# read -p 'Enter 'U' for Ultimate or 'C' for Community: ' ed # add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java & apt-get update & apt-get install oracle-java8-installer & exec sudo '$0' Attempt to install a JDK As mentioned in the comments, breandan has updated the script to be more stable (the jetbrains website changed its behavior). But then you have to (so far) manually remove the old folder! This is what i got:

It does not install java 8 and it does not ask you for the version you want to install (but the version is kept in a variable to easily change that). I have modified the scripts to fulfill my needs. It then automatically downloads the newest version for you, extracts it and creates a desktop entry. The given script in the link installs Oracle Java 7 for you and gives you the choice between Community and Ultimate Edition. I also found a shell script that does this for you, here. sktop (this is for community edition version 14.1.2, you have to change the paths in Exec= and Icon= lines if the path is different for you): If you don't know how to do that, you can restart your PC. Now (in a lot) Ubuntu versions you can start the application after the GUI is restarted.

Move the sktop from your home directory to /usr/share/applications: sudo mv ~/sktop /usr/share/applications/.

Create a Desktop Entry File called sktop (see example file below) and store it anywhere you want (let's assume in your home directory).

Extract intellij to /opt-folder: sudo tar -xvf -C /opt/ (the -C option extracts the tar to the folder /opt/).

For an extended script, that covers more JetBrains IDEs, as well as help for font rendering issues, please see this link provided by brendan.įurthermore, a manual Desktop Entry creation is optional, as newer versions of IntelliJ offer to create it on first startup.

Note: This answer covers the installation of IntelliJ IDEA.

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