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

February 24, 2013 | By Regaz.

Install IntelliJ IDEA 2023 on Fedora 18 32/64-bit GNOME Linux

The Step-by-Step Easy Visual-Guide shows you How to Install IntelliJ IDEA 2023 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 2023 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.

Step-by-step – IntelliJ IDEA Fedora 37 Installation Guide

  1. Download Latest IntelliJ IDEA for Linux:

    IntelliJ IDEA 2023 tar.gz for Linux

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

    Install IntelliJ IDEA 2023 on Fedora 18 32/64-bit GNOME Linux - GNOME3 IntelliJ IDEA tar.gz Archive Extraction

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

    Install IntelliJ IDEA 2023 on Fedora 18 32/64-bit GNOME Linux - GNOME3 Open Terminal

  • 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

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

    idea.sh

  • Quick Start on IntelliJ IDEA 2023 with Java Hello World.

    Hello World on IntelliJ IDEA Java
    IntelliJ Java Quick Start
    • Install IntelliJ IDEA 2023 on Fedora 18 32/64-bit GNOME Linux - IntelliJ IDEA GUI