[SOLVED] Pop_os: how to create command-line launcher for intellij

Issue

On Pop_os:

when in a project folder I want to type "intellij ." and have the project open in intellij.

Official instructions say go to the main menu and use "Tools / Create command-line launcher".... but this gives me this error

Launcher script creation failed: Cannot `sudo` on this system - no suitable utils found

Can someone help me out the maze before Voldemort takes my sanity away?

Solution

snap/flatpack limits access to the file system and the apps run in the sandbox, hence the problem. Use the standard .tar.gz distribution instead.

Answered By - CrazyCoder