How To Install PyCharm on Linux Mint 21

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install PyCharm on Linux Mint 21. For those of you who didn’t know, PyCharm is one of the most popular IDE for Python. It is developed by JetBrains. PyCharm supports many other programming languages such as HTML, CSS, Javascript, SQL, etc. The features of PyCharm can be extended using the plugins. It has a built-in graphical debugger, integrated unit tester, and embedded version control system.

This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you the step-by-step installation of PyCharm on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa).

Prerequisites

• A server running one of the following operating systems: Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa).
• It’s recommended that you use a fresh OS install to prevent any potential issues.
• SSH access to the server (or just open Terminal if you’re on a desktop).
• An active internet connection. You’ll need an internet connection to download the necessary packages and dependencies for PyCharm.
• A non-root sudo user or access to the root user. We recommend acting as a non-root sudo user, however, as you can harm your system if you’re not careful when acting as the root.

Install PyCharm on Linux Mint 21 Vanessa

Step 1. Before running the tutorial below, it’s important to make sure your system is up to date by running the following apt commands in the terminal:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install software-properties-common apt-transport-https wget ca-certificates gnupg2

Step 2. Installing PyCharm on Linux Mint 21.

By default, PyCharm is not available on the Linux Mint 21 base repository. Now run the following command below to install PyCharm using Snappy to your Linux Mint system. If the Snap package manager is not already installed then you can install it by running the following command below:

sudo apt install snapd snapd-xdg-open

## Professional Edition ##
sudo snap install pycharm-professional --classic

## Community Edition ##
sudo snap install pycharm-community --classic

## Edu Edition ##
sudo snap install pycharm-educational --classic

For additional resources on installing Snap, read the post below:

• How to install Snap on Linux Mint √

Step 3. Accessing PyCharm on Linux Mint 21.

Once we finish with the installation, we will find PyCharm in the Mint menu, in the Programming section or you can launch it through the terminal with the help of the command shown below:

pycharm-professional
pycharm-community
pycharm-educational

Congratulations! You have successfully installed PyCharm. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing the latest version of PyCharm on the Linux Mint system. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you check the official PyCharm website.