Install IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition on Ubuntu Linux

Overview

IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition is a free and open-source edition by JetBrains. IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition provides the tools we need for code development in many supported platforms. The supported platforms are as follows:

Java
Groovy
Kotlin
Scala
Android

There are multiple editions of the IDE software. The community edition is free and with limited features. Other editions of the software are as follows:

IDEA Ultimate(Commercial)
IDEA Community
IDEA Educational.

Install IDEA Community Edition

Click on Show applications tab on the left bottom corner.

Launch Ubuntu Software Marketplace.

Search for the application keyword: IntelliJ in the search bar.

Click on the IDEA Community search result to install the software.

Click on the Install green button to download and install the application.

IDEA Community Install Linux

The application would be downloaded and installed on your machine.

Incase, if you want to try the ultimate edition, pick and choose the commercial edition. The name of the commercial edition is ‘IDEA Ultimate’. This edition is most suited for Enterprise development.

IDEA Ultimate