Zahid Hasan

How to Make Portable IntelliJ

 
  • Dec 24, 2020

You can carry and run IntelliJ without installing JAVA in your PC.

Configuring Portable JDK

  1. Inorder to create portable java we are going to use portableapps platform. Download it from here or from their website.

  2. Install it in your preffered drive.
    portableaApps_installation.png

    portableaApps_installation1.png

    Once installed, inside your choosen folder you will see PortableApps folder where all of your portable software will reside.

  3. Run Start.exe file and you will notice a menu in the taskbar like this portableaApps_installation2.png

    All your portable apps will be listed here. You can run the apps directly from where they are installed.

  4. Now download portable JDK made specially for portableapps platform from their website or here.

  5. Now click Apps menu and select Install a New App and select the jDK just downloaded. Installation will begin. portable_jdk_install.png

    portable_jdk_install1.png

  6. Now go to D:\PortableApps\PortableApps and you will notice a new folder named CommonFiles has been created. portable_jdk_install2.png

    This CommonFiles folder contains portable JDK and all the portable apps that require jdk to run will automatically find jdk from this CommonFiles folder.

Configuring Portable IntelliJ

  1. Now we will install portable Intellij. Go to portapps.io and download portable IntelliJ or from here.

  2. Extract the file into portableapps folder. portable_intellij_installation.png

  3. In the portableapps menu click Apps ans Refresh App Icons, then you will see IntelliJ entry in the menu. portable_intellij_installation1.png

  4. Now run IntelliJ and click configuration portable_intellij_configuration.png

  5. Select Structure for New Project

    portable_intellij_configuration1a.png

  6. IntelliJ will not be able to find JDK at this moment. portable_intellij_configuration1.png

  7. Click dropdown at No SDK and select Add JDK portable_intellij_configuration2.png

  8. A new windows will open, locate openJDK64 inside the CommonFiles folder in PortableApps folder at drive D. portable_intellij_configuration3.png

Click ok and Appply.

Now you can either

  1. copy the whole PortableApps folder into the usb drive or
  2. just copy the IntelliJ and CommonFile folder and you are ready to go.

Actually we no longer need the portableapps platform to run IntelliJ. The complete portable package(intellij+jdk) can be downloaded from here that can be run from USB.

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