NetBeans IDE Installer code is currently in fork branch.
PR: https://github.com/apache/incubator-netbeans/pull/1052
Installer build job for Linux and Windows installers:
https://builds.apache.org/job/netbeans-installer-test/
Mac Installer needs to be built locally, please refer INFRA-17961
For signing installers, Code Service signing account is required. More info is here : https://reference.apache.org/pmc/codesigning
Mac Installer build will fail if Certificate identity-name string is not provided in below script.
Steps to build installers locally
git clone https://github.com/rtaneja1/incubator-netbeans.git -b rtaneja-donation3-installer
cd incubator_netbeans
Run ant build
Invoke below bash script from current dir for Linux and Windows Installers:
BASE_DIR=`pwd` NB_ALL=$BASE_DIR export BASE_DIR NB_ALL DIST=$BASE_DIR/dist export DIST if [ -d $DIST ] ; then rm -rf $DIST fi mkdir -p $DIST/zip/moduleclusters mkdir -p $DIST/logs BINARY_PATH=<path> BINARY_NAME=<zip name incubating-netbeans-11.0-vc3-bin.zip> export BINARY_NAME cp $BINARY_PATH/$BINARY_NAME $DIST/zip/moduleclusters cd $BASE_DIR NB_BUILD_NUMBER=395 BASENAME_PREFIX=Apache-NetBeans-11.0-bin BUILD_DESC=$BASENAME_PREFIX BUILDNUMBER=$NB_BUILD_NUMBER DATESTAMP=$BUILDNUMBER export BUILDNUMBER BASENAME_PREFIX NB_BUILD_NUMBER DATESTAMP BUILD_DESC ########## BUILD_NB=1 ########## BUILD_NETBEANS=0 BUILD_NBJDK6=0 BUILD_NBJDK7=0 BUILD_NBJDK8=0 BUILD_NBJDK11=0 export BUILD_NETBEANS BUILD_NB export BUILD_NBJDK6 BUILD_NBJDK7 BUILD_NBJDK8 BUILD_NBJDK11 OUTPUT_DIR=${NB_ALL}/dist/installers export OUTPUT_DIR DONT_SIGN_INSTALLER=y export DONT_SIGN_INSTALLER bash -x $NB_ALL/nbbuild/newbuild/build-nbi.sh
Installers will be generated under dist/bundles
Windows installer exe can be signed using Code signing gui, link is above.
For Mac OSX installer
BASE_DIR=`pwd` NB_ALL=$BASE_DIR export BASE_DIR NB_ALL DIST=$BASE_DIR/dist export DIST if [ -d $DIST ] ; then rm -rf $DIST fi mkdir -p $DIST/zip/moduleclusters mkdir -p $DIST/logs BINARY_PATH=<path> BINARY_NAME=<binary zip name> export BINARY_NAME cp $BINARY_PATH/$BINARY_NAME $DIST/zip/moduleclusters cd $BASE_DIR NB_BUILD_NUMBER=395 BASENAME_PREFIX=Apache-NetBeans-11.0-bin BUILD_DESC=$BASENAME_PREFIX BUILDNUMBER=$NB_BUILD_NUMBER DATESTAMP=$BUILDNUMBER export BUILDNUMBER BASENAME_PREFIX NB_BUILD_NUMBER DATESTAMP BUILD_DESC ####### BUILD_MAC=1 export BUILD_MAC MAC_SIGN_IDENTITY_NAME=<path to txt file containing Apache Code sign certificate identity name string> export MAC_SIGN_IDENTITY_NAME ####### BUILD_NB=0 BUILD_NETBEANS=0 BUILD_NBJDK6=0 BUILD_NBJDK7=0 BUILD_NBJDK8=0 BUILD_NBJDK11=0 export BUILD_NETBEANS BUILD_NB export BUILD_NBJDK6 BUILD_NBJDK7 BUILD_NBJDK8 BUILD_NBJDK11 OUTPUT_DIR=${NB_ALL}/dist/installers export OUTPUT_DIR DONT_SIGN_INSTALLER=y export DONT_SIGN_INSTALLER bash -x $NB_ALL/nbbuild/newbuild/build-nbi.sh
The signed installer will get generated under dist/bundles.