This Easy Visual-Guide shows you Exactly How to Install IntelliJ IDEA 2024 Java IDE FREE Community Edition Ubuntu Linux 12.04 Precise Pangolin 64-bit .
To Make Best Use of the IntelliJ IDEA 2024 you should Need an Oracle Sun Java SE Official JDK Installation Ubuntu.
And this Visual Guide includes the Basic Screenshots of All GUI Steps involved.
Finally, the post’s Content is Expressly Reduced to Give Focus to the Essentials Instructions and Commands.
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Download IntelliJ IDEA 2024 for Linux:
IntelliJ IDEA 2024 tar.gz for Linux -
Then Extract IntelliJ Archive into /tmp
Possibly Double-Click on it in the File Manager.
Or from Command Line with:tar xvzf ~/Downloads/idea*.tar.gz -C /tmp/
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Open Terminal Window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
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Relocate IntelliJ Idea Folder
sudo su
If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo
Set the root superUser as Holder of IntelliJ IDEAsudo chown -R root:root /tmp/idea*
Then Switch the Content into the /opt Directory
mv /tmp/idea* /opt/idea
Make a Symlink into the working Paths.
ln -s /opt/idea/bin/idea.sh /usr/local/bin/idea.sh
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Start IntelliJ IDEA
Next you can Start IntelliJ from Terminal with.
idea.sh
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How to Easy Creating an IntelliJ IDEA Quick Launcher.
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Quick Start on IntelliJ IDEA 2024 with Java Hello World.