- Unpack the downloaded archive:
tar -xzf rubymine-2.0.2.tar.gz
- Move the unpacked RubyMine folder to the desired destination.
/opt/rubymine
is a nice place. -
sudo vim /etc/profile
and add add a line:export JDK_HOME='/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun'
- Restart X
- Add a launcher icon to your gnome panel. The command to call is
/opt/rubymine/bin/rubymine.sh
. For the icon there is a nice SVG of the RubyMine logo in thatbin
folder as well.