[Upgrade] Netbeans PHP IDE 7.0 in Fedora Linux

Netbeans 7.0 is out. New features (in PHP edition):

• Generate PhpDoc
• Rename refactoring, Safe Delete Refactoring
• PHP 5.3 – Support for aliases

If you are new to Netbeans on Linux, see this post to install it.

Also, previous upgrade article is available here.

To upgrade, follow these simple steps. Download Netbeans from the home site.

mkdir -p ~/software
mkdir -p ~/bin
mv netbeans-7.0-ml-php-linux.sh ~/software
cd ~/software
chmod a+x netbeans-7.0-ml-php-linux.sh
sudo ./netbeans-7.0-ml-php-linux.sh

Netbeans 7.0 installer runs and installs the IDE to /usr/local/netbeans-7.0/.

Now create/edit the launcher:

gedit ~/bin/netbeans.sh

Cut and paste:

#!/bin/sh
export AWT_TOOLKIT=XToolkit
/usr/local/netbeans-7.0/bin/netbeans --nosplash --laf com.sun.java.swing.plaf.gtk.GTKLookAndFeel -J-Dswing.aatext=true -J-Dawt.useSystemAAFontSettings=on

Search this site for “netbeans” to find more articles and clues on how to configure and run this great IDE in Linux.

netbeans-7.0-ml-php-linux.sh