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JetBrains announced the 2022.1 release of its PyCharm IDE few days ago. Here’s how to install in Ubuntu in different ways.<\/p>\n
This is the first release of the IDE in 2022. Release highlights include (see release note for details<\/a>):<\/p>\n JetBrains provides official package for Ubuntu users through the Snap which runs in sandbox. Ubuntu user may just search for and install it from Ubuntu Software:<\/p>\n For choice, you may also press Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> on keyboard and run commands below to install it:<\/p>\n And you may replace The IDE is also available to install as Flatpak, another universal package runs in sandbox.<\/p>\n 1. First press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard and run command to install Flatpak daemon:<\/p>\n 2. Next, install the Python IDE as Flatpak using command:<\/p>\n For the Professional edition, use command:<\/p>\n For those don’t like the Snap and\/or Flatpak, there’s no official There’s however Linux tarball available to download in its website:<\/p>\n After downloaded the package, extract and run the “pycharm.sh<\/b>” file under ‘bin’ sub-folder will launch the IDE.<\/p>\n The Linux tarball lacks app shortcut integration. Here’s how to create one manually.<\/p>\n 1.) For current user only, I’d recommend to move the source folder into “.local\/bin<\/b>” folder.<\/p>\n Open ‘Files’, press Ctrl+H<\/b>, and then navigate to “.local -> bin<\/b> (create if not exist)”. Then, move the source folder from Downloads to that directory.<\/p>\n 2.) Press Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> on keyboard to open terminal, and verify by running command:<\/p>\n If the IDE launches, you can now create app shortcuts via the next step.<\/p>\n 3.) In terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T), run command to create a shortcut file and edit via Gedit text editor:<\/p>\n When the file opens, add following lines:<\/p>\n [Desktop Entry]\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nHow to Install PyCharm 2022.1 in Ubuntu Linux<\/h3>\n
Method 1: Snap package<\/h4>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nsudo snap install pycharm-community --classic<\/pre>\n
pycharm-community<\/code> with pycharm-professional<\/code> in command for pro edition.<\/p>\nMethod 2: Flatpak package<\/h4>\n
sudo apt install flatpak<\/pre>\n
flatpak install https:\/\/dl.flathub.org\/repo\/appstream\/com.jetbrains.PyCharm-Community.flatpakref<\/pre>\n
flatpak install https:\/\/dl.flathub.org\/repo\/appstream\/com.jetbrains.PyCharm-Professional.flatpakref<\/pre>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nMethod 3: Linux Tarball<\/h4>\n
.deb<\/code> package available though you may keep an eye on this unofficial PPA<\/a>.<\/p>\n\nDownload Pycharm<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nCreate app shortcut so to launch PyCharm IDE from start menu<\/u><\/h5>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n~\/.local\/bin\/pycharm-*\/bin\/pycharm.sh<\/pre>\n
gedit ~\/.local\/share\/applications\/pycharm-community.desktop<\/pre>\n
\nName=PyCharm Community
\nExec=\/home\/ji\/.local\/bin\/pycharm-community-2022.1\/bin\/pycharm.sh<\/b>
\nIcon=\/home\/ji\/.local\/bin\/pycharm-community-2022.1\/bin\/pycharm.png<\/b>
\nTerminal=false
\nType=Application
\nCategories=Application;Development;
\nKeywords=ide;python;charm;
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