To Install IntelliJ IDEA 8.1 on ubuntu
Following are the steps :
1.first you need install java for you need to run below command on terminal.
admin@smartproteam~$ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk
2.Now you need to download IntelliJ IDEA from below source
click here to download
3.Unpack the idea-8.1.3.tar.gz with tar xfz
admin@smartproteam~$ tax xfz idea-8.1.3.tar.gz
after extracting rename the file to idea-8 to make it simple
4.now copy idea-8 file to /usr/lib/
admin@smartproteam~$ sudo idea-8 -R /usr/lib
Now you need to configure the JDK_HOME and path for IDEA
5first you need to edit /etc/environment by running below command
admin@smartproteam~$ sudo gedit /etc/environment
add below lines to /etc/environment
export JDK_HOME=”/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/”
add /usr/lib/idea-8/bin to this path
PATH=”/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/lib/idea-8/bin”
after setting above once logout and login
6.now run below idea.sh to launch the IntelliJ IDEA like below
admin@smartproteam~$ idea.sh
now you can launch the Intellij
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