How to install pycharm 5.0 in ubuntu

Question

Months ago,I installed pycharm 4.5 in Ubuntu(by run /bin/pycharm.sh),it works well. Now I found 5.0 version is released.I download the .tar.gz file and unzip it.Then I want to install it in the same way. But a matter is ,although it runs well, in launcher I found the icon of Pycharm becomes a big "?".Also,in terminal,it gives some warn:

log4j:warn no appenders could be found for logger (io.netty.util.internal.logging.internalloggerfactory). log4j:warn please initialize the log4j system properly.

What that mean?and is it the right way to install Pycharm?

Try to remove the shortcuts and any 4.5 installation and recreate them from scratch. — Bakuriu, Nov 14 '15 at 10:57
Start Pycharm 5.0. It'll ask if you want to create a desktop icon. If it doesn't ask, go to Tools > Create Desktop Entry. It'll create an icon for you on desktop. Move that icon to your launcher. — narendra-choudhary, Nov 14 '15 at 12:14

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 14 '15 at 13:45

Before doing any of this, check if you already have a file named jetbrains-pycharm.desktop in /usr/share/applications/ folder. If yes, then check which PyCharm version it is related to. If it is related to your older pycharm install, you'll have to create a new .desktop file for PyCharm 5.0. If it is related to the PyCharm 5.0 installation folder, just copy that file to desktop and you're good to go.

If not then you can manually create a .desktop file for PyCharm and copy that to desktop.

Create a .desktop file in /usr/share/applications folder. I'm using nano. You can use gedit or vim or any other text editor.

sudo nano /usr/share/applications/pycharm.desktop

Paste following lines in the file and save it.

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=PyCharm
Icon pathToPyCharmFolder/pycharm-4.5.4/bin/pycharm.png
Exec="pathToPyCharmFolder/pycharm-4.5.4/bin/pycharm.sh" %f
Categories=Development;IDE;
Terminal=false

Your Icon and Exec paths will be different from what I've mentioned.

Copy pycharm.desktop to desktop.

sudo cp /usr/share/applications/pycharm.desktop ~/Desktop/

This must solve your problem.

Oh,it looks useful,but how could I solve the log4j warn?does pycharm need it to run properly? — Page David, Nov 14 '15 at 13:48
Check [this](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12532339/no-appenders-could-be-found-for-loggerlog4j), [this](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11318806/log4jwarn-no-appenders-could-be-found-for-logger-running-jar-file-not-web-app) and [this](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7685510/log4j-warning-while-initializing). — narendra-choudhary, Nov 14 '15 at 13:54

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 14 '15 at 13:16

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Delete the old Pycharm directory and replace it with the new one. Now run pycharm.sh from the termin to start Pycharm. Once opened, go to Tools> Create desktop entry.

Once this is done, close the current instance and now the new icon should appear in the launcher.

answered Nov 14 '15 at 13:16

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It is already mentioned in a comment. – narendra-choudhary Nov 14 '15 at 13:19
@Narendra I had did that,and it asked me to give a permission to creat a desktop icon,but when that finished,nothing changed on my desktop. – Page David Nov 14 '15 at 13:22
when you open Pycharm using pycharm.sh, open it with sudo. `sudo ./pycharm.sh` This should solve it @DavidPage – utkbansal Nov 14 '15 at 13:25
@BansalUtkarsh but I tried out sudo,it is no use.. – Page David Nov 14 '15 at 13:26
You probably have an old `jetbrains-pycharm.desktop` file in `/usr/share/applications/` folder related to older PyCharm install. That's why new `.desktop` file creation is failing. – narendra-choudhary Nov 14 '15 at 13:49

How to install pycharm 5.0 in ubuntu

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