How-to Install and Getting-Started with IntelliJ IDEA 12.04 for Java Development on Linux Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Amd64 Easy Visual-Guide

The Step-by-Step Easy Visual-Guide Show Exactly How-to Install and Getting-Started with the Latest JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA 12 FREE Community Edition for Java Programming Development for Linux Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64bit Precise Pangolin Unity Desktop.

To Make Best Use of the IntelliJ 12 IDEA you should Need the Oracle Sun Java SE Official JDK7 Installation on Ubuntu.

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1. Download IntelliJ IDEA 12:

   IntelliJ 12 tar.gz for Linux

   Choose the IntelliJ IDEA 12 Community Edition Release for Linux.
2. Double-Click and Extract IntelliJ Archive into /tmp
3. Open Terminal Window
   
4. Relocate IntelliJ Idea Folder

   sudo su

   mv /tmp/idea* /opt/idea

   make a Symlink for Adding to the Path

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

5. Starting IntelliJ IDEA

   Next you can Start IntelliJ from Terminal with

   idea.sh

6. How-to Easy Creating an IntelliJ 12 Quick Launcher

   Easy IntelliJ12 Desktop Launcher

   The Linked Guide Contains Step-by-Step Tutorial for Making an IntelliJ IDEA 12 Launcher for Quick Starting on Linux Desktops.

7. Quick Getting-Started on IntelliJ IDEA 12 with Java Hello World

   Hello World on IntelliJ12 Java

   The Linked Guide Contains a Step-by-Step Tutorial for Getting-Started Quickly on IntelliJ IDEA 12 Java Programming with Hello-World Project.