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The installer for linux depends on bc. That program is not always installed by default, so I would recommend that the installer probes (eg. using the which command) to test whether bc is installed. If not it should write that it is required instead of writing something like the following: Initializing InstallShield Wizard........ ./netbeans-6_0-m3-bin-200609161800-linux-16_Sep_2006_1800.bin: line 189: bc: command not found ./netbeans-6_0-m3-bin-200609161800-linux-16_Sep_2006_1800.bin: line 404: [: : integer expression expected ... more of this Another solution in to make it entirely in Java. My second request is that the installer also probes whether mozilla or firefox is the default browser. Many newer linux os'es use firefox instead of good old mozilla and the installer could probe this too (or alt least ask the user to pick the browser executable is 'which mozilla' returns not found). The browser bug seem to be fixed in milestone 3 of the new 6.0 release so please backport it to the 5.5 release (it is not fixed in beta 2). Best regards Kim Pedersen
New installer engine is used now. It does not depend on bc.