

pycharm-community-2017.1.5.tar.gz, and after unzipping it I find a "Install-Linux-tar.txt" file with instructions how to install it. Did you install both? I downloaded the community edition and was in the form of a zipped tarball. If at all possible, can you remember how you installed it? You seem to know the exact version of pycharm-community but there is also a professional version (just "pycharm") that costs money, but it has a free trial. But in the future it is a good idea to check SHA256 sums or MD5 sums to help ensure your downloads are not corrupted. If you still have the original file you downloaded, go ahead and check the SHA256 checksum to be sure. If the program is working for you, I would skip this and just keep enjoying the program. Inside this folder there is a file called pycharm.sh which is the installer. tar.gz file, unzip it, enter the folder that was created and enter the bin folder. We just need to figure this out.īut also, before going further, your first post indicates you only want to uninstall so you can check the SHA256 checksum, and then you plan to reinstall. After the download is finished, you will have a. Remember that there are many ways to install software, so there are also many ways to uninstall.

but better! You've actually done the right thing to uninstall software most of the time (sudo apt-get remove package-name) so don't let this episode discourage you. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.Yes, Linux is different from Windows. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.

Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux.
