Atlassian IDE Connectors : Installing the IntelliJ Connector

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Installation via IDEA Plugin Manager

Open the IDEA plugin manager. (Go to IDEA's 'File' menu and select 'Settings', 'IDE Settings', 'Plugins'.)
Click 'Browse Repositories'.
Double click 'Atlassian Connector for IntelliJ IDEA'.
Select 'Download and Install'.

Open the IDEA plugin manager. (Go to IDEA's 'File' menu and select 'Settings', 'IDE Settings', 'Plugins'.)
Right-click 'Atlassian Connector for IntelliJ IDEA' in the 'Available' plugins tab.
Select 'Download and Install'.

Use this installation method if you do not have access to the internet from your machine.

Grab the atlassian-idea-plugin-<version>.zipfile from one of the following sites:
- http://plugins.intellij.net/plugin/?id=2190
- https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.ide.plugins.idea
  
  If you want to manually install unstable, SNAPSHOT versions of the plugin, you can grab a download link from http://update.atlassian.com/atlassian-idea-plugin/latestPossibleVersion.xml.
Unzip it into your IDEA plugin directory:
- Windows: C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\.IntelliJIdea<xx>\config\plugins
- OS X: $HOME/Library/Application Support/IntelliJIDEA<xx>
- Linux/Unix: $HOME/.IntelliJIdea<xx>/config/plugins

Atlassian does not support older releases of the plugin.

Prior to unzipping the plugin to appropriate destination please ensure that the old version has been deleted.

Grab a version of the plugin you wish to install. For example, atlassian-idea-plugin 2.4.2.
Unzip it into your IDEA plugin directory:
- Windows: C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\.IntelliJIdea<xx>\config\plugins
- OS X: $HOME/Library/Application Support/IntelliJIDEA<xx>
- Linux/Unix: $HOME/.IntelliJIdea<xx>/config/plugins

Please note that the last stable version with full support for Crucible is 2.4.2.

The Atlassian Connector for IntelliJ IDEA is compatible with the following software versions:

Atlassian Products
JIRA ⁽¹⁾	5.x, 4.x, 3.13.x
FishEye ⁽¹⁾	2.x
Crucible ⁽¹⁾	2.x
Bamboo ⁽¹⁾	4.x, 3.x, 2.5.x, 2.4.x, 2.3.x, 2.2.4
IntelliJ IDEA
IntelliJ IDEA ⁽²⁾	8.1.4, 9.0.4, 10.0.1, 11.x, 12.x
Operating Systems
Microsoft Windows (including 64-bit)	XP/2003/Vista/7
Linux (x86/GTK)	Ubuntu 10.04 i.e. latest version
Apple Mac OS X	10.5+

Java 5