development Pack has been tested with the following compilers
and tools:
Sun Studio 12 C compiler and Red Hat Fedora Core 3 gcc
Sun Studio 12 C++ compiler and Red Hat Fedora Core 3 g++
Red Hat Fedora Core 3 gdb
Red Hat Fedora Core make
To download and install the Sun Studio 12 compilers:
Create a directory for the downloaded file.
You must have write permission for this directory.
Download the file for your platform into the download directory.
Go to the download directory, and uncompress and untar the downloaded file.
bzcat filename | tar xvf -
Follow the instructions in Chapter 2 of the Sun
Studio 12 Quick Installation guide to install the C compiler, C++ compiler,
and required Solaris patches.
Add the path to the Sun Studio software to your PATH before
starting the NetBeans IDE.
To start the IDE on Microsoft Windows machines, do one of the following:
Double-click the NetBeans IDE icon on your desktop.
From the Start menu, select Programs > NetBeans 5.5.1 > NetBeans IDE,
or Programa > NetBeans 5.5 > NetBeans IDE.
To build a sample project and run it in the debugger:
Open the New Project wizard by choosing File > New Project.
In the Categories panel on the Choose Project page of the wizard, expand the Samples category and the C/C++ Development
subcategory, and select the C/C++ subcategory.
In the Projects panel, select the Welcome project. Click Next.
On the Project Name and Location page, click Finish.
In the Projects tab of the IDE, right-click the Welcome_1 project and
choose Build Project. If your compilers and make utility are
installed correctly and the path to them is set, build output is displayed in
the Output window and the project builds successfully.
Double-click the welcome.cc file to open it in the Source
Editor.
Right-click in the left margin of the Source Editor window and choose
Show Line Numbers.
Set a breakpoint by clicking in the left margin of the Source
Editor window next to line 33.
Right-click the project and choose Debug Project. If the gdb
debugger is installed correctly and the path to it is set, gdb starts
up, the Debugger tabs are displayed, and the Welcome application
runs and stops at the breakpoint.
Choose Run > Continue to run the application to completion.
Navigate to the bin subdirectory of your installation.
Execute the launcher script by typing ./netbeans.
To build a sample project and run it in the debugger:
Open the New Project wizard by choosing File > New Project.
In the Categories panel on the Choose Project page of the wizard, expand the Samples category and the C/C++ Development
subcategory, and select the C/C++ subcategory.
In the Projects panel, select the Welcome project. Click Next.
On the Project Name and Location page, click Finish.
In the Projects tab of the IDE, right-click the Welcome_1 project
and choose Properties.
In the Project Properties dialog box, set the Compiler Collection property
to the compiler collection you want to validate and click OK.
In the Projects tab, right-click the project and
choose Build Project. If your compilers and make utility are
installed correctly and the path to them is set, build output is displayed in
the Output window and the project builds successfully.
Double-click the welcome.cc file to open it in the Source
Editor.
Right-click in the left margin of the Source Editor window and choose
Show Line Numbers.
Set a breakpoint by clicking in the left margin of the Source
Editor window next to line 33.
Right-click the project and choose Debug Project. If the gdb
debugger is installed correctly and the path to it is set, gdb starts
up, the Debugger tabs are displayed, and the Welcome application
runs and stops at the breakpoint.
Choose Run > Continue to run the application to completion.
Navigate to the bin subdirectory of your installation.
Execute the launcher script by typing ./netbeans.
To build a sample project and run it in the debugger:
Open the New Project wizard by choosing File > New Project.
In the Categories panel on the Choose Project page of the wizard, expand the Samples category and the C/C++ Development
subcategory, and select the C/C++ subcategory.
In the Projects panel, select the Welcome project. Click Next.
On the Project Name and Location page, click Finish.
In the Projects tab of the IDE, right-click the Welcome_1 project
and choose Properties.
In the Project Properties dialog box, set the Compiler Collection property
to the compiler collection you want to validate and click OK.
In the Projects tab, right-click the project and
choose Build Project. If your compilers and make utility are
installed correctly and the path to them is set, build output is displayed in
the Output window and the project builds successfully.
Double-click the welcome.cc file to open it in the Source
Editor.
Right-click in the left margin of the Source Editor window and choose
Show Line Numbers.
Set a breakpoint by clicking in the left margin of the Source
Editor window next to line 33.
Right-click the project and choose Debug Project. If the gdb
debugger is installed correctely and the path to it is set, gdb starts
up, the Debugger tabs are displayed, and the Welcome application
runs and stops at the breakpoint.
Choose Run > Continue to run the application to completion.
To start the IDE on Macintosh machines, double-click the NetBeans icon on your desktop.
To build a sample project and run it in the debugger:
Open the New Project wizard by choosing File > New Project.
In the Categories panel on the Choose Project page of the wizard, expand the Samples category and the C/C++ Development
subcategory, and select the C/C++ subcategory.
In the Projects panel, select the Welcome project. Click Next.
On the Project Name and Location page, click Finish.
In the Projects tab of the IDE, right-click the Welcome_1 project and
choose Build Project. If your compilers and make utility are
installed correctly and the path to them is set, build output is displayed in
the Output window and the project builds successfully.
Double-click the welcome.cc file to open it in the Source
Editor.
Right-click the project and choose Debug Project. If the gdb
debugger is installed correctly and the path to it is set, gdb starts
up and the Debugger tabs are displayed.
Navigate to the
/~/Desktop/NetBeans.app/Contents/Resources/NetBeans////cnd1/_uninst
directory. (If you installed the NetBeans IDE in a directory other than
Desktop, replace /~/Desktop in the path with that
directory.)
Type ./uninstaller to run the InstallShield uninstaller.
