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Install Idea IntelliJ in Fedora 23

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Prerequisite:

Download the archive file for community or ultimate edition from the official website:

https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/download/#section=linux

The file will look similar to “ideaIC-15.0.2.tar.gz” in case of community edition.

Note: The community edition is a free version, while ultimate edition is a paid version which comes with one month free trial.

Installation Steps:

  • Copy the archive file to a desired location:

sudo cp ideaIC-15.0.2.tar.gz /opt/

  • Extract the archive file:

sudo tar -xvf ideaIC-15.0.2.tar.gz

  • Create symbolic links so that the IDE can be opened from any location:

ln -sf /opt/idea-IC-143.1184.17 /opt/idea
ln -s /opt/idea/bin/idea.sh /usr/local/bin/idea

  • Open the IntelliJ IDE by the running the following command:

idea

  • Create a desktop launcher:
    To create a desktop launcher create a idea.desktop file in the Desktop folder inside the HOME folder. Copy paste the following contents in the file:

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Version=1.0
Name=IntelliJ IDEA
GenericName=Java IDE
Comment=IntelliJ IDEA.
Exec=idea
Icon=/opt/idea/bin/idea.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Development;IDE