Download the PyCharm Community Tarball(.tar.gz) file from the PyCharm website

https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/download/?section=linux

Run the following command to install snap:

sudo snap install pycharm-community –classic

In terminal, navigate to the location Tarball file and run the following commands to extract it:

cd Downloads

tar -xvzf  [press tab to autocomplete file name or manually type in full file name]

Run the following commands in terminal to make PyCharm executable:

cd Downloads

cd \[press tab to autocomplete file name or manually type in full file name]

cd bin

sudo chmod u+x pycharm.sh

./pycharm.sh

Notes

Tarball(.tar.gz or .tgz): a set of files packaged together into a single file, then compressed using the gzip compression program. It is a file extension used for most unix/linux software.

snap: Allows you to install packages, snaps are discoverable and installable from the Snap Store, a public app store with an audience of millions.

      tar -xvzf:

x:extracts the tar file

v: Makes the process verbose

z: Uses gzip(for tar.gz files)

f: Specifies the file input