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How to close IntelliJ IDEA if it hung?
It's running as a java process so you can use
killall java -9
(Warning! This command kills all java processes)
Source: Intellij support forum
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Can not update Intellij because of error permission denied?
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 ...
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Update Launcher for Intellij IDEA in Ubuntu
To update the launcher when you upgrade IntelliJ:
Close all OLD Intellij instances
Remove OLD Intellij shortcut from launcher (right click -> Unlock from launcher)
Run
rm ~/.local/share/...
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Unable to use IntelliJ IDEA keyboard shortcuts on Ubuntu
I ran into this problem too, my solution, however, was different.
No hack or changing your systemwide keymap required
IntelliJ has different Keymaps, which you can change according to your OS.
...
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Can not update Intellij because of error permission denied?
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 $(...
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Update Launcher for Intellij IDEA in Ubuntu
The cause
I am 100% sure you still have a local idea 15.01 launcher in ~/.local/share/applications/jetbrains-idea-ce.desktop.
If you drag the global one (/usr/share/applications/jetbrains-idea-ce....
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Unable to use IntelliJ IDEA keyboard shortcuts on Ubuntu
For ubuntu 18.04 LTS
ctrl + alt + left （Intellij idea shortcut conflict）
install Dconf Editor in ubuntu software
launch Dconf Editor, go to
/org/gnome/desktop/wm/keybindings/switch-to-workspace-...
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Uninstall IntelliJ Ultimate edition version 12
First do whereis idea and it will tell you that you need to delete:
/opt/idea-IC-173.4548.28/ This is where I installed IntelliJ.
/usr/local/bin/idea Only if you chose to install "Launcher Script" ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS not creating shortcut
It is quite simple, in the main menu before opening a project there is a quick setting which will add IntelliJ as shortcut in Ubuntu. Go to "Configure" in the lower right corner and then select "...
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IntelliJ crashing since latest update
It's not IntelliJ problem. Many more apps stopped working today (05.04.2024).
It's X11/wayland update.
While there's no patch, go back to previous versions (if you are sure nobody has access to your ...
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16.04 IntelliJ IDEA Desktop Entry not working
There is no option as of right now for automatic pinning of the .desktop file to the launcher of an application that was just installed. It does not just include IntelliJ but many other applications.
...
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What does Ctrl + Alt + F10 do on Ubuntu 18.04?
These keys switch to virtual consoles, in as far as these are active. In a default installation of Ubuntu, no consoles are set up above Ctrl+Alt+F6, which is why you see nothing more than a blinking ...
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How to start IntelliJ?
go to the directory through the terminal where the installation files were extracted and
cd bin
./idea.sh
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Can't open links from Intellij: "Error KIO Client: Unable to create io-slave. Can not create socket for launching io-slave for protocol 'https'."
I'm not familiar with "KIO Client" and what it is.
But for myself, I needed to force the default Web Browser in KDE. Specifically I followed these steps.
Open System Settings
Under the ...
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Block Unity keyboard shortcuts when a certain application is active
How to automatically disable multiple (specific) shortcuts if (and as long as) a specific application's window is active
The script below will disable specific key shortcuts when an arbitrary ...
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Update Launcher for Intellij IDEA in Ubuntu
A simpler manner is:
Remove all old IntelliJ shortcuts.
Go the new version of your IntelliJ at INTELLIJ_DIRECTORY/bin via command line, and execute ./idea.sh
In the IDE, to go Tools -> Create Desktop ...
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How to close IntelliJ IDEA if it hung?
You can list all processes with
ps aux
and you can search processes with
pgrep <process name>
Then you can kill the process you want with
sudo kill -KILL <pid>
You can read more ...
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Why can't Ubuntu Make install Intellij IDEA on 16.04?
The version of ubuntu-make in the 16.04 packages doesn't support IntelliJ. According to TechGeeks you will need at least version 16.03 (the one in Ubuntu 16.04 is 16.02.1). To do this, execute the ...
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IntellIj Idea 2016.2 where to find him to uninstall
To uninstall it you have to look in your home directory. So open your terminal and:
cd ~
ls -a
There you should see directories called .intellij... folowed by the version number. To remove them ...
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Snap install of IDEA updated automatically to EAP
You can change the installation of your snap application from the --edge or newest version to the --stable version by running the following:
sudo snap refresh intellij-idea-community --stable --...
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Block Unity keyboard shortcuts when a certain application is active
Based on (an older version of) Jacob Vlijm's answer
I wrote this version that solves these additional problems:
Honors changes the user makes while the script is running.
Does not reset values the ...
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Jayatana for Android Studio on 17.04 not working
Ubuntu 17.04 has a different value for XDG_CURRENT_DESKTO env variable
XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Unity:Unity7
So changing it back to the following fixes the problem, I don't know other side effects this ...
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Unable to set JDK path in IntelliJ IDEA
I'm using Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and fresh IDEA 2019.2.
I have met the same problem and solved it by installing several openjdk packages.
"openjdk-8-jdk" alone is not enough.
For OpenJDK 8 (1.8) you need ...
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Uninstall IntelliJ Ultimate edition version 12
If you happen to install the software using snap package manager, then it is as simple as
sudo snap remove intellij-idea-community
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Ubuntu cannot launch intellij anymore
IntelliJ was running when my laptop was shut down improperly. I had then the same issue.
I solved it by removing the .lock file:
rm ~/.config/JetBrains/IntelliJIdea2023.2/.lock
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Updating apps installed via ubuntu make
This can't be done using umake, here's a link to the closed github issue How to update installed software?#122.
As mentionned you only need to remove the package and reinstall it like this.
umake --...
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Enable Intellij or Android Studio KDE Global Menu
LAST UPDATE
Intellij version 2020.2.1 has been reported with issues in global menu, previous version worked out of the box
Intellij issue track link
Some hope for Android Studio, global menu is ...
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Using Mac-OS shortcuts in Intellij IDEA with Ubuntu
If you can't find the option suggested by the other answer as I did, you might need to install the gnome-tweak-tool package (apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool). Then open Tweak Tool and go to Typing > ...
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Unable to use IntelliJ IDEA keyboard shortcuts on Ubuntu
Additionally, I suggest to disable all shortcuts for workspaces (if you don't use it) via the following commands:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-to-workspace-up []
gsettings ...
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Unable to use IntelliJ IDEA keyboard shortcuts on Ubuntu
See here for a way to disable Ubuntu shortcuts programmatically and only if windows of certain applications are active.
Specifically, use these values (assuminging you use the JetBrains Toolbox with ...
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