Package Details: intellij-idea-ultimate-edition 2026.1-1

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/intellij-idea-ultimate-edition.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: intellij-idea-ultimate-edition
Description: An intelligent IDE for Java, Groovy and other programming languages with advanced refactoring features intensely focused on developer productivity.
Upstream URL: https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/
Licenses: custom:commercial
Conflicts: intellij-idea-ultimate-edition-jre
Provides: intellij-idea-ultimate-edition-jre
Submitter: uwolfer
Maintainer: uwolfer (dcelasun)
Last Packager: dcelasun
Votes: 448
Popularity: 1.34
First Submitted: 2009-10-28 09:09 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2026-03-25 15:46 (UTC)

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kkl2401 commented on 2026-03-27 15:20 (UTC)

Regarding the /usr/bin/idea thing: the only thing I can think of (for people NOT having intellij-idea-community-edition installed) would be for this package not including /usr/bin/idea and creating a new package, which would provide just that symlink (and which would conflict with intellij-idea-community-edition and be an optional dependency for intellij-idea-ultimate-edition). The question is whether it's worth the effort (even though the second, minimal package, could probably be created from the same PKGBUILD).

Personally, I like having both intellij-idea-ultimate-edition and intellij-idea-community-edition installed, even with the recent change from JetBrains. My company pays for an Ultimate license, so for my job-related work, I use intellij-idea-ultimate-edition. For my own projects, I'm not allowed to use it, so I use intellij-idea-community-edition (I also have a different set of plugins there, etc.).

dcelasun commented on 2026-03-27 13:54 (UTC)

@dmoebius I'd be happy to do that if/when intellij-idea-community-edition in the repos is renamed to intellij-idea.

dmoebius commented on 2026-03-27 13:51 (UTC)

IMHO this AUR should be renamed to just 'intellij-idea-bin' to reflect to fact that IntelliJ IDEA now has the one distribution approach, and that it can be used in both community or ultimate mode.

And the decscription of this AUR should clarify that, as a binary package, it bundles the Jetbrains Runtime (JBR), which enables Wayland support by default now (since 2026.1), in opposite to the extra/intellij-idea-community-edition package which uses the Arch Linux Java runtime.

dcelasun commented on 2026-03-27 11:21 (UTC)

Looking at the file paths of both packages, the only overlap is /usr/bin/idea. It'd be a shame to add a conflict just for that, but I don't see a feasible alternative either. A lot of documentation out there assumes that an idea binary is available on your $PATH.

Unless someone has a better idea, I'll add the conflict with the next version.

pa314159 commented on 2026-03-27 11:05 (UTC)

It would be nice to add intellij-idea-community-edition as conflicting package

vauvenal5 commented on 2026-03-16 08:49 (UTC) (edited on 2026-03-16 12:08 (UTC) by vauvenal5)

Since IntelliJ changed to the one IDEA approach. What is the benefit of this package compared to extra/intellij-idea-community-edition?

edit: except that one is bin and the other built from sources

ChrisLane commented on 2026-03-11 15:46 (UTC)

@dcelasun speedy, thank you!

dcelasun commented on 2026-03-11 13:26 (UTC)

@ChrisLane added in 2025.3.3-2.

ChrisLane commented on 2026-03-11 13:15 (UTC)

This package seems to be missing the /usr/bin/idea that's present in the extra/intellij-idea-community-edition package.

Could that be set up for this package please? It can be used for formatting files via CLI. https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/command-line-formatter.html

Joey5403 commented on 2025-10-09 07:31 (UTC)

Separate Community Edition and Ultimate Edition versions seem to be going away as of 2025.3, per https://blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2025/07/intellij-idea-unified-distribution-plan/ :

With the 2025.3 release, IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition will no longer be distributed as a separate product. Instead, all users will download a single IntelliJ IDEA distribution: one installer and one update stream.

If you are currently using Community Edition, your IDE will automatically update to the unified distribution via the usual patch update process. You will get access to additional features at no cost and a more seamless experience. You will also be able to try Ultimate features with just one click.

The change is minimal for Ultimate users: the IDE will simply be called IntelliJ IDEA without the “Ultimate” suffix.

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