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

Since Ubuntu 18.04 installing Intellij IDEA is easy! You just need to search "IDEA" in Software Center. Also you're able to choose a branch to install (I use EAP).

For earlier versions:

According to this (snap) and this (umake) articles the most comfortable ways are:

• to use snap-packages (since versions IDEA 2017.3 & Ubuntu 14.04):

  1. install snapd system. Since Ubuntu 16.04 you already have it.

  2. install IDEA snap-package or even EAP build

• to use ubuntu-make (for Ubuntu versions earlier than 16.04 use apt-get command instead apt):

  1. Add PPA ubuntu-desktop/ubuntu-make (if you install ubuntu-make from standard repo you'll see only a few IDE's):

     $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-desktop/ubuntu-make
     

  2. Install ubuntu-make:

     $ sudo apt update
     $ sudo apt install ubuntu-make
     

  3. install preffered ide (IDEA, for this question):

     $ umake ide idea
     

     or even ultimate version if you need:

     $ umake ide idea-ultimate
     

  4. I upgrade Intellij IDEA via reinstalling it:

     $ umake -r ide idea-ultimate

     $ umake ide idea-ultimate