PhpStorm – How to Install PhpStorm Theme on Ubuntu 12.04

12.04PHP

I want to install PhpStorm color scheme from XML.
Official PhpStorm's IDE website says

To install a theme, download the corresponging xml file, copy to ~/Library/Preferences/RubyMine10/colors/ (Mac OS X) or
C:\Users\%username%.RubyMine10\config\colors\ (Windows) and restart
RubyMine. Then go to IDE Settings | Editor | Colors and select your
theme.

However, nothing is said about Ubuntu. I tried to find anything similar to "Library" folder inside of PhpStorm folder but failed. How can I install the theme?

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For Ubuntu you need to download the theme XML file and copy it to folder

~/.WebIdeXX/config/colors

In my case it is ~/.WebIde50/config/colors

Restart phpstorm
Select the new theme by navigating to

Settings->Editor->Colors & Fonts

Hope this helps

This applies to Ubuntu 12.10 (may work with older versions)

First you will need to check that Apache is really using /var/www as the website root:

$ grep DocumentRoot /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default
DocumentRoot <path/to/apache/root_dir>

If the path stated in the output is different, you should change that in PHPStorm.

Also you may not be able to place your php files there because the permissions on that folder. To solve this, jst change the permission of /var/www (or the correct path) to your current user:

sudo chown -R <user>:<user> /var/www

where <user> is your username.

Unity Launcher – How to Create a Launcher Icon for PhpStorm

Use IDE to create launcher. Open Tools -> Create Desktop Entry...

Alternate method:

You need to create a application launcher first.

Installing gnome-panel

 sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends gnome-panel

To create launcher

sudo gnome-desktop-item-edit /usr/share/applications/ --create-new

This will open up a "Create Launcher" window

Type: Application
Name: PhpStorm
Command: /bin/bash path_to/phpstorm.sh
Comment: Any Comment

This will create a launcher file in /usr/share/applications directory. Now double click and open the file.

Once the file is launched. You can see the process in the unity launcher. Right click on the icon in the unity launcher and click "Lock to Launcher"

Alternatively you can create a .desktop file

Found this .desktop file here. I haven't tested it. Try your luck.

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=JetBrains PhpStorm
Exec=/opt/PhpStorm/bin/phpstorm.sh %f
Icon=/opt/PhpStorm/bin/webide.png
Comment=Develop with pleasure!
Categories=Development;IDE;
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=true
StartupWMClass=jetbrains-phpstorm

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