How-to Install and Getting-Started with IntelliJ IDEA 12 on Linux Sabayon 11 Mate 64bit Easy Visual-Guide

The Easy Visual-Guide Show Step-by-Step How-to Install and Getting-Started with the Latest JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA 12 FREE Community Edition for Java, Scala, Grovy & Android Development on Linux Sabayon 11 Maya Mate Amd64 Desktop.

To Make Best Use of the IntelliJ 12 Java IDE you Need an Oracle Sun Official Java SE JDK7 Installation so if Not Present on your System you will Find Link to Tutorial on Installing the Sun JDK 7 on Mint.

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1. Download IntelliJ IDEA 12:

   IntelliJ 12 tar.gz for Linux

   Choose the IntelliJ IDEA 12 Community Edition Release for Linux.
2. Right-Click on Archive > Open with Archive Manager

   Then Extract into /tmp

   
3. Open Terminal Window
   
4. Relocate IntelliJ Idea Folder

   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.sh

5. Start IntelliJ IDEA

   Next you can Start IntelliJ from Terminal with

   idea.sh

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

   Easy IntelliJ12 Desktop Launcher

   The Linked Guide Contains Step-by-Step Tutorial for Making an IntelliJ IDEA 12 Launcher for Quick Starting on Linux Desktops.

7. Quick Getting-Started on IntelliJ IDEA 12 with Java Hello World

   Hello World on IntelliJ12 Java

   The Linked Guide Contains a Step-by-Step Tutorial for Getting-Started Quickly on IntelliJ IDEA 12 Java Programming with Hello-World Project.