I use zip packages from Netbeans for all practical purposes. This gives me freedom to put netbeans anywhere. Also, I don't need admin rights.
This application (or workflow) creates a launchable icon for netbeans.
You just need to put netbeans.app, next to netbeans
script under bin
directory.
Just git clone/export this project into a bin directory. For example,
cd $NETBEANS_HOME/bin
git clone [email protected]:yogendra/netbeans-osx-launcher.git netbeans.app
NOTE: .app
extension is important as Mac OS X uses this to identify launchable application.
Here, $NETBEANS_HOME need to be changed to where ever you have extracted netbeans archive. Now, you can simply click on netbeans icon in Finder and launch application You can also drag netbeans icon to Dockbar for quick access.
Thats cause the netbeanse script uses a separate JVM process to lauch main application. I don't have any idea how to make it apear as one icon. If you have any idea, please file via issue.