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Lejia Chen
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Below are examples on how to start IDE from the command line on different OS. You should substitute the product name and version/build number in path according to your installation.

- Windows

- macOS

- Linux

Windows

For 2024.2+ IDE versions:

Click Windows start menu, type cmd.exe to find and open cmd app. To get additional debug logging for troubleshooting launcher issues, run command below first to set debug environment variables before starting the IDE:

set IJ_LAUNCHER_DEBUG=true

 

Run commands below to start IDE (replacing the IDE installation path, IDE name, and version number with your installed ones):

cd "C:\Program Files\JetBrains\IntelliJ IDEA 2024.2\bin"
.\idea64.exe

If you are using a different IDE, you need to use the corresponding command .\<IDE name>64.exe such as .\pycharm64.exe, .\goland64.exe, .\datagrip64.exe or another IDE file name to start it.

 

If you use Toolbox (see this comment on how to find IDE path quickly):

cd "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate\bin"
.\idea64.exe

 

For old versions:

Click Windows start menu, type cmd.exe to find and open cmd app, and run commands below to start IDE (replacing the IDE installation path, IDE name, and version number with your installed ones):

cd "C:\Program Files\JetBrains\IntelliJ IDEA 2023.3\bin"
.\idea.bat

If you are using a different IDE, you need to use the corresponding command .\<IDE name>.bat such as .\pycharm.bat, .\goland.bat, .\datagrip.bat or another IDE file name to start it.

 

If you use Toolbox (see this comment on how to find IDE path quickly):

cd "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate\bin"
.\idea.bat

macOS

Open the Terminal app. To get additional debug logging for troubleshooting launcher issues, run command below first to set debug environment variables before starting the IDE:

export IJ_LAUNCHER_DEBUG=true
export IDEA_LAUNCHER_DEBUG=true

 

Run commands below to start IDE (replacing the IDE installation path and IDE name to your installed ones):

cd /Applications
./IntelliJ\ IDEA.app/Contents/MacOS/idea

If you are using a different IDE, you need to use the corresponding command ./<IDE app name>.app/Contents/MacOS/<IDE name> like ./GoLand.app/Contents/MacOS/goland, ./PyCharm.app/Contents/MacOS/pycharm to start it. Also, make sure you have added \ before each space character in path for escaping.

 

If you use Toolbox (see this comment on how to quickly find IDE path):

cd ~/Applications
./IntelliJ\ IDEA\ Ultimate\ 2023.3.app/Contents/MacOS/idea

Linux

For 2024.2+ IDE versions:

Open a terminal app. To get additional debug logging for troubleshooting launcher issues, run command below first to set debug environment variables before starting the IDE:

export IJ_LAUNCHER_DEBUG=true

 

Run commands below to start IDE (replacing the installation path, IDE name and version number with your installed ones):

cd '~/Software/IntelliJ IDEA 2024.2/bin'
./idea

If you are using a different IDE, you need to use the corresponding command ./<IDE name> such as ./pycharm, ./goland, ./datagrip or another IDE file name to start it.

If you use Toolbox (see this comment on how to quickly find IDE path):

cd ~/.local/share/JetBrains/Toolbox/apps/intellij-idea-ultimate/bin
./idea

 

For old versions:

Open a terminal app. Run commands below to start IDE (replacing the installation path, IDE name and version number to your installed ones):

cd '~/Software/IntelliJ IDEA 2023.3/bin'
./idea.sh

If you are using a different IDE, you need to use the corresponding command ./<IDE name>.sh such as ./pycharm.sh, ./goland.sh, ./datagrip.sh or another IDE file name to start it.

If you use Toolbox (see this comment on how to quickly find IDE path):

cd ~/.local/share/JetBrains/Toolbox/apps/intellij-idea-ultimate/bin
./idea.sh

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Maomer 2214
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'.\idea.bat' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

what should I do .😫

windows 10-2004

PyCharm Community Edition 2020.1.2 x64

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Arseniy Nisnevich
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Maomer 2214,

Please check whether you've switched to correct location. There's "idea.bat" file in "bin" directory under the IDE installation path.

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john1x
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.\idea.bat' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Please help I don't know what to do

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Caleb Cushing
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This article is inaccurate for PowerShell (with toolbox) please update. This works, at least to get you to the outside directory, then you have to dive into the right versions, which is not static.

```
cd $env:LOCALAPPDATA\JetBrains\Toolbox\apps\IDEA-U
```

Edited by Caleb Cushing
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Solid Tester
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For Windows:

pycharm.bat  is now (February 2021) the executable (from \bin)
which should be launched from Command Prompt.

