It should be noted that Netbeans can coexist with earlier versions(in my case 6.7.1 and 6.8)
*EDIT* As you can see in the comments this is not the official way of doing this - Perform the following at your own risk, I will gladly try to help in the comments section but no warranty is guaranteed.
So down to business enough talk.
Go to Tools->Plugins
under the tab "settings" you should find different items, they should be named something like: Netbeans, Third-party and Netbeans beta.
You should edit each of these items accordingly to the version you need. In my case I had to change the urls from:
http://updates.netbeans.org/netbeans/updates/6.7.1/uc/final/...
to:
http://updates.netbeans.org/netbeans/updates/6.8/uc/final/...
After editing each entry the plugin manager should check for updates, and as of writing there were 2 updates after this procedure. I updated these and when I restarted Netbeans I checked for updates and had a whole bunch.
I hope this will help somebody out there as lost as I am on the netbeans website.
2 comments:
This upgrading method works, but we do not officially advertise this tip on netbeans.org because it isn't QA tested. (What happens with directory names? What happens with discontinued or third-party plugins? etc.)
We cannot promise this will work with everyone's customized set-up, so you're doing it "at your own risk". The safest (official) way is to download a new installer (which also includes current SDKs and app servers etc).
Hey R. Kusterer
I will update the post accordingly. Thanks for pointing that out. But installing with the new installer will that make a separate installation or will it "upgrade" my current install?
I was a bit disappointed that the only thing I could find on the website was a statement about the new version being able to run side-by-side with the old one.
/Nicolai
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