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I asked this here in hopes that someone well-versed in both IntelliJ and Ubuntu can shed some light on this. I went through hell trying to make a Java program run on Eclipse/IntelliJ because of one thing: incorrectly configured environment.

I'm now trying to get a fairly complicated Java program to run on Ubuntu IntelliJ which I already installed fresh, so before I even bother trying to make it run (since my past sad history with IDEs means it's gonna screw with 50 over unidentifiable errors in a correct source code), I need to ask: Is there a correct environment setting for intelliJ? I have already installed OpenJDK 8 on Ubuntu 17.04.

karel
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  • Why not to install Oracle Java? See this: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-manually-install-oracle-java-on-a-debian-or-ubuntu-vps – Redbob Aug 28 '17 at 13:53
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    You could see this: https://askubuntu.com/questions/272314/setup-and-install-intellij-with-jdk. – Redbob Aug 28 '17 at 13:56
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    Can we see a link to that java program your trying to run? – George Udosen Aug 28 '17 at 14:22
  • I didn't do anything special to set up IntelliJ: 1) install OpenJDK 8, 2) download, extract and run the most recent IntelliJ release. How *exactly* did you install it? If those steps work but you can't set up and run you software project then your question is likely about software development and not about Ubuntu. – David Foerster Aug 31 '17 at 09:41

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You will need to install the following to get IntelliJ working:

  • IntelliJ itself (Best way is the JetBrains toolbox, as it makes updates easier)
  • A JDK (Easiest way is to install openjdk-8-jdk with apt-get, although Oracle java works just as well)

After installing these you may need to set your JDK inside IntelliJ, you should use the path /usr/lib/jvm/openjdk-8/

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