Re: deb for netbeans
Ainsi parlait Vendredi 3 Mai 2002 04:12, Matt Zimmerman :
> On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 02:09:40AM +0200, Roman Kennke wrote:
> > I wondered if there is a deb available for Netbeans? Its a great open
> > source IDE, I think. Or is there something wrong with the license?
>
> Assuming that it requires a Java2 virtual machine, it isn't useful with
> software available in Debian, nor even with software in the non-free
> archive, so the advantages of packaging it are substantially reduced.
>
> Of course, no one can stop you from creating debs and distributing them, so
> long as the software's license permits it (which it must if it is truly
> Open Source).
NetBeans also requires JavaHelp, and some non-free javac extensions only found
in netbans binary release.
Apart this licensing problems, it is also quite difficult to build and run
from external libraries. However, developpers were very friendly and
comprehensive, and i succeded to create a rpm for jpackage project (with
still minor problem, tough).
I'd be happy helping you if needed for creating a debian package, and also to
submit a common request to netbeans developpers to make other way of building
it easier in the future.
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Guillaume Rousse <rousse@ccr.jussieu.fr>
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