
Starting from IntelliJ IDEA 16 and the most recent versions of the lightweight IDEs, we are bundling custom JRE with Linux distributions, just like we've been doing for Mac. Use Rapid Environment Editor to add/edit the variables, it will detect incorrect paths. The actual JDK version used by the IDE can be verified in Help | About dialog (open any project to access the menu).ĭefine IDEA_JDK / PHPSTORM_JDK / WEBIDE_JDK / PYCHARM_JDK / RUBYMINE_JDK / CLION_JDK / DATAGRIP_JDK variable depending on the product to override the default version from IDE_HOME\jre.

It’s also possible to start the IDE with. Idea64.exe uses this JDK search sequence:

Product, WEBIDE_JDK applies to both WebStorm and PhpStorm before

exe file (available only for IntelliJ IDEA right now, other products can use the. IDE will find and use it from the registry when you run the 64-bit. To run the IDE in 64-bit mode you will need to download and install 64-bit JDK (not JRE) distribution and install it yourself. JDK is bundled with all the product installers and it's recommended that you will use the provided JDK version unless there are any specific issues.ģ2-bit JDK is located in IDE_HOME\jre directory and is used by the 32-bit product executable. It also applies to the lightweight IDEs released from the same branch (144+). Please be aware that Java 8 is required to run IntelliJ IDEA starting from version 16 on all the supported platforms. Jetbrains have actually documented this quite well.

The other answers will not work for 64bit versions.
