Upgrade/Update Intellij 12

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My Intellij shows me that a minor version is available for upgrade. How do I go about upgrading the current version. Do i have to create a new folder in /usr/share and change all references to the new version or is there a better way?

score 18 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 22 '15 at 17:23

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Intellij requires root permissions for the built in update function to work.

Either start using sudo:

sudo /opt/intellij-idea-ce/bin/idea.sh

or give all users the ability to update Intellij, then start as yourself:

sudo chmod -R o+rw /opt/intellij-idea-ce
/opt/intellij-idea-ce/bin/idea.sh

Then restart the IDE, click 'Help', 'Check for updates...'

edited Jun 22 '15 at 17:23

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answered Oct 13 '13 at 18:25

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I dont think this answer is true. My installation lies somewhere in `~`, however the update dialog only offers "Download" (which opens Firefox) – phil294 Jul 20 '17 at 18:42

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 18 '14 at 07:48

Just download the .zip, extract it, and run bin/idea.sh. Your previous settings etc should be retained when you run the new version.

If oracle jdk/jvm is not available on the path, you may need to specify the path to it directly. Place the following in idea.sh, as the first line:

export IDEA_JDK=/usr/lib/jvm/jdkxxxxx

(Put your own path to the jdk in there)

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Sep 26 '18 at 17:11

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Use JetBrains TOOLBOX. It is an easy way to manage your installed IDEs

edited Sep 26 '18 at 17:11

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answered Sep 26 '18 at 16:54

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 25 '23 at 12:10

Best way is using JetBrains Toolbox App.

Download tar.gz file from https://www.jetbrains.com/toolbox-app/
Open terminal cd opt
sudo tar -xvzf ~/Downloads/jetbrains-toolbox-1.xx.xxxx.tar.gz
jetbrains-toolbox-1.xx.xxxx/jetbrains-toolbox

After install Toolbox you can easily update.

Upgrade/Update Intellij 12

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