install intellij IDEA

• if re-installing make sure to delete/rename the cache dir of IDEA~/.ideaxxx
• cd ~/apps to create launcher follow
• wget http://download.jetbrains.com/idea/ideaIU-95.413.tar.gz
• tar xvfz ideaIU-95.413.tar.gz
• rm -rf ideaIU-95.413.tar.gz
• to install scala plugin download from
•  cd ~/apps/idea-IU-95.413/plugins
• wget http://download.jetbrains.com/scala/scala-intellij-bin-0.3.1888.zip
• unzip scala-intellij-bin-0.3.1888.zip
• nano ~/apps/idea-IU-95.413/bin/run-idea.sh
  
  

  #!/bin/bash
  
  export JDK_HOME=$JAVA_HOME 
  export IDEA_JDK=$JAVA_HOME
  export IDEA_HOME=~/apps/idea-IU-95.413
  
  export IDEA_VM_OPTIONS="$IDEA_HOME/bin/idea.vmoptions"
  export IDEA_PROPERTIES="$IDEA_HOME/bin/idea.properties"
  
  cd "$IDEA_HOME/bin"
  export LIBXCB_ALLOW_SLOPPY_LOCK=1
  
  ./idea.sh

• chmod 755 ~/apps/idea-IU-95.413/bin/run-idea.sh
• follow this blog entry to create a IDEA project in scala