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While installing netbeans-6.9.1 I got following error:

./netbeans-6.9.1-ml-linux.sh: 1897: Syntax error: "(" unexpected (expecting ";;")

What may be the reason? I have downloaded the installer from netbeans.org.

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  • Any reason why you don't wantto install netbeans from software center - sudo apt-get install netbeans? The version there is also 6.9
    – Chakra
    Feb 4, 2011 at 5:55
  • i want to install 6.9.1 so
    – kamal
    Feb 4, 2011 at 6:23

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Try sh ./netbeans-6.9.1-ml-linux.sh .

Or anyway, that worked for me:

$ sh netbeans-6.9.1-ml-linux.sh 
Configuring the installer...
Searching for JVM on the system...
Extracting installation data...
Running the installer wizard...

If that's not working, we may need to look at whether you have any missing dependencies....

In the installer I just downloaded, line 1897 is: 

            printf "Executando o assistente do instalador...\n"

Not a "(" in sight on mine.

Here's the md5sum of the file I have:

$ md5sum  netbeans-6.9.1-ml-linux.sh 
9b00ecdc6e7a80dec5b882343d0ed6db  netbeans-6.9.1-ml-linux.sh

And here's my system (Ubuntu 10.10 with uname -a) : 

Linux mercator 2.6.35-25-generic #44-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 21 17:40:44 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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  • i found that there the file was not donwloaded properly. its md5 sum doesnt match. i downloaded net installer and installed successfully.
    – kamal
    Feb 16, 2011 at 9:56
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Look at the very first line of the script: does it try to run with /bin/sh? If so, change that first line to cause the script to run with BASH instead:

#!env bash

or

#!/bin/bash

Because /bin/sh is a symlink to /bin/dash, which might be the cause. Or you could invoke the script with bash directly:

bash $script

Or you could install from repository:

sudo apt-get install netbeans
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  • It does have ` #!/bin/sh ` -- what's the technical reason for running it under bash, though?
    – belacqua
    Feb 4, 2011 at 19:07
  • It's not hard to find discussions on that! Maybe a good starting point: wiki.ubuntu.com/DashAsBinSh.
    – user8290
    Feb 4, 2011 at 20:16
  • In short, /bin/sh on Ubuntu is a symbolic link to /bin/dash. Historically on Linux, /bin/sh has often been a symbolic link to /bin/bash. The way people should write their scripts for "any *nix" has changed, but few script writers have adopted those changes.
    – user8290
    Feb 9, 2011 at 19:13

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