Step-by-step – PyCharm Lubuntu 20.04 Installation

Installing

2. 2. Setting Up Flatpak

   How to Setup Flatpak on Lubuntu Linux

   Flatpak Lubuntu Installation Guide

   Flatpak Lubuntu Linux Setup

   To check if it’s already there:

   which flatpak

3. 3. Installing PyCharm

   Then to Install PyCharm IDE on Lubuntu Linux
   For the Community Edition simply run:

   flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

   For further Insight see the Flatpak Official Documentation.
   And after:

   flatpak install https://flathub.org/repo/appstream/com.jetbrains.PyCharm-Community.flatpakref

   And instead for PyCharm Pro play:

   flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

   For further Insight see the Flatpak Official Documentation.
   And after:

   flatpak install https://flathub.org/repo/appstream/com.jetbrains.PyCharm-Professional.flatpakref

   The Flatpak App Setup do Not need the sudo Command because then it Runs confined into a Sandbox.
   However, you’ll be Prompted to Authenticate with your User’s Admin Pass.
   Then Confirm the proposed Setup with ‘Enter’ and Wait patiently until the App is Downloaded and Installed.