Netbeans + tomcat on Ubuntu

Question

I migrated to Ubuntu from windows recently and am going to use Netbeans on it now. I have installed Netbeans using synaptic but I do not see services option in tools tab.

Will i have to install Tomcat separately ?

Answer 1

To enable the Servers item, go Tools > Plugins and install the Java Web Applications plugin (or even the whole Java Web and EE category) first.

Then, to integrate NetBeans with Tomcat, follow these instructions .

Note that Services is not in the Tools menu, it's near the Projects tab:

You can also add a server from Tools > Servers .

And yes, you'll have to install Tomcat separately (and I warmly recommend to get a regular archive from Tomcat's website and to unzip it in your home directory ie don't use the packaged version that you can install from Synaptic for development).