Objective
The objective is to install PyCharm community edition on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux
Operating System and Software Versions
- Operating System: – Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver
Requirements
Privileged access to your Ubuntu System as root or via sudo
command is required.
Conventions
- # – requires given linux commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of
sudo
command - $ – requires given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user
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Instructions
Install PyCharm using Snaps
Simplest and recommended way to install PyCharm on Ubuntu 18.04 is by use of snaps package manager. The following linux command will install PyCharm community edition on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver:
$ sudo snap install pycharm-community --classic pycharm-community 2017.3.3 from 'jetbrains' installed
Start PyCharm
You can start PyCharm from command line by executing the following linux command:
$ pycharm-community
Alternatively you can search for PyChram within start menu and start it by clicking on its icon:

