WebStorm 6.0.1 Web Help

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WebStorm can be opened simultaneously with PhpStorm.

In this section:

Windows

System RequirementsInstallation
  • Microsoft Windows 7 (incl.64-bit)/Vista/2003/XP/2000
  • Intel Pentium III/800 MHz or higher (or compatible)
  • 256 MB RAM minimum, 1 GB RAM recommended
  • 1024x768 minimum screen resolution
  • Oracle (Sun) JDK 1.6 or higher.
  1. Download WebStorm at http://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/download/index.html.
  2. Run the WebStorm-*.exe file that starts the Installation Wizard.
  3. Follow all steps suggested by the wizard. Please pay special attention to the corresponding installation options.

MacOS

System RequirementsInstallation
  • Mac OS X 10.5 or higher, including 10.7 (Lion)
  • JDK 6
  • 256 MB RAM minimum, 1 GB RAM recommended
  • 1024x768 minimum screen resolution
  • Oracle (Sun) JDK 1.6 or higher.
  1. Download the WebStorm-*.dmg Mac OS X Disk Image file at http://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/download/index.html.
  2. Mount the WebStorm-*.dmg Mac OS X Disk Image file as another disk in your system.
  3. Copy WebStorm to your Applications folder.

Linux

System RequirementsInstallation
  • Intel Pentium III/800 MHz or higher (or compatible)
  • 256 MB RAM minimum, 1 GB RAM recommended
  • 1024x768 minimum screen resolution
  • Oracle (Sun) JDK 1.6 or higher. Open JDK is not supported.
  • GNOME or KDE desktop.
  1. Download the WebStorm-*.tar.gz file at http://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/download/index.html.
  2. Unpack the WebStorm-*.tar.gz file using the following command: 
    tar xfz WebStorm-*.tar.gz
  3. Run WebStorm.sh from the bin subdirectory.
  4. If necessary, switch from OpenJDK to Oracle (Sun) JDK 1.6+ or just install Oracle (Sun) JDK 1.6 or higher if your Ubuntu distribution does not contain it.
To install Oracle (Sun) JDK 1.6, do one of the following:
  • Use the Debian repository. In the Command prompt, type the following sequence of commands:
    1. sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner"
    2. sudo apt-get update
    3. sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin
    4. java -version to check that installation is successful.
  • Download and install JDK 1.6 from Oracle official site.
    1. Download Oracle (Sun) JDK 1.6 for not RPM-based platforms.
    2. Follow the installation instructions.
    3. Specify the directory where JDK is installed through the JAVA_HOME variable.
To switch from OpenJDK to SunJDK

Running WebStorm using the OpenJDK Java runtime is not supported. If you have not previously installed Oracle (Sun) JDK 1.6 or higher, it is strongly recommended that you switch to it.

OpenJDK is included in a number or popular Linux distributions. The procedure below explains how to switch to Oracle (Sun) JDK 1.6 in Ubuntu.

  1. Enable the Canonical Partner Software through the following steps:
    1. Go to Ubuntu Software Center.
    2. Click Edit.
    3. Click Software Sources.
    4. Switch to the Other Software tab and click Canonical Partners. This may take some time.
  2. In the Command prompt, type the following sequence of commands:
    1. sudo apt-get update
    2. sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin
    3. sudo update-alternatives -–config java

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