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• For Windows/RedHat/Solaris, CollabNet also offers free Subversion downloads that are specifically tested with NetBeans: http://www.collab.net/downloads/netbeans/ (Free to download, but they require that you register first. Registration is also free, but requires a valid email address)

Install Maven Support

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Integrate an External Installation of Maven

Although not required, it 's is recommended to install an external version of Apache Maven. This will ensure that you are using the a version of Maven which DSpace supports. (DSpace 1.7 or higher works best with Maven 2.2.1. You should check the latest pre-requisites if you are using a later version of DSpace)if you are using a later version of DSpace) However, if the Bundled version of Maven is a supported version, you are welcome to use it.

If you wish to integrate an external install of Maven:

• First, install Maven:
  • For most Linux distributions, you should be able to just install the Maven client available in your distribution's repositories.
  • For all other operating systems, you can install the latest version from the Apache Maven site.
• Configure Netbeans to use your external Maven:
  • Go to the "Tools" menu, and select "Options" (on OS/X, this is "NetBeans" -> "Preferences")
  • Select the "Miscellaneous" section.
  • Select the "Maven" tab.
  • Directly under Modify the "External Maven Home" field, you'll see a line that says "Using Default Maven Version:__". It's possible that Netbeans will already see your external version of Maven (if it's in your PATH). However, if it says that it is using the "bundled mavenBundled" Maven, then you'll want to fill out the "_External Maven Home" field with the location of your external installation of Maven.
  • In the middle of this page, you may also need to fill out the location of your "Local Repository". This should be the location of the ".m2" directory under your user's home directory.
    • On Linux and OS/X, it should be located at ~/.m2/
    • On Windows, it should be located at C:\Documents and Settings\username\.m2 (Windows XP) or C:\Users\username\.m2 (Windows 7)
  • All the other Maven settings should be fine as their defaults. Press "OK" to save your changes.

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• Under the 'Team' menu, go to 'Checkout'. Enter the URL for the DSpace Subversion repository: https://scm.dspace.org/svn/repo/dspace, and click on the next button.
• Next to 'Repository Folder(s)', click on 'Browse', and browse to the version of DSpace you wish to checkout. A few hints:
  • Stable, tested versions of DSpace are available under tags (e.g. tags/dspace-1_7_1)
  • Latest Bug Fixes (though slightly less stable) are available under branches (e.g. branches/dspace-1_7_x)
  • Unstable code is available on trunk. It is not recommended that you checkout trunk unless you are a Committer & know what you are doing!
• Choose a local folder to checkout to (or leave the default entry), and leave the 'Scan for NetBeans projects after Checkout' option selected, and click on 'Finish'.
• When NetBeans completes the checkout, it will pop-up a dialog telling you that it found projects during the checkout. Choose 'Open Project' from the dialog. Select all the projects that you wish to open (hold down ctrl to select multiple), and click the OK button.

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• First, you'll need to install the "Tomcat" plugin for NetBeans, if it isn't already installed.
  • Go to the "Tools" menu and select "Plugins".
  • Select the "Available Plugins" tab. This should list an entry for "Tomcat"
  • Check the box next to it, and click on 'install'.
  • Restart NetBeans
• You'll now want to tell NetBeans where your Tomcat installation is located.
  • Go to the "Tools" menu and select "Servers".
  • Click the "Add Server.." button to add a new server
  • Select the type of Server (e.g. Tomcat 6.0/7.0) and click "Next >"
  • NetBeans will ask you for the "Catalina Home" location of this Tomcat Server. This is the location where Tomcat is installed (e.g. On Windows it may be "C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat-6.0"). You'll also need to give NetBeans your credentials for the "manager" role in Tomcat.
• After configuring your Tomcat 6.0 server, you may want to reconfigure a few default settings.
  • Go to the "Tools" menu and select "Servers".
  • Select your "Tomcat 6.0" server.
  • On the "Connection" tab, you may wish to enable the HTTP Monitor option
    • This will start up HTTP Monitoring (in a new tab) in NetBeans, whenever you start this server. HTTP Monitoring may be useful to developers who wish to view all HTTP requests/responses that occur during their development process.

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• Select the project for the Web Application you wish to run through Tomcat (e.g. "DSpace XML-UI (Manakin) :: Web Application Resources" for the XMLUI). This project must be a "war" based project, as Tomcat only runs WAR files.
• Right click on your selected project and click "Properties"
• From the Properties window, select the "Run" category.
  • From these Run settings, you'll want to specify the Server which this application should run on. Select your newly configured Tomcat server.
  • Also, specify a "Context Path". This should be the ending path on the URL. For example, specifying "/xmlui" will mean your web application will be available from "http://localhost:8080/xmlui"
• Now, click over to the "Actions" category on the left.
  • You'll see a list of Actions on the right. Click on the "Run Project" action (as this is the one used to run your web application).
  • In that Action's "Set Properties" section, add a property to point it to your DSpace installation's configuration file (dspace.cfg). The following is an example on Windows, assuming that you've installed DSpace to "C:/dspace/":
    • dspace.-config=C:/dspace/config/dspace.cfg (make sure to include this entire line – also, do NOT include quotes around the file path)
• Finally, click "OK" at the bottom to save all your new project settings.

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• Select the project for the Web Application you wish to run through Tomcat (e.g. "DSpace XML-UI (Manakin) :: Web Application Resources" for the XMLUI). This project must be a "war" based project.
• Right click on your selected project and click "Properties"
• From the Properties window, select the "Actions" category on the left.
  • You'll see a list of Actions on the right. Click on the "Debug Project" action (as this is the one used to debug your web application).
  • In that Action's "Set Properties" section, add a property to point it to your DSpace installation's configuration file (dspace.cfg). Make sure to keep all existing properties in tact, and just add your new property. The following is an example on Windows, assuming that you've installed DSpace to "C:/dspace/":
    • dspace.-config=C:/dspace/config/dspace.cfg (make sure to include this entire line – also, do NOT include quotes around the file path)
• Finally, click "OK" at the bottom to save all your new project settings.

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