Edited by Solid Tester
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ARKBAN
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I think this needs updates if you are using the Jetbrains ToolBox, my path on Mac OS X was:

~/Applications/JetBrains Toolbox/IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate.app

 

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Ella Molnar
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cd /Applications

./PhpStorm.app/Contents/MacOS/phpstorm

For PHPStorm without Toolbox.

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Jetbrains Com
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In Linux, this path works for me:

/snap/phpstorm/current/bin/ltedit.sh
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Junkbot Exe+jetbrains
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I can start webstorm by command line on linux but i didn't find any solution to detach it from the shell even with "&" at the end of the line, is there a way to achieve that ?

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Serge Baranov
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Junkbot Exe+jetbrains You can try with 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null &

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sparker
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I am running PyCharm 2022.2.1 in Win11 and the IDE won't start by double clicking the icon or by running from command line. The following is the output when running from command line. Please advise.

C:\Program Files\JetBrains\PyCharm 2022.2.1\bin>pycharm.bat
2022-09-13 08:44:20,515 [   3056]   WARN - #c.i.o.a.i.ActionManagerImpl - keymap "Visual Studio" not found PluginDescriptor(name=IDEA CORE, id=com.intellij, descriptorPath=plugin.xml, path=C:\Program Files\JetBrains\PyCharm 2022.2.1\lib, version=222.3739.56, package=com.intellij.feedback, isBundled=true)
2022-09-13 08:44:20,528 [   3069]   WARN - #c.i.o.a.i.ActionManagerImpl - keymap "Eclipse" not found PluginDescriptor(name=IDEA CORE, id=com.intellij, descriptorPath=plugin.xml, path=C:\Program Files\JetBrains\PyCharm 2022.2.1\lib, version=222.3739.56, package=com.intellij.feedback, isBundled=true)
2022-09-13 08:44:20,530 [   3071]   WARN - #c.i.o.a.i.ActionManagerImpl - keymap "NetBeans 6.5" not found PluginDescriptor(name=IDEA CORE, id=com.intellij, descriptorPath=plugin.xml, path=C:\Program Files\JetBrains\PyCharm 2022.2.1\lib, version=222.3739.56, package=com.intellij.feedback, isBundled=true)
2022-09-13 08:44:20,531 [   3072]   WARN - #c.i.o.a.i.ActionManagerImpl - keymap "Visual Studio" not found PluginDescriptor(name=IDEA CORE, id=com.intellij, descriptorPath=plugin.xml, path=C:\Program Files\JetBrains\PyCharm 2022.2.1\lib, version=222.3739.56, package=com.intellij.feedback, isBundled=true)
2022-09-13 08:44:20,619 [   3160]   WARN - #c.i.o.a.i.ActionManagerImpl - keymap "Visual Studio" not found PluginDescriptor(name=HTML Tools, id=HtmlTools, descriptorPath=plugin.xml, path=C:\Program Files\JetBrains\PyCharm 2022.2.1\plugins\htmltools, version=222.3739.56, package=null, isBundled=true)
2022-09-13 08:44:20,635 [   3176]   WARN - #c.i.o.a.i.ActionManagerImpl - keymap "Eclipse" not found PluginDescriptor(name=GitHub, id=org.jetbrains.plugins.github, descriptorPath=plugin.xml, path=C:\Program Files\JetBrains\PyCharm 2022.2.1\plugins\github, version=222.3739.56, package=org.jetbrains.plugins.github, isBundled=true)
2022-09-13 08:44:20,642 [   3183]   WARN - #c.i.o.a.i.ActionManagerImpl - keymap "Eclipse" not found PluginDescriptor(name=Space, id=com.jetbrains.space, moduleName=intellij.space.vcs, descriptorPath=intellij.space.vcs.xml, path=C:\Program Files\JetBrains\PyCharm 2022.2.1\plugins\space, version=222.3739.56, package=com.intellij.space.vcs, isBundled=true)
2022-09-13 08:44:20,645 [   3186]   WARN - #c.i.o.a.i.ActionManagerImpl - keymap "Eclipse" not found PluginDescriptor(name=JavaScript and TypeScript, id=JavaScript, descriptorPath=plugin.xml, path=C:\Program Files\JetBrains\PyCharm 2022.2.1\plugins\JavaScriptLanguage, version=222.3739.56, package=null, isBundled=true)
2022-09-13 08:44:20,646 [   3187]   WARN - #c.i.o.a.i.ActionManagerImpl - keymap "Visual Studio" not found PluginDescriptor(name=JavaScript and TypeScript, id=JavaScript, descriptorPath=plugin.xml, path=C:\Program Files\JetBrains\PyCharm 2022.2.1\plugins\JavaScriptLanguage, version=222.3739.56, package=null, isBundled=true)
2022-09-13 08:44:20,667 [   3208]   WARN - #c.i.o.a.i.ActionManagerImpl - keymap "Eclipse" not found PluginDescriptor(name=Python, id=Pythonid, descriptorPath=plugin.xml, path=C:\Program Files\JetBrains\PyCharm 2022.2.1\plugins\python, version=222.3739.56, package=null, isBundled=true)
2022-09-13 08:44:20,668 [   3209]   WARN - #c.i.o.a.i.ActionManagerImpl - keymap "NetBeans 6.5" not found PluginDescriptor(name=Python, id=Pythonid, descriptorPath=plugin.xml, path=C:\Program Files\JetBrains\PyCharm 2022.2.1\plugins\python, version=222.3739.56, package=null, isBundled=true)
2022-09-13 08:44:20,672 [   3213]   WARN - #c.i.o.a.i.ActionManagerImpl - keymap "Visual Studio" not found PluginDescriptor(name=Python, id=Pythonid, descriptorPath=plugin.xml, path=C:\Program Files\JetBrains\PyCharm 2022.2.1\plugins\python, version=222.3739.56, package=null, isBundled=true)
2022-09-13 08:44:20,673 [   3214]   WARN - #c.i.o.a.i.ActionManagerImpl - keymap "Eclipse" not found PluginDescriptor(name=Python, id=Pythonid, descriptorPath=plugin.xml, path=C:\Program Files\JetBrains\PyCharm 2022.2.1\plugins\python, version=222.3739.56, package=null, isBundled=true)
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markus.heinrichs
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On Mac:

