To Install the Maven Plugin

Before You Begin

If you do not already have NetBeans IDE 6.5, go to http://www.netbeans.org/ to download and install it.

On the NetBeans IDE download page, select Java as the bundle to download. This bundle includes Java SE, Web, Java EE, and Java ME. When you install NetBeans IDE, click Customize to install only some of the components. Deselect all of the listed runtimes, since you are using the Sun GlassFish Mobility Platform version of Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server.

1. Start NetBeans IDE.

2. From the Tools menu, select Plugins.

3. In the Plugins dialog, click the Available Plugins tab, then type Maven in the Search field.

4. Select the checkbox for the Maven plugin, then click the Install button.

5. Follow the instructions in the NetBeans IDE Installer wizard.

6. After the wizard returns, click Close in the Plugins dialog.

7. Choose Windows->Other->Maven Repository Browser.

8. In the Maven Repository Browser tree, right-click the Java.net Repository node and select Update Index.