How To Install PyCharm on Manjaro 20

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install PyCharm on Manjaro 20. For those of you who didn’t know, PyCharm is an intelligent and fully-featured IDE for Python developed by JetBrains. It also provides support for Javascript, Typescript, CSS, etc. You can also extend PyCharm features by using plugins. By using PyCharm plugins you can also get support for frameworks like Django, Flask. We can also use PyCharm for other programming languages like HTML, SQL, Javascript, CSS, and more. PyCharm is available in three editions: Professional, Community, and Edu. The Community and Edu editions are open-source projects and they are free, but they have fewer features. PyCharm Edu provides courses and helps you learn to program with Python. The Professional edition is commercial and provides an outstanding set of tools and features.

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 through the step-by-step installation of the PyCharm CE on a Manjaro 20 (Nibia).

Prerequisites

• A server running one of the following operating systems: Manjaro 20.
• It’s recommended that you use a fresh OS install to prevent any potential issues.
• 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 Manjaro 20 Nibia

Step 1. Before running the tutorial below, make sure that our system is up to date:

sudo pacman -Syu

Step 2. Enable snapd on Manjaro system.

Now run the following command below to install Snap packages:

sudo pacman -S snapd
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket
sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap

Step 3. Installing PyCharm on Manjaro 20.

sudo snap install pycharm-community --classic

Step 4. Accessing PyCharm on Manjaro.

Once PyCharm is successfully installed on your Manjaro system, Now you can go to the Application Menu and look for PyCharm there. You should see the PyCharm Code icon as marked in the screenshot below:

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