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Pop_os: how to create command-line launcher for intellij


On Pop_os:

when in a project folder I want to type "intellij ." and have the project open in intellij.

Official instructions say go to the main menu and use "Tools / Create command-line launcher".... but this gives me this error

Launcher script creation failed: Cannot `sudo` on this system - no suitable utils found

Can someone help me out the maze before Voldemort takes my sanity away?


Solution

  • snap/flatpack limits access to the file system and the apps run in the sandbox, hence the problem. Use the standard .tar.gz distribution instead.