How to Install and Getting Started With IntelliJ IDEA 15.X for Java, Groovy, Scala & Android Development for Linux Zorin 6/7 Gnome Easy Visual-Guide

May 17, 2013 | By Regaz.

The Step-by-Step Easy Visual-Guide shows you How to Install IntelliJ IDEA 2023 FREE Community Edition for Java, Groovy, Scala and Android Development on Linux Zorin 6.3-7.1 GNOME i686/x8664 Desktop.

To Make Best Use of the IntelliJ IDEA 2023 you should Need the Oracle Sun Java SE Official JDK Installation Zorin.

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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:

    Linux GNOME3 IntelliJ IDEA tar.gz Archive Extraction

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

    GnoMenu >> Accessories >> Terminal.

    Zorin 6 Open Terminal

  • 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

  • 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
    • IntelliJ IDEA