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How to Install PyCharm in Ubuntu Linux

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Mehedi Hasan

Modified date: October 17, 2024

PyCharm is a popular IDE – Integrated Development Environment used for programming for Python language. It offers a graphical debugger, code analysis, an integrated unit tester, and integration with version control systems. PyCharm also supports web development with Django. It offers cross-platform features, including Linux, Windows, and macOS.

General Features

Coding assistance and analysis with code completion, syntax, and error highlighting
Project and code navigation
Python refactoring
Support for web frameworks
Version control integration

PyCharm highlights:

Data scientists can now define code cells in their files and choose exactly which parts to execute. No more need to re-import your data every time you finetune your analysis!
Do you run Python code on remote machines? Configuring an SSH remote Python interpreter is now easier than ever.
Those of you who take pride in having precise commits will be pleased to hear that you can now choose which chunks of files to include in your git commits.
PyCharm is the Python IDE that knows your code, and PyCharm knows Python code better than ever with new code intelligence features.
Docker Compose file format 3.3 and later are now supported. Also, the performance of Docker Compose interpreters has improved significantly.

How to Install on Ubuntu

Method 1 – You can install it from the Ubuntu Software Center as it offers Snap Package installation.

Or you can also install it by running the following command into the Terminal:

sudo snap install pycharm-community --classic

For professionals, replace pycharm-community with pycharm-professional in the code.

How to Remove PyCharm

For Snap Packages, you can remove it from the Ubuntu Software Center or run the following command:

sudo snap remove pycharm-community

Method 2 – Install this App in Ubuntu using umake

Umake is an amazing command-line tool that helps the developer install some important IDE. This IDE is also one of the development tools included in the umake. To install it through umake, you need first to use umake on your system. Normally, umake remains in the system by default, but in case it’s absent, run the following command to install umake via PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-desktop/ubuntu-make
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-make

Once umake is installed onto the system, install PyCharm community edition:

umake ide pycharm

For PyCharm Professional Edition, run the below command:

umake ide pycharm-professional

Remove

umake -r ide pycharm

Method 3: Install in Ubuntu and Linux Mint using PPA

Now I will share the tutorial on how to install PyCharm on Ubuntu and other Ubuntu-based Linux distros using unofficial PPA. Before going to install PyCharm, make sure your system has Java installed.

Add the unofficial PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mystic-mirage/pycharm
sudo apt-get update

Install the community edition of PyCharm:

sudo apt-get install pycharm-community

Install the professional edition of PyCharm:

sudo apt-get install pycharm

Remove the Installation

Uninstall the community edition of PyCharm:

sudo apt-get remove pycharm-community

Uninstall the Professional edition of PyCharm:

sudo apt-get remove pycharm

Remove the PPA from the sources list:

sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:mystic-mirage/pycharm

Notes: The features mentioned here are not all-inclusive. The features mentioned are compiled either from their respective official websites or from my personal experience using them.

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