Where does Ubuntu 14.04 install NetBeans

Question

I revise many posts about this topic , i note that Ubuntu should install NetBeans under:

ln -s /usr/local/netbeans-y.y/

I browse /usr/local and i don't find any netbeans known that i have installed two versions of NetBeans

Answer 1

It depends on your installation process. If you dont install it as root, it should be located at ~/netbeans-x.x otherwise it is at /usr/local/netbeans-x.x.

Answer 2

Great . i found it . It is under your home directory :

$ ls ~ |grep net
netbeans-6.5
netbeans-8.0