PyCharm Quick Start for Linux Mint 18.2
Hello Mint User! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install PyCharm on Linux Mint 18.2 Sonya LTS 32/64-bit Mate/Cinnamon/Kde/Xfce Desktop.
First, PyCharm is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) used in computer programming, specifically for the Python language.
Moreover, the PyCharm Community Edition Features are:
- Lightweight IDE for Python development
- Free, Open-Source, Apache 2 license
- Intelligent Editor, Debugger, Refactorings, Inspections, VCS integration
- Project Navigation, Testing support, Customizable UI, Vim key bindings

First, Open a Shell Terminal emulator window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
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Then Double-Click on Archive Extract into /tmp
Or from Shell:
Copytar xvzf ~/Downloads/pycharm-community*.tar.gz -C /tmp/
And Relocate PyCharm.
Copysudo chown -R root:root /tmp/pycharm*
Copysudo mv /tmp/pycharm-community* /opt/pycharm-community
If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo
Follow Making PyCharm Symlinks.
Copysudo ln -s /opt/pycharm-community/bin/pycharm.sh /usr/local/bin/pycharm
Copysudo ln -s /opt/pycharm-community/bin/inspect.sh /usr/local/bin/inspect
Finally, to Launch PyCharm Python IDE.
Copypycharm
Then choose Create Desktop Entry from the ‘configure‘ Menu to make a Launcher:
PyCharm Quick Start Hello-World Python
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