Here is a quick short tutorial on how to setup NetBeans + JavaFX 1.0 to run under linux for those that do not want to wait on sun releasing a penguin version of their SDK:

(special thanks to Weiqui Gao for the wonderful instructions)

1. Download the JavaFX SDK tar gz for Linux (unofficial) here. Unpack it on a directory of your choice.
2. If you don’t have netbeans 6.5, download NetBeans 6.5 for linux here
3. Install and run NetBeans
4. Go to Tools > Plugins -> Downloaded tab and click on Add plugins…
5. Browse to the folder where you unpacked the JavaFX SDK and select the folder “netbeans_plugin”. Select all the files there and click “ok”
6. Click “install”, accept everything and restart netbeans when prompted.
7. Execute the install.sh script on the JavaFX SDK folder. Type in your netbeans 6.5 path when asked.

Thats it!

Those instructions were not tested in all possible systems and circunstances. If you have any problems, please drop in a comment and I will be glad to help you.

I’m also accepting mirrors for the first file, if someone would like to do some charity

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