Setting up netbeans in linux

[Seraphimsan]

Alright, I've never developed under linux before so I don't even know where to start with this one. What packages do I install in ubuntu so that I can develop c++ programs under this distro? I have netbeans installed, and I installed the gnu standard c++ library and Netbeans is telling me it cant find the files string or iostream or vector or any std files for that matter.

[chrisname]

I think you need something like core-devel and build-essential. The latter I'm sure about but the former might be an Arch Linux package. You should also try installing the "g++" package because Ubuntu doesn't come with it out of the box.

I stopped using Ubuntu because I'm an elitist <expletive> and a ricer <expletive> (kidding) but I believe Bazzy uses it. He might be able to further help you.

[Athar]

In NetBeans, go to Tools/Plugins and select C/C++. That's all.
Edit: that's assuming you already installed g++.