PyCharm is a free, open-source and full-featured integrated development environment (IDE) used for developing in Python language. It is designed by programmers and for programmers, to provide all the tools you need for productive Python development. PyCharm comes in two editions, Professional and Community. The professional edition has more features, while community edition is free of cost with limited features. PyCharm is also used in other programming languages such as, SQL, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, NodeJs and more.
PyCharm comes with a rich set of features including, Code completion, Docker and Vagrant support, syntax highlighting, code refactoring, Line and block commenting, Python refactoring, Code snippets and many more.
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install PyCharm IDE in several ways on Ubuntu 22.04.
Requirements
- An Ubuntu 22.04 desktop installed on your system.
- A normal user with sudo privileges is configured on your system.
Install PyCharm from Source
First, you will need to download the latest version of PyCharm Community edition to your system. Go to the PyCharm official website at PyCharm.
There are two versions available, Community edition and Professional edition.
Next, open your terminal and download the PyCharm Community edition with the following command:
wget https://download-cf.jetbrains.com/python/pycharm-community-2019.2.5.tar.gz
Once the download is completed, extract the downloaded file with the following command:
tar -xvzf pycharm-community-2019.2.5.tar.gz
Next, change the directory to the extracted directory:
cd pycharm-community-2019.2.5/bin/
Next, run the PyCharm installation script as shown below:
sh pycharm.sh
You will be redirected to the PyCharm installation window as shown below:
Select "Do not import settings" and click on the OK button. You will be prompted to accept the privacy policy as shown below:
Accept the Privacy Policy and click on the Continue button. You should see the following screen:
Now, click on the "Send Usage statistics". You should see the following screen:
Click on the Next button to create a Launcher Script. You should see the following screen:
Check mark Create Launcher Script and click on the Next button. You should see the following screen:
Now, install your required plugins and click on the Start using PyCharm button. You should see the PyCharm main window in the following screen:
Now, click on the Configure >> Create Desktop Entry button. You should see the following screen:
Now, select Create the entry for all users and click on the OK button to finish the installation.
Now, click on the Create New Project button. You should see the following screen:
Now, define the location of your project and click on the Create button. You should see your PyCharm IDE in the following screen:
Install PyCharm using Snap
The easiest method to install PyCharm on Ubuntu 18.04 is by using Snap packaging system.
Open your terminal and run the following command to install PyCharm Community Edition:
sudo snap install pycharm-community --classic
Once the installation has been completed successfully, you should see the following output:
pycharm-community 2019.2.5 from 'jetbrains' installed
Next, open your PyCharm IDE from Unity Dash as shown below:
When you open PyCharm first time, you should see the following screen:
Next, complete the required steps to finish the installation.
Conclusion
In the above tutorial, we learned how to install PyCharm from source and using the Snap packaging system. You can now easily customize PyCharm IDE as per your need and start working on your Python projects.