How to open a terminal on WebStorm?

Question

How do I get WebStorm to open a terminal?

When I try to do it I get an Exception:

\"java.io.IOEXception:couldn\'t create PTY\"

git

Answer 1

For Windows 10 you may prefer use terminal from Windows Subsystem for Linux. For this need put path to bash.exe.

In my case it was:

c:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-lxss-bash_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.15063.0_none_50af37c8f560d163\bash.exe

Answer 2

For version phpstorm 2017 (windows 10), the below settings work!

change the Path to your project path

change user_name_win to your win username

Answer 3

If you have the 64bit version of Git use

"C:\Program Files\Git\bin\sh.exe" -login -i 

If you have the 32bit version use

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\sh.exe" -login -i

If you have installed ubuntu for windows 10 you can use

bash.exe

Answer 4

If you are using Ubuntu, change shell path from File->Setting->Terminal->Shell path:

/bin/bash --login

Then restart your IDE.

Answer 5

Go to File -> Settings -> Tools -> Terminal and change Shell path based on the the installed git version.

for 64bit:
"C:\Program Files\Git\bin\sh.exe" -login -i

for 32bit:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\sh.exe" -login -i

Don't forget the quotes around the command.

Answer 6

The problem in my case was that I had the "Start directory" field of the Tools > Terminal settings page set to a path which didn't exist on my drive. It's too bad the error message is not more specific when this kind of mistake is made.