How to Install Phpstorm on Ubuntu Desktop

Let’s look at how to install phpstorm on Ubuntu Desktop. PHPStorm is an integrated development environment for the PHP by jetbrains. PHPStorm support PHP, HTML as well as JavaScript language.

For this tutorial I am using Ubuntu 16.04, but phpstorm can install on any version of Ubuntu Linux.

Following are the steps you need to follow, in order to install phpstorm on Ubuntu Desktop.

  1. Download PhpStorm for Ubuntu.
  2. Extract PhpStorm tar file.
  3. run phpstorm.sh file.

Installation packages of PhpStorm for Ubuntu can be found at https://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/download/#section=linux.

PhpStorm package for Linux/Ubuntu is tar.gz package.

After the download is finished, extract the tar file to the /opt

Sponsored
directory.

sudo tar -zxvf PhpStorm-2017.2.4.tar.gz -C /opt

Sponsored

After that, run phpstorm.sh from the bin subdirectory inside the extracted folder.

sudo ./phpstorm.sh

This will run the initial configuration for the phpstorm on Ubuntu. Go with the default option to finish installing phpstorm on Ubuntu.

When asked for the “License Activation”, select “evaluate for free” to evaluate Phpstorm for 30 days.

Phpstorm is a commercial PHP IDE and you can use it for free only during the first 30 days after installation. After that you will have to purchase a license key to continue.

And that’s it!! Now you have PhpStorm PHP IDE installed on your Ubuntu Desktop.

Ubuntu Server Admin

Recent Posts

Why we brought hardware-optimized GenAI inference to Ubuntu

On October 23rd, we announced the beta availability of silicon-optimized AI models in Ubuntu. Developers…

39 minutes ago

Canonical and NVIDIA BlueField-4: a foundation for zero-trust high performance infrastructure

At NVIDIA GTC Washington D.C., Canonical is pleased to support the arrival of the NVIDIA…

1 day ago

Global-ready from day one

How Anbox Cloud streamlines localization testing Wherever users are based, they expect apps to just…

3 days ago

Canonical announces new optimized Ubuntu image for Thundercomm RUBIK Pi 3

Ubuntu now runs natively on the Thundercomm RUBIK Pi 3 developer board – a lightweight…

6 days ago

Introducing Canonical Academy

Validate your skills and advance your career with recognized qualifications from the publishers of Ubuntu…

6 days ago

🚀 Deploy Poweradmin to Manage PowerDNS on Ubuntu VPS

This article demonstrates how to deploy Poweradmin to manage PowerDNS on Ubuntu VPS server. What…

6 days ago