How-to Install IntelliJ IDEA Ubuntu 32/64bit
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 Development for Linux Ubuntu 10-11-12-13 32/64bit 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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Download IntelliJ IDEA 12:
- Double-Click and Extract IntelliJ Archive into /tmp
- Open Terminal Window
- 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
- Starting IntelliJ IDEA
Next you can Start IntelliJ from Terminal with
idea.sh
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