From the course: C++ IDE Overview

Installation

From the course: C++ IDE Overview

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Installation

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- [Instructor] NetBeans is the official IDE for Java, but it also works great for C++. While it is available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Solaris operating systems, we'll only talk about the Mac and Windows versions. Like most C++ IDEs, it doesn't come with a compiler, so please follow the steps in the compiler installation section first. To begin, head over to https://netbeans.org. In the upper right hand corner, click the download button. On the download page, the website will detect your written language and operating system and display them near the top of the page. If its choices are not correct, you should change them. NetBeans has different download bundles for each programming languages. Find the C/C++ column on the right side of the webpage. If you are installing NetBeans for Windows, you'll need to know how many bits your operating system uses. If you have a 32-bit system, download the X86 version. Otherwise, choose the X64 version. Please note, NetBeans is a Java application, but it doesn't require Java to be preinstalled for the C/C++ bundle because it includes a version of the Java Runtime Environment. Once the download has finished, click to open the installer. On Windows, you'll get the user access control warning, which lets you know than an app is about to be installed. Click yes to continue. The installation is straightforward. Just accept the default all the way through. So we're going to say next. We're going to accept the license agreement. Say next. We're going to accept the download location, next. And finally we're going to click install. You may get a prompt asking you if you will allow NetBeans to send anonymous usage data. The choice is yours. The app will work either way. So I will just go ahead and let it do so. On Windows by default, it installs to the Program Files directory. The installer adds a folder named NetBeans with its version number. In our case, the version number is 8.2. The application will be in the bin folder. If you are using a 64-bit system, the application is named NetBeans64. Double click to launch it. The first time you launch NetBeans, you may get an update request. You should go ahead and update these now. We can update the IDE by going Tools, Plugins. And we can see on Updates we have 10. We will say click the update button. Click next. And now let's go ahead and let the IDE restart. And this would allow it to finish the installation of all the updates. And now we have NetBeans installed and running on our Windows machine.

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