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How can I install PyCharm on Ubuntu 15.10? When attempting to do so per itsfoss E: Unable to locate package pycharm occurs.

user@user-VirtualBox:~$ sudo apt-get install pycharm
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
E: Unable to locate package pycharm

On Ubuntu 15.10 running in an Oracle Virtual Box

user@user-VirtualBox:~$  lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 15.10
Release:    15.10
Codename:   wily

Content of /etc/atp/sources.list is

user@user-VirtualBox:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
#deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 15.10 _Wily Werewolf_ - Release amd64 (20151021)]/ wily main restricted

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily-updates main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily-updates universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu 
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to 
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in 
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily-updates multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily-updates multiverse

## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu wily-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu wily-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu wily-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu wily-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu wily-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu wily-security multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu wily partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu wily partner

Results of apt-get update are

user@user-VirtualBox:~$ sudo apt-get update
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily InRelease
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates InRelease [64.4 kB]
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security InRelease [64.4 kB]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports InRelease
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily/multiverse Translation-en
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/main Sources [18.9 kB]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily/universe Translation-en
Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/main Sources [31.7 kB]
Get:5 http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/restricted Sources [2,854 B]
Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/restricted Sources [3,741 B]
Get:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/universe Sources [7,766 B]
Get:8 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/multiverse Sources [1,922 B]
Get:9 http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/universe Sources [5,896 B]
Get:10 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/main amd64 Packages [89.0 kB]
Get:11 http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/multiverse Sources [1,922 B]
Get:12 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/restricted amd64 Packages [13.3 kB]
Get:13 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/universe amd64 Packages [38.0 kB]
Get:14 http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/main amd64 Packages [58.0 kB]
Get:15 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages [5,859 B]
Get:16 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/main i386 Packages [87.6 kB]
Get:17 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/restricted i386 Packages [13.4 kB]
Get:18 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/universe i386 Packages [38.0 kB]
Get:19 http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/restricted amd64 Packages [10.9 kB]
Get:20 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [6,052 B]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Get:21 http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/universe amd64 Packages [28.9 kB]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/universe Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/main Sources
Get:22 http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/multiverse amd64 Packages [5,859 B]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/multiverse Sources
Get:23 http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/main i386 Packages [56.9 kB]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/multiverse Translation-en
Get:24 http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/restricted i386 Packages [10.8 kB]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/universe Translation-en
Get:25 http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/universe i386 Packages [28.9 kB]
Get:26 http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/multiverse i386 Packages [6,052 B]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/main Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/universe Translation-en
Fetched 701 kB in 3s (217 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
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  • Very complete answer. Thank you. The "GetDeb method" installs the Community edition of PyCharm. However I want the Professional edition to edit javascript so I went with the "Download archive from jetbrains method". Prior to running pycharm.sh I also had to install java. To do this I added the GetDeb repository as you described then ran:

    sudo apt-get install default-jre

     – SpeedCoder5 Dec 06 '15 at 19:45
  • default-jre is in the main repository, not on GetDeb. You should not add this external repository if you don't need anything from it. – Byte Commander Dec 06 '15 at 19:55

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PyCharm is not available from the official Ubuntu repositories, you must retrieve it from a third party PPA. Therefore, before asking apt-get to install the package, you must first make it aware of the correct PPA. Run the following in a terminal:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mystic-mirage/pycharm
sudo apt-get update

Then you can install PyCharm:

sudo apt-get install pycharm
Luís de Sousa
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  • it does not work for me (ubuntu 17.04) - the mystic-mirage seems to have been removed? getting 404 – fanny Apr 28 '17 at 13:46
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Note: I consider most of this answer's content to be outdated. Please see my other answer here for a more up to date collection of ways to install PyCharm.

The original answer was:

PyCharm is not in the official repositories.

You have multiple options to install it though:

  • Enable the GetDeb repository and install PyCharm from there:

    Run these three commands to set up the GetDeb repository as a software source for your system:

    echo 'deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu wily-getdeb apps' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/getdeb.list
wget -q -O- http://archive.getdeb.net/getdeb-archive.key | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update

    Then you can install PyCharm Community Edition (version 5.0.1 at the date of writing):

    sudo apt-get install pycharm

    You will automatically receive package updates through GetDeb, no need to update PyCharm manually or with its own updater.

  • Enable a PPA and install PyCharm from there:

    Please see this answer of Luís de Sousa for a PPA option.

    You will also receive automatic package updates through the PPA, as soon as its owner uploads a new version (which is not as reliable and fast as GetDeb usually...)

  • Download the compressed archive from the official JetBrains site:

    On the official homepage of JetBrains, the developing company of PyCharm, there is a download section offering both the free Community Edition and a 30-day-trial-version of the Professional Edition, both for Windows, OS X and Linux.

    Direct download link for the latest PyCharm version (free Community Edition) for Linux.

    The official installation instructions for Linux are those:

    • Copy the pycharm-*.tar.gz to an empty directory (make sure you have rw permissions for that directory)

    • Unpack the pycharm-*.tar.gz using the following command: 

      tar xfz pycharm-*.tar.gz

    • Remove the pycharm-*.tar.gz to save disk space (optional)

    • Run pycharm.sh from the bin subdirectory

    NOTE: PyCharm on Linux doesn't need special installation or running any installation script. It runs out of the pycharm-*.tar.gz

    You don't get any automatic package updates this way, but will rely in PyCharms internal update mechanism.

My personal favourite is GetDeb, but you may chose which one you prefer.

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