The support for Maven2 only works in Netbeans 5.0
and later
builds. No support for 4.1 and older versions is planned currently.
It doesn't require Maven2 to be installed on your machine. If it's there though, the IDE will share the settings. The Maven Embedder that ships with Mevenide is of version 2.1 snapshot, with additional not yet integrated patches.
Netbeans 6.0 Installation
Install using the Netbeans Update Center
Go to the Netbeans menu and select the Tools/Plugins menu item
In the Plugins panel select the "Available plugins" tab.
Use the "maven" keyword for search :
Check at least the "Maven" plugin install. Others are optional but can be very useful for maven java entreprise support. In NetBeans 6.0, the Maven Enterprise support gets automatically installed for you if both Maven and J2ee modules are installed.
Follow the instructions given by the wizard.
Test the installation by selecting "File/New project" in the Netbeans menu. In the "New Project" panel you should have a new category :
Install using the zip file
download the last release from http://mevenide.codehaus.org/release/
mevenide2-netbeans-3.0.x.zip . It contains multiple NBM files (netbeans module file).
Go to the Netbeans menu and select the Tools/Plugins menu item
In the Plugins panel select the "Downloaded" tab, click on the "Add plugins ..." button
Select all the unziped nbm files and follow the instructions given by the wizard.
Netbeans 5.X Installation
Install using the zip file
download the release 2.3 zip
. It contains multiple NBM files (netbeans module file).
Select the Tools/Update Center menu item. In the appearing dialog, select the "Install Manually downloaded Modules" checkbox.
In the next panel, add all the nbm files from the zip file. (Multiselection works in the filechooser).
Finish the wizard and install the modules.
Install using the Netbeans Update Center
Select "Tools > Options" menu item, click the "Advanced Options" button
Right Click on "IDE Configuration > System > Autoupdate Types", select "new > General Update Center"
Enter "Mevenide2 Update Center" for the object name
