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engr_john
Asked: 2025-01-21 18:52:11 +0800 CST

How to create a folder under /opt for Pycharm installation

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I am running Ubuntu 20.04 under Virtual Machine in Windows host machine.

I need to know where do we usually install the programs in Ubuntu. In which directory if the installation belong to all users and if it belong to a specific user only.

I would like to install Pycharm. I have found at some web pages that Pycharm need to be install under /opt folder.

I tried to create a new folder for Pycharm installation under /opt folder but this does not work.

Kindly let me know how we can create a new folder under /opt.

20.04

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Open a terminal.

    Run in it:

    sudo mkdir /opt/directory-name

    man mkdir is your friend

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