Software & Apps Linux 123 123 people found this article helpful How to Install the PyCharm Python IDE in Linux Get going with Python on Linux by Gary Newell Writer Gary Newell was a freelance contributor, application developer, and software tester with 20+ years in IT, working on Linux, UNIX, and Windows. our editorial process Gary Newell Updated on March 26, 2020 reviewed by Michael Barton Heine Jr Lifewire Tech Review Board Member Michael Heine is a CompTIA-certified writer, editor, and Network Engineer with 25+ years' experience working in the television, defense, ISP, telecommunications, and education industries. our review board Article reviewed on Apr 09, 2020 Michael Barton Heine Jr Linux Switching from Windows Tweet Share Email PyCharm—the cross-platform integrated development environment for Python developed by JetBrains—works well on Linux platforms. It's installed from an archive file, although JetBrains also supplies a snap package for Ubuntu. Read our review of PyCharm on Linux These instructions apply to PyCharm 2019.1 and work with any Linux distribution. System Requirements PyCharm requires a computer with a minimum of 4 GB RAM (8 GB recommended) and 2.5 GB of disk space, as well as a display with a minimum resolution of 1024-by-768 pixels. Also, either Python 2 (2.6.x or 2.7.x series) or Python 3 (3.4.x or higher) must be installed. JetBrains recommends a 64-bit Linux distribution and the KDE, Gnome, or Unity desktop environments. The installer bundles a 64-bit version of JRE, but not a 32-bit version. On a 32-bit distribution, install 32-bit JRE separately. How to Install PyCharm for Linux The universal method for installing PyCharm involves downloading the zipped archive then unpacking it into the /opt directory. Download PyCharm from the JetBrains website. Select a local folder for the archive file to execute the tar command. Download from JetBrains Install PyCharm. The standard and recommended location is /opt, although you can modify this selection if necessary. Run the following command: sudo tar xfz pycharm-*.tar.gz -C /opt/ Run pycharm.sh from the bin subdirectory: cd /opt/pycharm-*/bin ./pycharm.sh Complete the first-time-run wizard to get started. How to Install PyCharm for Ubuntu Linux On Ubuntu 16.04 and higher versions, use a snap package instead: sudo snap install pycharm-community --classic Then run pycharm-community in the terminal. Instead of pycharm-community, you could install snap packages for pycharm-professional or pycharm-educational, if you're appropriately licensed for these packages.