[done] Netbeans 6.8 / Glassfish 3 / Java EE 6

[damNageHack]

What a pity ...

http://forums.netbeans.org/topic20818.html

[damNageHack]

Seems that this gets my personal blog

I just got the official nbannounce Newsletter about the new 6.8 release, but the download server seems to be still very slow or nearly down. Very crazy

[damNageHack]

I managed to get a working download. So, I am very happy now

If anybody has problems accessing the download of Netbeans 6.8 final, please contact me. I can provie a working installer.

[damNageHack]

Okay, the installation seems to work.

Just one question. If I would like to provide a slack package for Netbeans, do I have to consider about something else than the packaging rules?

For example, Debian has strict rules where to place each file.

For the Netbeans case, it will only install all files into one folder, let's say /usr/local/netbeans-6.8 per default. And there will be a .desktop file for a menu entry "Netbeans 6.8" in "Development" submenu. Is this okay

So I will install the folder and makepkg it to have it easily available for salix repository.

Thanks in advance for any help about that.

[JRD]

Yes, some files need to be put in the right place.
For example, the documentation about a software in /usr/doc/software-name-ver
/usr/man for man pages.

/usr/local should not be used for packages !!
it's a place for "local" stuff, i.e. not distribution stuff.
A distribution package should therefore not write anything in there.
So, one could delete all that are in /usr/local without killing its system.

[damNageHack]

Content of netbeans-6.8/ is as follows

-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 5957 2009-12-05 01:12 CREDITS.html
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 5736 2009-12-05 01:02 CREDITS_ja.html
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 5657 2009-12-05 01:02 CREDITS_pt_BR.html
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 5381 2009-12-05 01:02 CREDITS_zh_CN.html
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 1764 2009-12-05 01:12 DISTRIBUTION.txt
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 1845 2009-12-05 01:14 LEGALNOTICE.txt
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 98175 2009-12-05 01:14 LICENSE.txt
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 5151 2009-12-05 01:15 README.html
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 6137 2009-12-05 01:02 README_ja.html
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 5682 2009-12-05 01:02 README_pt_BR.html
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 5118 2009-12-05 01:02 README_zh_CN.html
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 2966077 2009-12-05 01:16 THIRDPARTYLICENSE.txt
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 85 2009-12-14 23:09 apisupport1
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 40 2009-12-14 23:08 bin
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 96 2009-12-14 23:10 enterprise6
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 75 2009-12-14 23:11 ergonomics2
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 72 2009-12-14 23:08 etc
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 75 2009-12-14 23:11 groovy2
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 2009-12-14 23:09 harness
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 100 2009-12-14 23:08 ide12
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 85 2009-12-14 23:10 identity2
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 123 2009-12-14 23:09 java3
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 92 2009-12-14 23:09 javafx2
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 129 2009-12-14 23:10 mobility8
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 40121 2009-12-05 01:15 moduleCluster.properties
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 2009-12-14 23:11 nb6.8
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 15822 2009-12-05 01:15 netbeans.css
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 107 2009-12-14 23:08 platform11
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 118 2009-12-14 23:09 profiler3
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1860608 2009-12-14 23:09 uninstall.sh
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 75 2009-12-14 23:08 websvccommon1

I don't know what to do

[JRD]

Well, I don't know how netbeans works, so it's difficult to say.
If I guess, I'll say :
- "bin/*" in /usr/bin/
- "etc/*" in /etc/netbeans/ (or /etc if name is explicit and there are not too much)
- all capitalize files and netbeans.css (and maybe another directory if reference by the html files) in /usr/doc/netbeans-6.8/
- all the others to /usr/share/netbeans/ or /usr/share/netbeans-6.8/

See the "DISTRIBUTION.txt" or "README*" files, it may contains instruction for packaging maybe.

[damNageHack]

See the "DISTRIBUTION.txt" or "README*" files, it may contains instruction for packaging maybe.

DistributionREADME

DISTRIBUTION BY DEVELOPERS.

Subject to the terms and conditions of the Software License Agreement and the
obligations, restrictions, and exceptions set forth below, You may reproduce and
distribute the portions of Software identified below ("each a Redistributable"),
provided that you comply with the following (note that You may be entitled to
reproduce and distribute other portions of the Software not defined here as a
Redistributable under certain other licenses as described in the
THIRDPARTYLICENSE.txt file, if applicable):

(a) You distribute the Redistributable complete and unmodified and only bundled
as part of Your applets and applications ("Programs"),

(b) Your Programs add significant and primary functionality to the Software,

(c) You distribute Redistributable for the sole purpose of running your
Programs,

(d) You do not distribute additional software intended to replace any
component(s) of the Redistributable,

(e) You do not remove or alter any proprietary legends or notices contained in
or on the Redistributable.

(f) You only distribute the Redistributable subject to a license agreement that
protects Sun's interests consistent with the terms contained in the Software
License Agreement, and

(g) You agree to defend and indemnify Sun and its licensors from and against any
damages, costs, liabilities, settlement amounts and/or expenses (including
attorneys' fees) incurred in connection with any claim, lawsuit or action by any
third party that arises or results from the use or distribution of any and all
Programs and/or Redistributable.

The following files are each a Redistributable:

(1) Sun Java Wireless Toolkit 2.5.2 for CLDC
(2) Sun Java Platform, Micro Edition Software Development Kit 3.0

[damNageHack]

NetBeans IDE and NetBeans Platform are based on software from netbeans.org, which has been dual licensed under the Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL) and the GNU General Public License version 2 with Classpath exception. For more information, please visit www.netbeans.org.

[fredg]

Here is a good example :
http://slackbuilds.org/slackbuilds/13.0 ... SlackBuild

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