STEP 3: Install NetBeans Portal Pack

These are instructions to install the NetBeans PortalPack to build portlet applications. Ultimately, I will show how to develop an ICEfaces portlet for Liferay using NetBeans.

DOWNLOAD: portal-pack-plugin-3_0_2_all.zip
FROM URL: http://portalpack.netbeans.org/
OR FROM URL: http://netbeans.org/projects/contrib/downloads/directory/portalpack/

Open a terminal window, and enter the following commands. Replace [download location] with the directory where you downloaded the software to.

$ cd [download location]
$ unzip portal-pack-plugin-3_0_2_all.zip

In NetBeans...

Tools | Plugins | Downloaded | Add Plugins...

Navigate to [download location]/portalpack_3_0_2_all

Install (use CTRL-A to select all)...

• orgnetbeansmodulesportalpackcms.nbm
• orgnetbeansmodulesportalpackcommons.nbm
• orgnetbeansmodulesportalpackcommonspalette.nbm
• orgnetbeansmodulesportalpackportletsgenericportlets.nbm
• orgnetbeansmodulesportalpackportletsspring.nbm
• orgnetbeansmodulesportalpacksaw.nbm
• orgnetbeansmodulesportalpackserversbase_psframework.nbm
• orgnetbeansmodulesportalpackserversopensourcepc.nbm
• orgnetbeansmodulesportalpackserverssunps.nbm
• orgnetbeansmodulesportalpackserverswebsynergy.nbm
• orgnetbeansmodulesportalpackwebsynergypalette.nbm
• orgnetbeansmodulesportalpackwebsynergyportlets.nbm
• orgnetbeansmodulesportalpackwebsynergyservicebuilder.nbm

In the terminal window...

$ rm -rf portalpack_3_0_2_all