Installing PhpStorm on Ubuntu

Download latest version of PhpStorm from

https://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/download/#section=linux

You get a file with name like “PhpStorm-2018.1.1.tar.gz”

Extract the file, put in a folder, i normally put it in directory ~/programs/phpstrom/

Now open terminal, go to folder

cd ~/programs/phpstrom/bin

Run phpStrom with command

./phpstorm.sh

Create Application Shortcut

Creating application shortcut is easy. Just go to Tools > Create Desktop Entry.

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