Cannot install NetBeans on Ubuntiu 12.04

Question

I am a new Ubuntu user, in fact, new to Unix/Linux. I have recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my laptop. I need to install NetBeans 7.2 on Ubuntu. I have already installed JDK using commands form this link. The JDK is installed in /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0 .

Now when I use the command sudo sh ~/Downloads/netbeans-7.2-ml-linux.sh , it searches for JVM but cannot find it. I get a message saying JDK 6 is required for installing the NetBeans....... .

I set the environment variable for JAVA_HOME using the command sudo gedit /etc/environment and adding this line in the file that was opened in gedit - JAVA_HOME = "/usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0" . Then I restarted the laptop. I still cannot install NetBeans since the setup cannot find JDK.

Using echo $PATH does echo the value for PATH environment variable, but using echo $JAVA_HOME echoes a blank line.

What should I do to install NetBeans?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Please follow this procedure:

http://connectwww.com/how-to-install-netbeans-ide-on-ubuntu-12-04/2286/