JetBrains Installer

A little tool I wrote when I realized how often I install JetBrains tools on various machines.

Usage

See all options

./jbi.py --help

Example: Download CLion

./jbi.py clion linux

Example: Download and install IntelliJ Idea Community in $HOME/local, creating a soft link (useful when versions change)

./jbi.py ideac linux -i -l -p $HOME/local

Example: Update PyCharm Professional to the latest version, updating the soft link, and creating an application link

./jbi.py pycharmp linux -i -l -a -p $HOME/local -f

Example: Install latest Intellij-Ultimate EAP to /opt (default - requires write permission for current user), creating an application link

./jbi.py ideaU linux --install --link --app --prefix=/opt --channel=eap

Example: See possible platforms for IntelliJ Idea Community

./jbi.py ideac

CLI shortcut shim

To add a CLI shim (e.g. idea) that doesn't hang around in terminal, run the following, adjusting paths as needed:

echo '/opt/idea/bin/idea.sh "$@" </dev/null &>/dev/null & disown $!' | sudo tee /usr/local/bin/idea
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/idea

Now try open a directory as a project:

cd ~/workspace/
idea .

FYI $! is a shortcut to the PID of the last background job

Stdout & stderr are piped to /dev/null, so something like idea --help won't return anything, use idea.sh directly for that use case.

MacOSX notes

The installation currently always installs under /Applications. If the application with the same name existed, it will rename it to .old.

Windows notes

• Not tested at all :)