2 ways to Install PyCharm Python IDE on Debian 11 Bullseye Linux

Here is the guide to learning the simple steps for the installation of PyCharm on Debian 11 Bullseye Linux using the command terminal. 

PyCharm is a Python development environment with code completion, code analysis, refactorings, and debuggers. It is open-source and distributed under the Apache license. Apart from the free community edition, there is also a paid Professional Edition. The latter (paid one) also supports the web frameworks Django, Pyramid, Flask, and web2py, Google’s Platform as a Service App Engine, and the object-relational mapper SQLAlchemy.

Steps to install PyCharm on Debian 11 Bullseye

Well, there are two easy ways to use the command terminal and install JetBrain’s PyCharm on Debian 11 Bullseye. Here we will show them.

#1st method using Tarball file

Download PyCharm Linux edition

Open your browser and visit the PyCharm Download page to get the latest available version of IDE on your Debian Linux. Just hit the download given under Community and save the Tarball file.

Download PyCharm Linux edition

Open Debian 11 command terminal

Next, go to the Application launcher and find your system’s command terminal app. Once you opened it switch to the Downloads directory. Whatever we get from the browser by default goes into it.

cd Downloads

to check whether the downloaded file is there or not, use:

ls

 

Extract the PyCharm Tar file and move it to /opt

The file will be in Archived form, hence first we need to extract it to access the files meant for installing this open-source IDE on Debian 11.

mkdir pycharm && tar -xvf pycharm-community-*.tar.gz -C pycharm --strip-components 1
sudo mv pycharm /opt/

 

Start PyCharm on Debian 11 bullseye

Now, that we have configured the folder, let’s run the script present inside the extracted and moved folder of PyCharm to trigger it and get the GUI of this python IDE to work.

sh /opt/pycharm/bin/pycharm.sh

Well, we can start the IDE graphical user interface using the above command. But to make it a little bit more easy let’s create its command line, desktop, and launcher shortcuts.

 

Create Command line and Desktop shortcuts

To directly start the PyCharm from your command terminal, use the following command. It will add its folder to your system path.

For CLI:

echo 'export PATH="$PATH:/opt/pycharm/bin"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

Now, you can simply type in your terminal the below command to start PyCharm IDE.

pycharm.sh &

 

For Desktop and Launcher shortcut

nano ~/Desktop/Pycharm.desktop

Now, Copy-Paste the following code in the file:

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=Pycharm
Comment=IDE
Exec=/opt/pycharm/bin/pycharm.sh
Icon=/opt/pycharm/bin/pycharm.png
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

Save the file Ctrl+O, hit the Enter Key, and then exit the file using Ctrl+X.

Make the Desktop shortcut executable.

chmod u+x ~/Desktop/Pycharm.desktop

Copy the shortcut to the Application launcher as well:

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

PyCharm Debian 11 Desktop shortcut

Install PyCharm on Debian 11 Bullseye

 

#2nd Method using SNAP

Install Snap on Debian 11 Bullseye

Well, if you don’t want to go through all the above steps then use SNAP. It is one of the easiest ways to install PyCharm on your Debian 11 Linux. However, SNAPD must be enabled on your system first.

sudo apt update

sudo apt install snapd
sudo systemctl enable snapd --now
sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap

Install PyCharm on Debian 11 Bullseye using Snap

For community edition

sudo snap install pycharm-community --classic --edge

For Educational edition

sudo snap install pycharm-educational --classic --edge

The command for Professional (paid)

sudo snap install pycharm-professional --classic --edge

To run the IDE application the command is:

snap run pycharm-community

Note: Snap graphical icon not showing in Debian

In case even after installation through SNAP, the shortcut icon of PyCharm is not showing in the application launcher, follow the given commands/steps.

sudo ln -s /etc/profile.d/apps-bin-path.sh /etc/X11/Xsession.d/99snap
sudo nano /etc/login.defs

Paste the following at the end of the file:

ENV_PATH PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/snap/bin

Save the file  Ctrl+O, hit the Enter key, and exit it- Ctrl+X.

Snap installed applications not showing

Log out and log in again to your system

To remove or uninstall

In case you didn’t want this software anymore, then use the command to remove the same:

sudo snap remove pycham-community

Replace the community with other versions, if you have installed them.

 

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