IntelliJ IDEA

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
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  Linux Installation Instructions
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  1. Unpack the IntelliJ IDEA distribution archive that you downloaded to
     where you wish to install the program. We will refer to this destination
     location as your {installation home} below.

  2. Open a console and cd into "{installation home}/bin" and type:

       ./idea.sh

     to start the application.

  3. [OPTIONAL] Add the "{installation home}/bin" to your PATH environmental
     variable so that you may start IntelliJ IDEA from any directory.

  4. [OPTIONAL] To adjust the value of JVM heap size open idea.vmoptions
     (idea64.vmoptions for 64-bit JDK), and modify the -Xms and -Xmx parameters.


  [OPTIONAL] Changing location of "config" and "system" directory
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  By default IntelliJ IDEA stores all your settings under ~/.IntelliJIdea11/config directory
  and stores data cache under ~/.IntelliJIdea11/system directory.
  If you want to change these settings,

  1. Open a console and cd into "{installation home}/bin"

  2. Open file "idea.properties" in an editor. You should find strings like

     idea.system.path=~/.IntelliJIdea/system

     and

     idea.config.path=~/.IntelliJIdea/config

     and change them.

  3. Note that we recommend to store data cache ("system" directory) at a disk 
     with at least 1G bytes free space




Enjoy!

-IntelliJ IDEA Development Team