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Netbeans 5.0 can be downloaded from http://www.netbeans.info/downloads/download.php?type=5.0. Windows users should just click on the netbeans-5_0-windows.exe after download to install netbeans.
Netbeans 5.5 can be downloaded from: http://www.netbeans.info/downloads/index.php
Install Mevenide
Download (do a "save as" on the link) this small autoupdate module.
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