1. Start NetBeans 6.9 or later.
2. Register the java.net Team Server in the NetBeans IDE:
   - Choose Window / Services in the main menu to open the Services window.
   - Right-click the Team Servers node and choose Add Team Server.
   - Set the Name to "java.net" and the URL to "https://java.net". Click Add.
   - Choose Team / Team Server / Login from the main menu to log in to the server. Alternatively, you can right-click the name of the server under the Team Servers node and choose Login.
3. Download Electric Sources from java.net .
   - Choose File / Open Team Project... from the main menu.
   - Search for the Electric project
   - Select Electric: VLSI Design System and click Open From Team Server
   - Expand the Electric: VLSI Design System node in the Team tab
   - Expand the Sources subnode
   - Click on Source Code Repository (get)
   - Either enter Folder To Get in Get Sources From Team Server dialog or click the Browse button near it. The Folder to Get of the latest Electric sources is trunk/electric
   - Choose Local Folder in the Get Sources From Team Server to download the Electric Sources. The default is ~/NetBeansProjects/electric~svn
   - Click Get From Team Server
   - The "Checkout Completed" dialog will say that 7 projects were checked-out. It will suggest that you open a project.
   - Click Open Project...
   - Choose electric and click Open.
4. Build Electric
   - Right-click the electric/ node in the Projects tab.
   - Choose Build.
5. Open the electric-core subproject and run Electric.
   - Expand the electric node in the Projects tab.
   - Expand the Modules/ subnode.
   - Double-click the electric-core subnode.
   - The electric-core node will appear in the Projects tab. Right-click on it and choose Set as Main Project
   - Choose either Run / Run Project (electric-core) or Debug / Debug Project (electric-core) from the main menu.
6. Create a shortcut to start Electric from the Desktop
   - On Unix, create a shortcut to Local Folder/electric/electric-distribution/electric-${project.version}-app/bin/electric
   - On Windows, create a shortcut to Local Folder/electric/electric-distribution/electric-${project.version}-app/bin/electric.bat
   - Launch Electric with this shortcut.
7. Create an Electric distribution for your organization (optional).
   - Open the subproject electric-distribution by double-clicking the node lectric|Modules|electric-distribution
   - Set electric-distribution as the Main Project.
   - Select the combo box in the tool bar that shows default-config and choose distro config.
   - Build an electric-distribution project.
   - Copy the project to a shared location in your file system, any of:
     - Directory Local Folder/electric/electric-distribution/electric-${project.version}-distro
     - JAR file Local Folder/electric/electric-distribution/electric-${project.version}-bin-jar