Unpack the archive, run bin/pycharm.sh, accept the option to create a desktop entry that's offered in the initial configuration dialog. Then you'll be able to start it directly from the desktop.
In Linux, PyCharm doesn't create shortcuts on your desktop, since there's actually no installer. You can easily create a shortcut to pycharm-2.x.x/bin/pycharm.sh from your desktop.
Unpack the archive, run bin/pycharm.sh, accept the option to create a desktop entry that's offered in the initial configuration dialog. Then you'll be able to start it directly from the desktop.
Thanks for your reply.
Do I better move the extracted directory "pycharm-2.5.1" from downloads to my home directory before I run the script?
Yes, that would be better.
You can easily create a shortcut to pycharm-2.x.x/bin/pycharm.sh from your desktop.
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