Installing and Updating

Before installing or updating make sure you read the release notes and list of known issues.

Installing and updating using NetBeans module archives

The easiest way to install is to install the plugin from a .nbm file:

• List of .nbm files available for download

After downloading the .nbm file do the following:

1. Open the Tools > Plugins dialog.
2. Choose the Downloaded tab.
3. Press the Add Plugins... button and specify the path to the downloaded .nbm file.
4. Click Install.

Installing and updating from source

To install from source first get the source code either from a git repository or from a source code archive.

• List of source code archives available for download

• List of versioned repositories

Then follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository or unpack the archive, depending on how you choose to get the source.
2. Open the project using the File > Open Project wizard.
3. Optionally, but highly recommended, right click on the nbgit project and select Run to test the plugin.
4. Right click on the nbgit project and select Install/Reload in Development IDE.