IntelliJ IDEA

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
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  Windows Installation Instructions
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  1. Unpack the IntelliJ IDEA distribution file that you downloaded to
     where you wish to install the program. We will refer to this destination
     location as your {installation home} below.

  2. [OPTIONAL] Add the "{installation home}/bin" to your PATH environmental
     variable so that you may start IntelliJ IDEA from any directory.

  3. [OPTIONAL] To adjust the value of JVM heap size open idea.exe.vmoptions and
     modify the -Xms and -Xmx options.

  4. Open a console and cd into "{installation home}/bin" and type:

       idea.bat

     to start the application.


  [OPTIONAL] Changing location of "config" and "system" directory
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  By default IDEA stores all your settings under ~/.IntelliJIdea10/config directory
  and stores data cache under ~/.IntelliJIdea10/system directory
  (~ means your home directory). If you want to change these settings,

  1. Open a console and cd into "{installation home}/bin"

  2. Open file "idea.properties" in an editor. You should find strings like 

     idea.system.path=${user.home}/.IntelliJIdea10/system

     and

     idea.config.path=${user.home}/.IntelliJIdea10/config

     and change them.

  3. Note that we recommend to store data cache ("system" directory) at a disk 
     with at least 1G bytes free space


  [OPTIONAL] Associate "*.ipr" files (IDEA project files) with IntelliJ IDEA
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  1. Open a console and cd into "{installation home}/bin"

  2. If your installation directory is NOT "C:\Program Files\JetBrains\IntelliJ IDEA 10.0",
     edit file "ipr.reg" (you should replace all occurrences of
     "C:\Program Files\JetBrains\IntelliJ IDEA 10.0")

  3. From "{installation home}" type:

       ipr.reg

     to add information about "*.ipr" files to registry.


Enjoy!

-IntelliJ IDEA Development Team
