1. Start NetBeans 6.9 or later.
2. If NetBeans version is 7.0, install the Team Server Plugin:
   - Use Tools / Plugins and choose the "Available Plugins" tab in the Plugins manager.
   - In the left pane, check the "Team Server" plugin and click "Install".
   - Click "Close" to exit the Plugins manager.
   - Use Window / Services to open the "Services" tab
   - Expand the "Team Server" node and check that the "java.net" Team Server is listed.
3. If NetBeans version is below 7.0, register the "java.net" Team Server:
   - Choose Window / Services in the main menu to open the Services tab.
   - Right-click the "Team Servers" node and choose "Add Team Server".
   - Type the Name "java.net" and URL "https://java.net" of the Team Server. Click "Add".
   - Use Team / Team Server / Login/ and log in to the server. Alternatively, you can right-click the name of the server under the "Team Servers" node and choose "Login".
4. Download Electric Sources from java.net .
   - Use File / Open Team Project...
   - Search for "electric", select "Electric: VLSI Design System", and click "Open From Team Server"
   - Expand the "Electric: VLSI Design System" node in the "Team" tab and the "Sources" subnode
   - Click "Source Code Repository (get)"
   - Either enter "Folder To Get" or click the "Browse..." button and choose "trunk/electric" .
   - Choose "Local Folder" and select the location for Electric Sources.
   - Click "Get From Team Server"
   - When done, the "Checkout Completed" dialog will say that 7 projects were checked-out. Click "Open Project...", choose "electric", and click "Open".
5. Build Electric
   - In the "Projects" tab, right-click "electric" and choose "Build".
6. Open "electric-core" subproject and run Electric.
   - In the "Projects" tab, expand the "electric" node and the "Modules" subnode.
   - Double-click the "electric-core" subnode.
   - "electric-core" node will appear in "Projects" tab. Right-click on it and choose "Set as Main Project"
   - Use either Run / Run Project (electric-core) or Debug / Debug Project (electric-core)
7. Create a shortcut to start Electric from Desktop:
   - Unix: "Local Folder/electric/electric-distribution/target/electric-VERSION-app/bin/electric"
   - Windows: "Local Folder/electric/electric-distribution/target/electric-VERSION-app/electric-core-VERSION-SNAPSHOT.jar"
   - Or: "Local Folder/electric/electric-distribution/target/electric-VERSION-app/bin/electric.bat"
8. Create electric distribution for your organization (optional).
   - In the "Projects" tab, double-click the "electric/Modules/electric-distribution" node.
   - Set "electric-distribution" as Main Project.
   - Click on the combo box in the tool bar that shows <default-config> and choose "distro".
   - Build an "electric-distribution" project.
   - Copy these files to a shared location in your file system:
   - directory "Local Folder/electric/electric-distribution/target/electric-VERSION-distro"
   - jar file "Local Folder/electric/electric-distribution/target/electric-VERSION-bin-jar"