JT: In fact, Oracle has had Java available in Ubuntu PPA since 2015. Reference:
http://www.webupd8.org/2015/02/install-oracle-java-9-in-ubuntu-linux.html On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 7:09 PM, Jaroslav Tulach <[email protected]> wrote: > I was always hoping for the latest NetBeans to be available as a .deb > package > for my Ubuntu. If you can make that happen, go for it Wallace! > -jt > > >> Wallace Jackson <[email protected]>: 06.10.17 @ 15:29 << > > Has anyone requested a PPA repository be set-up for NetBeans?! Java has > > one... In this way, complex installs on the client (user) side would be > as > > simple as two SUDO commands entered one time only (per Linux > workstation): > > > > sudo add-apt-repository ppa:apacheprojects/netbeans > > sudo apt update > > > > OR: > > > > sudo add-apt-repository ppa:apacheprojects/netbeans-dev > > sudo apt update > > > > AND > > > > sudo add-apt-repository ppa:apacheprojects/netbeans-stable > > sudo apt update > > > > After that, whenever Ubuntu 17.04 or 17.10 are updated (I do this every > > day) so is the latest build (work) for NetBeans 9. This reduces the work > > for your users by an order of magnitude (or more)... > > > > Great to be here... Walls. Wallace Jackson, MindTaffy > > > -- [image: --] Wallace Jackson [image: http://]about.me/wallacejackson <http://about.me/wallacejackson> *Mind Taffy Design:* *www.MindTaffy.com <http://www.MindTaffy.com>*
