IntelliJ Quick Start on Kubuntu 14.04 Trusty
You are Welcome! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install IntelliJ IDEA 2021 FREE Community Edition for Java Programming Development on Kubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr LTS GNU+Linux Desktop.
To Make Best Use of the IntelliJ IDEA 2021 you should Need the Oracle Sun Java SE Official JDK Installation Kubuntu.
And this Visual Guide includes the Basic Screenshots of All GUI Steps involved.
The Contents and Details of How to Install IntelliJ IDEA on Kubuntu 14.04 Trusty are Expressly Essentials to Give Focus Only to the Essentials Instructions and Commands and Make the Tutorial Easier to Read and Digest ;)
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Download Latest IntelliJ IDEA 2021 for Linux
IntelliJ IDEA 2021 tar.gz for Linux
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Double-Click/Right-Click and Extract IntelliJ Archive into /tmp.
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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 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
ln -s /opt/idea/bin/idea.sh /usr/local/bin/idea.sh
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Starting IntelliJ IDEA
Next you can Start IntelliJ from Terminal with
idea.sh
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IntelliJ IDEA Launcher

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