VMware中Ubuntu 22.04安装Pycharm时出现黑屏问题求助

Hey there, sorry to hear you're stuck with this black screen when trying to install PyCharm on your Ubuntu 22.04 VM—let's walk through some possible fixes together, since this sounds like a virtual machine graphics or setup quirk rather than a common PyCharm issue.

Here are some troubleshooting steps to try:

• Adjust VMware's display settings
  Virtual machines often run into graphics-related issues if the allocated resources are too low. Open VMware, select your Ubuntu VM, click Edit virtual machine settings, go to the Display tab:

  • Increase the Graphics memory (try setting it to 2GB if your host has enough RAM to spare)
  • Check the box for Accelerate 3D graphics
    Save the settings and restart your VM, then try installing PyCharm again.

• Verify VMware Tools is installed properly
  VMware Tools handles graphics, mouse integration, and other VM essentials—if it's missing or outdated, it can cause display glitches.

  • In Ubuntu's terminal, run vmware-toolbox-cmd -v; if you get an error or no output, re-install it:
    1. Go to VMware's top menu > Virtual Machine > Install VMware Tools
    2. In Ubuntu, the Tools ISO will mount automatically—open it, copy the .tar.gz file to your home directory
    3. Extract it with tar -xzf VMwareTools-*.tar.gz, then enter the extracted folder and run sudo ./vmware-install.pl
    4. Follow the prompts to complete installation, then restart your VM.

• Install PyCharm via the command line or Ubuntu Software
  If you were using the .run installer from the JetBrains website, try a more stable installation method:

  • Option 1: Ubuntu Software
    Open the Ubuntu Software app, search for PyCharm, select either the Community or Professional edition, and click Install. This uses Ubuntu's official package repositories, which are less likely to cause display conflicts.
  • Option 2: Manual command-line setup
    Download the PyCharm .tar.gz package from JetBrains, then:
    1. Create an opt folder in your home directory with mkdir ~/opt
    2. Extract the package into this folder: tar -xzf pycharm-*.tar.gz -C ~/opt
    3. Navigate to the bin folder: cd ~/opt/pycharm-*/bin
    4. Start PyCharm with ./pycharm.sh—this bypasses any graphical installer issues and lets you launch directly.

• Check your Java environment
  While PyCharm comes with its own JRE, a missing system Java installation can sometimes cause unexpected glitches. Run java -version in the terminal—if you see an error, install OpenJDK 17 with:

  sudo apt update && sudo apt install openjdk-17-jre
  

  Then try launching PyCharm again.

Since you're new to Ubuntu, don't worry if some steps feel unfamiliar—take it one at a time, and let me know if any of these fixes work, or if you need more details on any step!

备注：内容来源于stack exchange，提问作者amine