I change the PATH in ubuntu but it doesn't work

Question

I installed Intellij Idea in my ubuntu.And I run it from the terminal.

First I do it like this ,change the PATH into .bashrc,and also source it.

but it doesn't work.

And I'm sure the directory is correct. Now I write a alias in .bashrc it works.

alias runidea='cd $THEDIR ; sh idea.sh'

I echo the PATH it's correct.but if I type sh idea.sh

it tells me sh:Can't open idea.sh

Answer 1

try just run it by typing idea.sh into your shell (without sh )

like $ idea.sh not $ sh idea.sh

Answer 2

Try this

alias runidea='~/idea-IU-111.277/bin/idea.sh'

Now the alias is created and then run the following command

runidea

idea-IU-111.277 can be replaced by your intellij idea folder