Create Command-line Launcher Intellij not found

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I would like to use

idea pom.xml

from command line to launch a simple Maven project, and so I think I need to configure using "Create Command-line Launcher" the script path, but I cannot find it in Intellij Ultimate, if I search it in File / Settings I can find it, but then if I add a keyboard shortcut it doesn't work.

Could someone help me?

Thank you

What OS do you use? This option is not available on Windows, otherwise you can find it in the Tools menu. — CrazyCoder, Sep 21 '17 at 19:07
I'm in linux and it doesn't exist also. Version community 2019.1 EAP. If I try with find action, it is displayed grayed out. — Tonsic, Jan 28 '19 at 17:40
Discovered that when using Jetbrains Toolbox, there is an official way to generate the script. Enter in the toolbox->settings (the gear next to the 'Log in' button), there will be a "Generate shell scripts" option and location to set. However, even after setting that, and restarting the toobox, it did not generate the script in that path for me. — Tonsic, Jan 28 '19 at 18:52
Lol.. dumb me.. just take care not to set there a folder that you can only access with sudo. If you do that, it will fail silently the creation of the script. I have set /usr/local/bin and it failed... sorry — Tonsic, Jan 28 '19 at 19:00

score 43 · Answer 1 · answered May 09 '19 at 01:15

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For Mac OS with +2019 Intellij:

You'll need JetBrains ToolBox
Turn on Generate shell scripts (no longer in tools > create command line launcher)
Set path to /usr/local/bin/
Delete your old executable in /usr/local/bin/
Quit and re-launch toolbox

answered May 09 '19 at 01:15

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Mine wasn't creating on `/usr/local/bin`. Figured it was because of permissions and had it create on `/home/lucas/.local/share/JetBrains/Toolbox/bin` instead. Worked like a charm. – Lucas Bustamante Jun 16 '19 at 21:01
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I had to echo my Path first with echo $PATH then I figured I had to use /Users/lmuzquiz/bin instead – Luis Múzquiz Apr 29 '20 at 18:57
Also works on linux – metalisticpain Nov 29 '21 at 23:52
for macOS: I tried several path , only when I set ```/Users/[WHO ARE YOU]/bin```, It works. – leonardosccd Jan 12 '22 at 07:50
It was step 5 that was missing for me :) – Karim Sonbol Jun 08 '22 at 13:55
If you are getting the error `/usr/local/bin now writable` or something along this line, then try this command `sudo chown -R `whoami`:admin /usr/local/bin` . Worked for me. Source: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/TBX-6792 – Sulphur Mar 02 '23 at 15:36

score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 28 '19 at 19:12

As I said in the comments of the question.

At least when using Idea Community 2019.1 EAP + Jetbrains Toolbox, even in Linux that option is disabled.

You must access the Jetbrains Toolbox->settings (the gear next to the 'Log in' button), there will be a "Generate shell scripts" option and location to set. Set a location that you can access without sudo, and put that location on your PATH or copy the generated script to a path like /usr/local/bin.

I needed that to be able to use kscript --idea xxxx.kts (putting this here so that the next person googling that finds the answer :) )

CrazyCoder · Answer 3 · 2020-05-17T01:32:13.040

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This option is not available on Windows, otherwise you can find it in the Tools menu.

Tools | Create Command-line Launcher (available on Mac/Linux).

If IDE installation is managed by the JetBrains Toolbox, launcher options will not be available in the IDE and you should use Toolbox settings to create a launcher instead.

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answered Sep 22 '17 at 15:24

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score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 02 '19 at 02:53

When installing the 2019.1 IDE version via toolbox, you need first to remove the previously generated Command-Line Launcher (e.g. via Tools | Create Command-line Launcher)

Then Enable the Generate Shell script option ToolBox and specify the same path that was used before (e.g /use/local/bin/)

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 17 '19 at 11:04

On Linux, installing IntelliJ IDEA as a snap package automatically creates the command-line launcher named intellij-idea-community or intellij-idea-ultimate. The Tools | Create Command-line Launcher command is therefore not available.

Check this link for more information on enabling it on Windows,macOS and Linux.

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Aug 01 '22 at 10:04

For Toolbox version: after a long search I ended up writing this snippet and putting it in ~/.profile

alias idea="$(find ~/.local/share/JetBrains/Toolbox/apps/IDEA-U/ch-0 -maxdepth 1 -type d -name "2*" -not -name "*plugins" -printf "%T@ %p\n" | sort -nr | head -n 1 | rev | cut -d ' ' -f '1' | rev)/bin/idea.sh"

Here's a gist with this command https://gist.github.com/tiriana/9a163cd5436158d93c89e0d20b99caa9.js

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