Without the toolbox, adding an alias such as 

alias idea='cd /Applications; ./IntelliJ\ IDEA.app/Contents/MacOS/idea; popd'

to .zshrc or your preferred shell startup script could help, too.

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Edward Statham
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This is outdated. The directory suggested no longer exists.

```

$ ls ~/.local/share/JetBrains/Toolbox/apps/IDEA-U/ch-2/
ls: cannot access '/home/ed/.local/share/JetBrains/Toolbox/apps/IDEA-U/ch-2/': No such file or directory
$ ls ~/.local/share/JetBrains/Toolbox/apps/IDEA-U/
ls: cannot access '/home/ed/.local/share/JetBrains/Toolbox/apps/IDEA-U/': No such file or directory
$ ls ~/.local/share/JetBrains/Toolbox/apps
aqua   dataspell  goland                  intellij-idea-ultimate-2            pycharm-professional  space-desktop  webstorm
clion  Fleet      intellij-idea-ultimate  intellij-idea-ultimate-2.vmoptions  rustrover             Toolbox
```

 

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Serge Baranov
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Toolbox 2.0 versions changed the locations of the installed apps on Windows and macOS, but on Linux it should remain the same, see https://blog.jetbrains.com/toolbox-app/2023/08/toolbox-app-2-0-overhauls-installations-and-updates/#install-and-update-reworked-from-the-ground-up.

The app folder names changed as well, for example:

IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate
WebStorm
RubyMine
RustRover

 

Edited by Serge Baranov
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S29268
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I am getting the same error and after running the .bat file I am getting following output

 

CompileCommand: exclude com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/FilePartNodeRoot.trieDescend bool exclude = true
Error: Unable to initialize main class com.intellij.idea.Main
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: kotlin/KotlinNothingValueException

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Josef Reichardt
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Is there an easy way to get a shell script to start IntelliJ IDEA from a WSL2 (Ubuntu) Terminal. It should start the IntelliJ IDEA installed in the Windows Host.

Such an Shell Script is default for VS Code (just run code example.xml in an WSL2-Ubuntu-Terminal and the VS Code installed on windows opens the requested file) but I'm not able to do the same for IntelliJ IDEA yet. Is there any way to do the same?

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