How to Install IntelliJ IDEA 15.X on Fedora 18 Gnome3 Linux Easy Visual-Guide

Install IntelliJ IDEA 2024 on Fedora 18 32/64-bit GNOME Linux

The Step-by-Step Easy Visual-Guide shows you How to Install IntelliJ IDEA 2024 FREE Community Edition for Java, Groovy, Scala & Android Development on Fedora Linux 18 GNOME3 i686/x8664 Desktop.

To Make Best Use of the IntelliJ IDEA 2024 you should Need the Oracle Sun Java SE Official JDK Installation Fedora.

To Rend the whole Process Easier to Visualize and Follow the Post 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.

1. Download Latest IntelliJ IDEA for Linux:

   IntelliJ IDEA 2024 tar.gz for Linux
   IntelliJ IDEA Linux

2. Extract Archive into /tmp
   Possibly Double-Click on it in the File Manager:

   

3. Open Terminal Window
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

   

   In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.

4. Relocate IntelliJ Idea Folder

   su 

   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo
   Set the root superUser as Holder of IntelliJ IDEA

   sudo 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

5. Starting IntelliJ IDEA
   Next you can Launch IntelliJ from Terminal with.

   idea.sh

6. Quick Start on IntelliJ IDEA 2024 with Java Hello World.

   Hello World on IntelliJ IDEA Java

   IntelliJ Java Quick Start