How to Install IntelliJ IDEA on Debian Bookworm – Step-by-step

GNU/Linux Debian Bookworm Installing IntelliJ IDEA – QuickStart Guide

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install IntelliJ IDEA 2024 FREE Community Edition in Debian Bookworm 12.x GNU/Linux Desktop.

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To Make Best Use of the IntelliJ IDEA 2024 you should Need the Oracle Sun Java SE Official JDK Installation for Debian Bookworm Linux.

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1. 1. Launching Terminal

   Open Terminal Window
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

   
   In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
   

2. 2. Downloading IntelliJ IDEA

   Download Latest IntelliJ IDEA for Linux

   IntelliJ for Linux tar.gz

   IntelliJ IDEA Linux

3. 3. Extracting IntelliJ IDEA

   Double-Click on Debian Bookwormive and Extract into /tmp
   Or from Shell with

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

   

4. 4. Installing IntelliJ IDEA

   Then Relocate IntelliJ Idea Folder
   Set the root superUser as Holder of IntelliJ IDEA:

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

   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo
   Next Switch the Content into the /opt Directory:

   sudo mv /tmp/idea* /opt/idea

   And Make a Symlink into the working Paths:

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

5. 5. Setting Up Java

   How to Install Required Oracle Java SE for Debian Bookworm Linux

   Java JDK Linux Installation Guide

   SetUp Oracle Java SE on Debian Bookworm Linux