Intellij IDEA

Installation

• Installation file can be downloaded from this link.

• Use following commands to install using tar.gz file:

# Extract the contents to /opt directory (recommended)
sudo tar xzf ideaIC-*.tar.gz -C /opt/

# Create a command shortcut to launch the App
sudo ln -s /opt/idea-IC-*/bin/idea.sh /usr/local/bin/idea

# Remove file after installation
rm ideaIC-*.tar.gz

Shortcut Keys Changes

• Toggle Terminal -> ⌃`
  • Open Actions search by using ⌃⇧a shortcut.
  • Search for Terminal and change its shortcut by pressing ⌥↵ shortcut and selecting ⌃` as the new shortcut. (Choose Remove when prompted)
  • Now search for Quick Switch Scheme and change its shortcut by pressing ⌥↵ shortcut and selecting ⌥⇧; as the new shortcut.

Settings

• Open settings by using ⌃⌥s shortcut on Linux.
• Choose Appearance & Editor Font based on the computer screen specifications.

Extensions

• Scala
• Atom Material Icons
• Rainbow Brackets

App Shortcut on Fedora (Linux)

Refer this document to create an App Shortcut.