Fedora
NetBeans & Fedora
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Overview
Two open-source software development projects - netbeans.org and fedoraproject.org have been joined since integration of the NetBeans 6.1 into Fedora 10 as the feature.
Fedora uses Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) to managing the all own software components. Distribution the NetBeans for Fedora is also provided as a set of the packages in the RPM format.
Features
Implementation of the the NetBeans RPMs establishes some features additionally to the "traditional" features of the NetBeans or modifies existing ones.
- Small IDE Configuration
- Alternatives
- Desktop Entry
- NBDistroIDs - IDs that are being used to distinguish Netbeans distribution type. The distribution for Fedora has own NBDistroID - NBFC.
- Update Center - NetBeans for Fedora
- IDE Launcher
Fedora Package Database
- Build Status
- Update Status
- Package Source
- Bug Reports
You may report a new bug against package via a link.
There are two major packages of the NetBeans. Sources of the packages are located in the Fedora Package Database:
- netbeans -- NetBeans Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
- netbeans-platform -- NetBeans Platform
There is a set of the packages providing some peculiar functionality especially for the NetBeans:
- netbeans-svnclientadapter -- Subversion Client Adapter
- netbeans-javaparser -- NetBeans Java Parser
- netbeans-resolver -- Resolver subproject of xml-commons patched for NetBeans
There is a set of the packages that have been included into the Fedora Package Database additionally to already existing ones to resolve dependencies that are necessary for Small IDE Configuration:
- appframework -- Swing Application Framework
- beansbinding -- Beans Binding (JSR 295) reference implementation
- freemarker -- FreeMarker template engine
- ini4j -- Java API for handling files in Windows .ini format
Resources
Local Wiki Resources
- Fedora 10 - Packaging of the NetBeans - log of activities for Fedora 10.
- Fedora 10 - Packaging of the NetBeans - Check List - a list of activities for packaging of the NetBeans IDE 6.1 into Fedora 10.
- NetBeans 6.1 Fedora Packages Testing
- Fedora - Packaging of the NetBeans - Wish List
- Fedora 10 - Packaging of the NetBeans - Status
- FreeMarker
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (or RHEL) - Packaging of the NetBeans
- Fedora - Packaging of the NetBeans 6.5
- Fedora 10 - How to install the NetBeans 6.5?
- Fedora - Packaging of the NetBeans 6.7
- Fedora - Packaging of the NetBeans 6.8
External Resources
Fedora Project
- NetBeans Feature of Fedora
- A NetBeans bit for the Fedora release notes
- JavaFAQ
- Package Maintainer Responsibility Policy
Other
- Fedora - an article from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- Presentation: How to make good RPM Packages by Tom Callaway
