To create a desktop entry, do one of the following: Always extract it to a clean directory.Įxecute the idea.sh script from the extracted directory to run IntelliJ IDEA. The Toolbox App maintains a list of all your projects to quickly open any project in the right IDE and version.ĭo not extract the tarball over an existing installation to avoid conflicts. Use it to install and manage different products or several versions of the same product, including Early Access Program (EAP) and Nightly releases, update and roll back when necessary, and easily remove any tool. The JetBrains Toolbox App is the recommended tool to install JetBrains products. However, to develop Java applications, a standalone JDK is required. You do not need to install Java to run IntelliJ IDEA because JetBrains Runtime is bundled with the IDE (based on JRE 11). Latest 64-bit version of Windows, macOS, or Linux (for example, Debian, Ubuntu, or RHEL) Officially released 64-bit versions of the following:Īny Linux distribution that supports Gnome, KDE, or Unity DE. SSD drive with at least 5 GB of free space IntelliJ IDEA supports multithreading for different operations and processes making it faster the more CPU cores it can use.

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