Can not update Intellij because of error permission denied?

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My Intellij version is 12.1 and new version is 12.1.4 so I want to update it but after dowloading new file it can not proceed because of file permission denied. Can any one tell me how to change permission so I can update my Intellij?

No I didn't. I just click "update and restart" button as the Intellij start and can not proceed. — Hà Link, Sep 18 '13 at 10:05
please see http://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-23308. Try changing the owner of Idea installation directory from root to user(you) — lena, Sep 18 '13 at 14:31

score 46 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 05 '16 at 10:47

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Had the same issue with Idea IntelliJ 2016.2

You should set the user and group of your idea folder to yourself. (or a group that you share with other users, if you need)

In my case, it was because some files in idea were assigned to root:root, and I didn't see the point.

So I ran: sudo chown -R jcharlet:jcharlet /opt/idea-IC-162.1121.32

answered Aug 05 '16 at 10:47

Jeremie

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I think this is a better solution than the previous one ;) – Carlos Verdes Mar 23 '17 at 05:28
This solution will solve the issue every time without the need to restart with root. Much better solution. – borjab Jan 23 '18 at 11:18
This should be the accepted answer. I was unable to update IntelliJ Idea. Assigning permissions to my user solved it for me. – Thilak Rao Mar 27 '19 at 09:49

score 30 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 24 '17 at 22:07

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The solution Jeremy provided is the best one on my opinion. What I would recommend is to use whoami utility call to set parameters of the current console user automatically like

sudo chown -R $(whoami) /opt/idea-ICblablabla

answered Apr 24 '17 at 22:07

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The cleanest solution from my point of view. – jpmottin Mar 18 '18 at 15:45
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The best solution, works out of the box and fixes the problem for good. – Martin Häusler Feb 01 '19 at 08:40
I ran into a similar error and this worked for me "sudo chown -R $(whoami) /usr/local/Caskroom/intellij-idea-ce/" – SyncMaster Jan 05 '22 at 04:39

score 16 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 30 '16 at 03:59

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Go to the /bin Folder of the "Idea", for Example (or in my case):

/opt/idea-IC-135.690/bin

and there start the App, with sudo. Like this:

sudo ./idea.sh

Just update,

if you have any /tmp memory space problem, restart your OS and try the step again.

Hope this help you.

edited Dec 30 '16 at 03:59

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answered May 28 '14 at 08:11

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Just noting that it took me a few restarts as sudo to get the update button to show. In the end, it worked! – jemiloii Aug 24 '15 at 14:47
Great, I think you can change the folder(/idea-IC-135.690/bin) permission also, to don't have to open idea with sudo. – Aby Aug 25 '15 at 08:36
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I didn't think of that, I just gave idea.sh 777 permissions since this is my dev machine. – jemiloii Aug 25 '15 at 15:27
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On my machine (OS X), it was `cd /Applications/Intellij IDEA 14/Contents/Mac OS` then sudo `./idea`. – Max Heiber Dec 02 '15 at 14:54
I get: "Startup Error: Unable to detect graphics environment" Any idea how to fix that? – Didier A. Dec 28 '17 at 20:35
I found a fix, if you get: "Startup Error: Unable to detect graphics environment". Try running with "sudo -E" instead. – Didier A. Dec 28 '17 at 21:19

score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Feb 03 '22 at 12:34

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For anyone using JetBrains Toolbox, you can update your IntelliJ directly from there. Open the toolbox and click update next to the app you want to update (it will either show up as a button or by clicking on the 3 dots next to the app).

edited Feb 03 '22 at 12:34

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answered Feb 02 '22 at 10:16

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 17 '20 at 09:01

I was having this problem with PhpStorm-183.4886.46. None of the answers dealing with permissions worked. In the end the problem was that there were several fsnotifier64 processes still running when PhpStorm quit to update that i had to kill manually

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Sep 27 '21 at 10:24

Running the IDEA would not be a good idea to run the Binary file of IntelliJ with sudo permission. Just modify the apprpriate xx.rule file under /etc/udev/rules.d, which has the specification of the USB port want to be accessed and then run intelliJ normally. Just Modify the MODE Attribute as it could be read and written for other users as well, something like 0666.

kohane15 · Answer 7 · 2021-12-08T05:22:40.247

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I'm on Manjaro Linux and installed through pacmac.

All I had to do was type sudo idea and start idea as root to update.

edited Dec 08 '21 at 05:22

answered Dec 08 '21 at 03:55

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Aug 16 '22 at 05:29

i am using ubuntu and this is what i did !

go to the location /opt and open a terminal.

opt folder

type sudo chmod 777 idea-IU-211.7142.45 and hit enter.

note : this is my folder name and it can be different for you. just give intellij folder name there. go to intellij idea Help section and click check for update.

now you should have the permission

Can not update Intellij because of error permission denied?

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