HowToBuild

To build jMapView, follow these steps on any OS which has a working JDK:

• Get the code
• Make sure you have a Java 1.5 or later JDK installed
  • Install the package openjdk-6-jdk on Debian-based Linux distributions
• Download NetBeans 7.3 (the Java SE edition) from http://www.netbeans.org
  • Note that NetBeans 7.0.1 as provided in Ubuntu 12.04 has a bug that will prevent the project from opening properly in NetBeans. You're much better off getting the website version.
• Install it, including jUnit and allowing it to check for updates
• Run NetBeans
  • If you are using Ubuntu and find you can't read the menus, see https://bugs.launchpad.net/openjdk/+bug/932274 for a workaround
• Click File > Open Project
• Navigate to the code. You'll see it has a different icon to other folders, indicaing it has been recognised as a NetBeans project
• Hit F11 to build