In this tutorial I want to show you how to install Netbeans on Linux. This tutorial is applicable in various Linux distributions such as Slackware, Ubuntu, Centos, Fedora, Redhat et cetera. The current stable version of Netbeans is Netbeans 6.8 but there is also a new beta version of Netbeans which has many new features and improvements than the previous one so in this tutorial we will use Netbeans 6.9 Beta.

The NetBeans 6.9 Beta introduces the JavaFX Composer, a visual layout tool for visually building JavaFX GUI applications, similar to the Swing GUI builder for Java SE applications. Additional highlights include OSGi interoperability for NetBeans Platform applications; support for JavaFX SDK 1.3