The Easy Visual-Guide shows you Step-by-Step How to Install IntelliJ IDEA 2024 FREE Community Edition for Java, Scala, Grovy & Android Development on Linux Sabayon 11 Maya Mate Amd64 Desktop.
To Make Best Use of the IntelliJ IDEA 2024 Java IDE you Need an Oracle Sun Official Java SE JDK Installation so if Not Present on your System you will Find Link to Tutorial on Installing the Sun JDK 7 on Mint.
And this Visual Guide includes the Basic Screenshots of All GUI Steps involved.
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Download IntelliJ IDEA 2024 for Linux:
IntelliJ IDEA 2024 tar.gz for Linux -
Right-Click on Archive > Open with Archive Manager
Then Extract into /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
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.