How to Install IntelliJ IDEA on Linux Mint 17

GNU/Linux Mint 17 Installing IntelliJ IDEA

This Easy Visual-Guide shows you Exactly How to Install IntelliJ IDEA 2024 Java IDE FREE Community Edition Linux Mint 17.x Qiana/Rafaela/Rebecca/Rosa Desktop.

To Make Use of the IntelliJ IDEA 2024 Java IDE you Need the Oracle Sun Java SE JDK 6+ Installed on Linux Mint.

And this Visual Guide 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 IntelliJ IDEA 2024 for Linux:

   IntelliJ IDEA 2024 tar.gz for Linux

   IntelliJ IDEA Linux

2. Double-Click and Extract IntelliJ Archive into /tmp
   

3. Open a 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 on 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

   sudo ln -s /opt/idea/bin/idea.sh /usr/local/bin/idea.sh

5. Start IntelliJ IDEA

   Next you can Start IntelliJ from Terminal with

   idea.sh

6. How to Install Required Oracle JDK 6/7/8 on Linux Mint:

   Install Oracle JDK 6-7-8 for Mint

   Setup Oracle JDK for Mint



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

   Hello World on IntelliJ IDEA Java

   IntelliJ Java Quick Start