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 ?

Solution

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 i.e. don't use the packaged version that you can install from Synaptic for development).