How to Install IntelliJ IDEA on CentOS 8.x/Stream-8

Installing

2. 2. Downloading IntelliJ IDEA

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3. 3. Extracting IntelliJ IDEA

   Next IntelliJ IDEA Contents into /tmp
   Possibly Double-Click/Right-Click and Open with Archive Manager:
   
   Or from Shell with a Command like:

   tar xvzf ~/Downloads/idea*.tar.gz -C /tmp/

4. 4. Relocating IntelliJ IDEA

   Then Relocate IntelliJ Idea Folder:

   First, Set the root superUser as owner:

   sudo chown -R root:root /tmp/idea*

   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo
   And then Switch the IntelliJ IDEA contents:

   sudo mv /tmp/idea* /opt/idea

5. 5. Making an IntelliJ IDEA Symlink

   Moreover, Make a Symlink into the working Path:

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

6. 6. Red Hat Java Development Kit Installation

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