In this video, we demonstrate to the user where they can find their JetBrains fallback license and the fallback versions of the products they had purchased in the past.
After finding the list, the user has a couple of options to proceed.
They can either download the archives from the website or install the correct version using a package manager like snap.
To install using snap, the first thing to do is call the snap info command and get the list of available versions or the available channels as they are called in snap.
snap info phpstorm;
$ snap info phpstorm name: phpstorm summary: PhpStorm publisher: jetbrains✓ store-url: https://snapcraft.io/phpstorm contact: https://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/documentation/ license: Proprietary description: | PhpStorm is a PHP IDE that actually ‘gets’ your code. It supports PHP 5.3-7.2, provides on-the-fly error prevention, best autocompletion & code refactoring, zero configuration debugging, and an extended HTML, CSS, and JavaScript editor. snap-id: qYt8GFdYX5B4J7mm6S6F4r4vAwnG5IgV channels: latest/stable: 2021.3 2021-12-02 (245) 607MB classic latest/candidate: 2021.3 2021-12-02 (245) 607MB classic latest/beta: 2021.3 2021-12-02 (245) 607MB classic latest/edge: 2021.3 2021-12-02 (245) 607MB classic 2021.3/stable: 2021.3 2021-12-02 (245) 607MB classic 2021.3/candidate: 2021.3 2021-12-02 (245) 607MB classic 2021.3/beta: 2021.3 2021-12-02 (245) 607MB classic 2021.3/edge: 2021.3 2021-12-02 (245) 607MB classic 2021.2/stable: 2021.2.3 2021-10-15 (238) 476MB classic 2021.2/candidate: 2021.2.4-RC 2021-12-15 (246) 481MB classic 2021.2/beta: 2021.2.4-RC 2021-12-15 (246) 481MB classic 2021.2/edge: 2021.2.4-RC 2021-12-15 (246) 481MB classic 2021.1/stable: 2021.1.4 2021-06-30 (222) 475MB classic 2021.1/candidate: 2021.1.4 2021-06-30 (222) 475MB classic 2021.1/beta: 2021.1.4 2021-06-30 (222) 475MB classic 2021.1/edge: 2021.1.4 2021-06-30 (222) 475MB classic 2020.3/stable: 2020.3.3 2021-03-16 (208) 425MB classic 2020.3/candidate: 2020.3.3 2021-03-16 (208) 425MB classic 2020.3/beta: 2020.3.3 2021-03-16 (208) 425MB classic 2020.3/edge: 2020.3.3 2021-03-16 (208) 425MB classic 2020.2/stable: 2020.2.4 2020-11-25 (191) 373MB classic 2020.2/candidate: 2020.2.4 2020-11-25 (191) 373MB classic 2020.2/beta: 2020.2.4 2020-11-25 (191) 373MB classic 2020.2/edge: 2020.2.4 2020-11-25 (191) 373MB classic 2020.1/stable: 2020.1.4 2020-07-22 (173) 348MB classic 2020.1/candidate: 2020.1.4 2020-07-22 (173) 348MB classic 2020.1/beta: 2020.1.4 2020-07-22 (173) 348MB classic 2020.1/edge: 2020.1.4 2020-07-22 (173) 348MB classic 2019.3/stable: 2019.3.4 2020-03-18 (151) 341MB classic 2019.3/candidate: ↑ 2019.3/beta: ↑ 2019.3/edge: ↑ 2019.2/stable: 2019.2.5 2019-11-22 (130) 325MB classic 2019.2/candidate: ↑ 2019.2/beta: ↑ 2019.2/edge: ↑ 2019.1/stable: 2019.1.4 2021-02-26 (115) 281MB classic 2019.1/candidate: ↑ 2019.1/beta: ↑ 2019.1/edge: ↑ 2018.3/stable: 2018.3.6 2019-04-11 (93) 273MB classic 2018.3/candidate: ↑ 2018.3/beta: ↑ 2018.3/edge: ↑ 2018.2/stable: 2018.2.7 2019-04-11 (94) 272MB classic 2018.2/candidate: ↑ 2018.2/beta: ↑ 2018.2/edge: ↑ 2018.1/stable: 2018.1.7 2018-12-04 (73) 264MB classic 2018.1/candidate: ↑ 2018.1/beta: ↑ 2018.1/edge: ↑ 2017.3/stable: 2017.3.7 2018-12-04 (72) 263MB classic 2017.3/candidate: ↑ 2017.3/beta: ↑ 2017.3/edge: ↑
From there, the user needs to select any of the versions available up to the version number that their JetBrains profile mentions they can get. For this demo, we chose version 2020.3/stable (2020.3/stable: 2020.3.3 2021-03-16 (208) 425MB classic), which was the maximum version allowed for our license. The installation command of that specific version using snap is as follows:
sudo snap install phpstorm --channel=2020.3/stable --classic;
We had to add the classic flag as instructed by the version we decided to install.
This revision of snap "phpstorm" was published using classic confinement and thus may perform arbitrary system changes outside of the security sandbox that snaps are usually confined to, which may put your system at risk.