NetBeans^TM IDE 5.5.1 BlueJ Edition Release Notes

Last Updated: 14 July 2006

Contents

• Introduction
• System Requirements
• Documentation
• More Information

Introduction

Welcome to NetBeans^TM IDE 5.5.1 BlueJ Edition. NetBeans IDE is a modular, standards-based integrated development environment (IDE), written in the Java^TM programming language.

If you are looking for information about installing the IDE, see the Installation Instructions.

System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems

NetBeans IDE runs on operating systems that support the Java^TM VM. Below is a list of platforms that NetBeans IDE has been tested on.

• Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2
• Solaris operating system (SPARC^® and x86 Platform Editions) versions 8, 9, and 10
• Red Hat Fedora Core 3
• Mac OS X 10.4

NetBeans IDE is also known to run on the following platforms:

• Java Desktop System 2
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP3
• Various other Linux distributions
• Open VMS 7.2-1 or later
• Other UNIX^® platforms, such as HP-UX

Minimum Hardware Configuration

Note: The IDE's minimum screen resolution is 1024x768 pixels.

• Microsoft Windows operating systems:
  • Processor: 500 MHz Intel Pentium III workstation or equivalent
  • Memory: 256 megabytes
  • Disk space: 125 megabytes of free disk space


• Solaris^TM operating system (SPARC version):
  • Processor: 500 MHz Ultra 60, SunBlade 150, or equivalent workstation
  • Memory: 256 megabytes
  • Disk space: 150 megabytes of free disk space


• Solaris^TM operating system (x86 version):
  • Processor: AMD Opteron 100 series Sun Ultra 20 workstation or equivalent
  • Memory: 256 megabytes
  • Disk space: 150 megabytes of free disk space


• Linux operating system:
  • Processor: 500 MHz Intel Pentium III workstation or equivalent
  • Memory: 256 megabytes
  • Disk space: 125 megabytes of free disk space


• Macintosh OS X operating system:
  • Processor: PowerPC G4
  • Memory: 256 megabytes
  • Disk space: 125 megabytes of free disk space

Recommended Hardware Configuration

• Microsoft Windows operating systems:
  • Processor: 780 MHz Intel Pentium III workstation or equivalent
  • Memory: 512 megabytes
  • Disk space: 125 megabytes of free disk space


• Solaris^TM operating system (SPARC version):
  • Processor: UltraSPARC IIIi 1.5 GHz SunBlade 1500 workstation or equivalent
  • Memory: 1 gigabyte
  • Disk space: 150 megabytes of free disk space


• Solaris^TM operating system (x86 version):
  • Processor: AMD Opteron 100 series Sun Ultra 20 workstation or equivalent
  • Memory: 1 gigabyte
  • Disk space: 150 megabytes of free disk space


• Linux operating system:
  • Processor: 800 MHz Intel Pentium III workstation or equivalent
  • Memory: 512 megabytes
  • Disk space: 125 megabytes of free disk space


• Macintosh OS X operating system:
  • Processor: PowerPC G5
  • Memory: 1 gigabyte
  • Disk space: 125 megabytes of free disk space

Required Software

NetBeans IDE runs on the J2SE JDK 5.0 (Java^TM 2 JDK, Standard Edition), which consists of the Java Runtime Environment plus developer tools for compiling, debugging, and running applications written in the Java^TM language.

Note: If you wish to run the IDE on earlier versions of the SDK or if you prefer to install the IDE manually, you can download archived versions of the IDE at http://java.sun.com/products/archive/index.html.

You can download the JDK for your platform from one of the sites listed below:

• Solaris: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.html
• Windows: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.html
• Linux: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.html
• Open VMS: http://h18012.www1.hp.com/java/download/index.html
• OS/2: http://www.goldencode.com/company/software/j2se/index.html or http://www.innotek.de/products/javaos2/javaos2general_e.html.
  If you get a NullPointerException when starting the IDE on OS/2, try changing the name of your JAVA_HOME/jre directory to all capital letters.

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Documentation

There are three main sources of documentation that you can use for the NetBeans IDE BlueJ Edition:

• The IDE's built-in help. You can open the help in the IDE by choosing Help > Help Contents.
• Web-based documentation specific to the BlueJ Edition of NetBeans IDE, which you can find at http://www.bluej.org/netbeans/tutorial/.
• Web-based documentation for the standard distribution of NetBeans IDE, which you can find at http://www.netbeans.org/kb/55/.

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More Information

You can find news, articles, additional modules, and other useful information on the NetBeans project web site. Since NetBeans is an open-source project, the web site also provides access to source code, a bug database, information on creating your own NetBeans modules, and much more.

For more information, visit http://www.netbeans.org/.

You can keep up to date on NetBeans IDE and interact with the NetBeans community by signing up for NetBeans project mailing lists at http://www.netbeans.org/community/lists/.

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