This guide should work on any Linux distribution, And i will assume you have java installed on your machine 1- Obtain your copy from Intellij IDEA and move it to your home directory 2- Extract the tar file and move it to /opt change the with the right file name sudo -i #we'll need root shell during installation tar -xvzf ideaIC-11.1.3.tar.gz /opt 3- Add read permissions to all files chmod -R +r /