How to install Intellij IDEA on Ubuntu?

Question

I\'m new to Ubuntu and Linux in general. I want to code in Java on my computer, but I\'m having problems installing IntelliJ IDEA on Ubuntu. I have downloaded and extracted

Answer 1

try simple way to install intellij idea

Install IntelliJ on Ubuntu using Ubuntu Make

You need to install Ubuntu Make first. If you are using Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04 or a higher version, you can install Ubuntu Make using the command below:

1. sudo apt install ubuntu-make

Once you have Ubuntu Make installed, you can use the command below to install IntelliJ IDEA Community edition:

2. umake ide idea

To install the IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate edition, use the command below:

3. umake ide idea-ultimate

To remove IntelliJ IDEA installed via Ubuntu Make, use the command below for your respective versions:

1. umake -r ide idea
2. umake -r ide idea-ultimate

you may visit for more option.

https://itsfoss.com/install-intellij-ubuntu-linux/

Answer 2

TL;DR:

1. Download IntelliJ IDEA from here.
2. cd Downloads
3. extract the downloaded file: sudo tar xf ideaIC-2017.2.5.tar.gz -C /opt/
4. Switch to the bin directory: cd /opt/idea-IC-172.4343.14/bin
5. Run idea.sh from the bin subdirectory.

Answer 3

Since Ubuntu 16.04 includes snapd by default.
So, the easiest way to install the stable version is

• IntelliJ IDEA Community:
  $ sudo snap install intellij-idea-community --classic
• IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate:
  $ sudo snap install intellij-idea-ultimate --classic

For the latest version use channel --edge
$ sudo snap install intellij-idea-community --classic --edge

Here is the list of all channels https://snapcraft.io/intellij-idea-ultimate (drop down 'All versions').

options

--classic

The --classic option is required because the IntelliJ IDEA snap requires full access to the system, like a traditionally packaged application.
[https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/install-and-set-up-product.html#install-on-linux-with-snaps]

--edge

--edge Install from the edge channel [http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/bionic/man1/snap.1.html]

Note: Snap, also work a few major distributions: Arch, Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, Linux Mint,...

Answer 4

I needed to install various JetBrains tools on a number of machines from CLI, so I wrote a tiny tool to help with that. It also uses cleaner APIs from JB making it hopefully more stable, and works for various JB tools.

Feel free to try it: https://github.com/MarcinZukowski/jetbrains-installer

Answer 5

You can also try my ubuntu repository: https://launchpad.net/~mmk2410/+archive/ubuntu/intellij-idea

To use it just run the following commands:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:mmk2410/intellij-idea
sudo apt-get update

The community edition can then installed with

sudo apt-get install intellij-idea-community

and the ultimate edition with

sudo apt-get install intellij-idea-ultimate

Answer 6

Recent IntelliJ versions allows automatic creation of desktop entry. See this gist

1. Launch from commandline. If launching for the first time, setup will ask about creating a desktop launcher icon; say yes. Or else after launching (ie. from the commandline) any time, use the IDEA menu Configure > Create Desktop Entry . That should create /usr/share/applications/intellij-idea-community.desktop
2. Trigger the Ubuntu desktop search (ie. Windows key), find the Intellij IDEA you used to create the desktop entry.
3. Drag the icon it's showing into the Ubuntu Launcher.