Sunday, February 24, 2013

How-to Install and Getting-Started with IntelliJ IDEA 12 for Java Development on Linux Debian Wheezy Lxde 32bit/64bit Easy Visual-Guide

The Step-by-Step Easy Visual-Guide Show Exactly How-to Install and Getting-Started with the Latest JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA 12 FREE Community Edition for Java, Groovy, Scala & Android Development on Linux Debian Wheezy Lxde i686/x86_64 Desktop.

To Make Best Use of the IntelliJ 12 IDEA you should Need the Oracle Sun Java SE Official JDK7 Installation on Debian.

To Rend the Entire Process Easier to Visualize and Follow the Article Includes the Basic Screenshots of the Essentials Steps Involved.

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  1. Download IntelliJ IDEA 12:

    IntelliJ 12 tar.gz for Linux
  2. Double-Click on Archive and Extract into /tmp

    Linux Xfce/Lxde IntelliJ IDEA tar.gz Archive Extraction
  3. Open a Terminal Window
    Linux Debian Wheezy Lxde Open Terminal
  4. Relocate IntelliJ Idea Folder
    sudo su
    mv /tmp/idea* /opt/idea

    make a Symlink for Adding to the Path

    ln -s /opt/idea/bin/idea.sh /usr/local/bin/idea
  5. Starting IntelliJ IDEA

    Next you can Start IntelliJ from Terminal with

    idea
  6. How-to Easy Creating an IntelliJ 12 Quick Launcher

    Easy IntelliJ12 Desktop Launcher
  7. Quick Getting-Started on IntelliJ IDEA 12 with Java Hello World

    Hello World on IntelliJ12 Java
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