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I assume you have already installed netbeans 6.5 and the maven plugin.
Step 1
- From the Netbeans menu Choose File, New Project. Then select Maven, Maven Project, click Next>
- Click Add... then fill in the "Specify archetype details" dialog as shown:
- and click OK.
- Select "Custom archetype - lcsim-example-archetype", click Next>
- Fill in the form, choosing a project name, and replacing com.mycompany with your own package name (for example org.lcsim.contrib.tony). Click Finish
- Netbeans should open your project. You should be able to build and run it immediately.