How to instal Intellij IDEA on Ubuntu

1. get your copy from here http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/download/
2. Unpack the idea-8.1.3.tar.gz file using the following command: tar xfz idea-8.1.3.tar.gz
3. [this is the tricky part] Edit idea.sh from the bin subdirectory by adding the jdk 6 home directory to the variable IDEA_JDK (i.e. IDEA_JDK=/usr/java/jdk1.6.0 , depends on where you've placed the sdk )

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