The Step-by-Step Easy Visual-Guide shows you Exactly How to Install IntelliJ IDEA 2021 FREE Community Edition for Java, Groovy, Scala & Android Development on Linux Red Hat RHEL 6.4 GNOME i686/x8664 Desktop.
To Make Best Use of the IntelliJ IDEA 2021 you should Need the Oracle Sun Java SE Official JDK Installation for RHEL.
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Download Latest IntelliJ IDEA for Linux:
IntelliJ for Linux tar.gz
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Extract Archive into /tmp
Possibly Double-Click on it in the File Manager:
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Open Terminal Window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)
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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 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
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Starting IntelliJ IDEA
Next you can Launch IntelliJ from Terminal with.
idea.sh
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Quick Start on IntelliJ IDEA 2021 with Java Hello World.
Hello World on IntelliJ IDEA Java