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Created on November 25, 2025

linux

When installing apps like PyCharm or Android Studio, you unpack them into /opt. Your rofi / drun can find it after adding an entry to ~/.local/share/applications/.

from https://www.jetbrains.com/help/pycharm/installation-guide.html#standalone:

sudo tar xzf pycharm-*.tar.gz -C /opt/

Then afterwards, create a desktop entry:

vim ~/.local/share/applications/pycharm.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=PyCharm
Comment=Python IDE
Exec=/opt/pycharm-2025.2.4/bin/pycharm
Icon=/opt/pycharm-2025.2.4/bin/pycharm.png
Terminal=false
Categories=Development;IDE;