1. Start NetBeans 7.0 or later (these instructions do not work with earlier versions).
2. 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". If it is not listed, then it may already be installed.
   • Use Window / Services to open the "Services" tab
   • Expand the "Team Server" node and check that the "java.net" Team Server is listed.
3. 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. The default is "~/NetBeansProjects/electric~svn"
   • Click "Get From Team Server"
   • When done, the "Checkout Completed" dialog will say that projects were checked-out. Click "Open Project...", choose "electric", and click "Open".
4. Build Electric
   • In the "Projects" tab, right-click "electric" and choose "Build". The Electric project is large. If the build hangs, then it may be necessary to add "-J-Xmx2g" to the netbeans_default_options in file /etc/netbeans.conf .
5. 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)
6. Create a shortcut to start Electric from Desktop:
   • Create a shortcut to "~/NetBeansProjects/electric~svn/root/dist/electric.jar" in Unux or to "Local Folder/NetBeansProjects/electric~svn/root/dist/electric.jar" in Windows
   • Edit shortcut's "OpenWith" to OpenJDK or other Java distribution. Make this shortcut executable.
   • Launch Electric with this shortcut.
7. Create electric distribution for your organization (optional).
   • Copy the folder ~/NetBeansProjects/electric~svn/root/dist (with subdirecoties) to a shared location in your file system.