

Upon graduation, JetBrains provides all the students with a 25% graduation discount.įrom the very start of the JetBrains Student Program, we have offered three options to prove eligibility for a free educational license: an email address in a domain which is known by JetBrains as belonging to an educational institution, an ISIC card, or an official document which proves that you are a student. A student can request their free subscription at, and then renew it annually for free until they graduate.

More than 860 000 students worldwide actively use JetBrains tools for educational purposes. In this chapter, we will understand how to install and configure IntelliJ IDEA.It has been about four years now since we first launched our free Student License Program. The first step of the process starts with choosing the edition. As per your requirements, you can download community or ultimate edition.

As name suggests, community edition is absolutely free and we can use it for commercial development as well. However, ultimate edition is paid version and we can evaluate it freely for 30 days. IntelliJ is compatible with almost all versions of Windows prior to 2003. It is recommended that you shut down all other applications before you install IntelliJ on Windows.Ī comprehensive list will be: Windows 10/8/7/Vista/2003/XP. System RequirementsĪ minimum 2 GB of RAM capacity is recommended for seamless performance.įor better visualization, 1024x768 screen resolution is recommended. Minimum 300 MB disk space for installation and additional 1 GB for cache.ĭownloading − You can download windows installer from their official website. Installation − Let us begin with the installation followed by the configuration steps. Installation of IntelliJ is similar to other software packages. Just double-click on the installer and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation process.įor installation of IntelliJ on Linux platforms, you need to note that a 32-bit JDK is not bundled, so a 64-bit system is recommended. Minimum 2 GB of RAM is recommended for seamless usageģ00 MB of disk space for installation and addition 1 GB for cachesįor better visualization, 1024x768 screen resolution is recommendedĭownloading − You can download IntelliJ for Linux from their official website. Installation − We have downloaded tar.gz bundle. Note that in our case bundle’s name was ideaIC-2017.2.5.tar.gz.

Please use the appropriate bundle name.įirst extract it using following command: It will create new directory with idea-IC-172.4343.14 name. Now change directory to idea-IC-172.4343.14/bin/ and execute idea.sh shell script as shown below:įollow on-screen instructions to complete installation procedure. The configuration steps are similar on both platforms. To begin configuration, launch IntelliJ application. Optionally, you can import the existing configuration from this wizard.
