voxsrc20_tsk_01-how to install pycharm and add to favorites in Ubuntu 20.04?

Install Pycharm

        • Step1: extract pycharm-community-2020.1.2
        • Step2: follow `Install-Linux-tar.txt`
        • Step3: add pycharm to my favorites

Firstly, download the installation package from jetbrains: pycharm-community-2020.1.2.tar.gz

Step1: extract pycharm-community-2020.1.2

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$ tar -xf pycharm-community-2020.1.2.tar.gz
$ cd pycharm-community-2020.1.2
$ ls
bin        help   Install-Linux-tar.txt  lib      plugins
build.txt  index  jbr                    license  product-info.json

Then, open Install-Linux-tar.txt and go to next step.

Step2: follow Install-Linux-tar.txt

guide:

  1. To start the application, open a console, cd into “{installation home}/bin” and type:
    ./pycharm.sh
    This will initialize various configuration files in the configuration directory:
    ~/.config/JetBrains/PyCharmCE2020.1.

record:

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$ cd bin
$ ./pycharm.sh
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM warning: Option UseConcMarkSweepGC was deprecated in version 9.0 and will likely be removed in a future release.
...

The installation was done.

Step3: add pycharm to my favorites

Q: How to add pycharm to my favorites?
A: Totally 2 steps: step1-create pycharm.desktop, and step2-add to favorites

Step1: create pycharm.desktop
Tried method1, but got failed.

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$ sudo subl /usr/share/applications/Pycharm.desktop
sudo: subl: command not found

Tried method2, and it worked:
$ sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/Pycharm.desktop
And copy this words to Pycharm.desktop:

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[Desktop Entry]
Version = 1.0
Type = Application
Name = Pycharm
Icon = /home/cui/Downloads/pycharm-community-2020.1.2/bin/pycharm.png
# change 'cui/Downloads/pycharm-community-2020.1.2' to your own
Exec = "/home/cui/Downloads/pycharm-community-2020.1.2/bin/pycharm.sh" %f
# change 'cui/Downloads/pycharm-community-2020.1.2' to your own
Comment=The Python IDE
Categories=IDE;
Terminal = false Startup

Step2: add to favorites
After that, pycharm icon can be found in ‘show applications’
Then select pycharm icon and right click, you can get two options:New Window and Add to Favorites. Click the second one, you will make it.

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