PhpStorm 2016.3 Help

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System Requirements

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Hardware requirements

  • 1 GB RAM minimum, 2 GB RAM recommended
  • 1024x768 minimum screen resolution

System requirements

JRE 1.8 is bundled with distributions for all platforms. You don't need any Java to be installed on your machine in order to run PhpStorm.

Windows

System RequirementsInstallation
  • Microsoft Windows 10/8/7/Vista/2003/XP (incl.64-bit)
  1. Download PhpStorm from the Download page.
  2. Run the PhpStorm-*.exe file that starts the Installation Wizard.
  3. Follow all steps suggested by the wizard. Pay special attention to the corresponding installation options.

OS X

System Requirements Installation
  • OS X 10.5 or higher.
  • Only 64-bit OS X is supported.
  1. Download the PhpStorm-*.dmg OS X Disk Image file from the Download page.
  2. Double-click the downloaded PhpStorm-*.dmg OS X Disk Image file to mount it.
  3. Copy PhpStorm to your Applications folder.

Linux

System RequirementsInstallation
  • OS Linux 64 bit
  • KDE, GNOME or Unity DE desktop
  1. Download the PhpStorm-*.tar.gz file from the Download page.
  2. Unpack the PhpStorm-*.tar.gz file to a different folder, if your current "Download" folder doesn't support file execution:
    tar xfz PhpStorm-*.tar.gz <new_archive_folder>

    The recommended install location according to the filesystem hierarchy standard (FHS) is /opt. For example, it's possible to enter the following command:

    sudo tar xf PhpStorm-*.tar.gz -C /opt/
  3. Switch to the bin directory:
    cd <new archive folder>/PhpStorm-*/bin
    For example,
    cd opt/PhpStorm-*/bin
  4. Run phpstorm.sh from the bin subdirectory.
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Last modified: 23 March 2017