Linux is a fairly secure and stable operating system. That’s why many developers use it for their daily work. It also has the advantage that despite being one of the safest in the world, it is free. An advantage that in economically powerful countries may not be exploitable, but in others it is. So, in Linux developers have tools that they can install for their work, for example, some IDE. There is much very good quality, but today we will teach you how to install IntelliJ IDEA on Ubuntu 18.04. Also this post, you can apply it to Linux Mint 19.
IntelliJ IDEA is a Java IDE created by JetBrains. It considers itself to be the smartest and most productive IDE for Java programming. The truth is that it is surely one of the best IDE’s out there. It has a free trial license and a paid license. In addition, it is possible to extend its functionality thanks to the use of official plugins. With this, the IDE becomes quite flexible in its use.
On the other hand, is a very complete IDE, it is recommended to run on a computer with at least 4 Gb of Ram, but for a more fluid use at least 8Gb.
So today, you will learn how to install IntelliJ IDEA on Ubuntu 18.04.
Two ways to install IntelliJ IDEA
There are two ways to do this. The first is through Snap where we will use a self-contained package and that’s it. So this method is the simplest and recommended for beginners.
On the other hand, it is possible to install it using the official installer. With this method, we will get a cleaner installation of the program. So choose the one you want.
Install IntelliJ IDEA using snap
Snap is Canonical’s technology to make packages installable on many Linux distributions without paying attention to dependencies. So open a terminal and run:
:~$ sudo apt install snapd
Then, run the following command to install it.
:~$ sudo snap install intellij-idea-community --classic
Next, launch it from the main menu.
Using the official installer
In this case, the installation is more impious than using snap. So open a terminal, and install wget first.
:~$ sudo apt install wget
Then, download it.
:~$ wget https://download.jetbrains.com/idea/ideaIC-2019.1-jbr11.tar.gz
After that, extract the file.
:~$ tar -zxvf ideaIC-2019.1-jbr11.tar.gz
Next, start the installation using the official script.
:~$ cd idea-*/bin/ :~$ sh idea.sh
Once you run it through the main menu for the first time, you will have to configure it. For example, you will be able to define the default theme, as well as add some themes, in addition to accepting the license agreement. Everything is very easy and depends on your tastes. At the end, you will be able to start a new project.
And ready, to develop.
Conclusion
Developing in Java is quite common nowadays, as it is one of the most popular and demanded languages. IntelliJ IDEA is one of the best and its installation in Ubuntu 18.04 is quite simple.
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