java - JDK and IDEA ignores $HOME on Ubuntu -

every time launch intellij idea ignores $home environment variable , creates .java , ideaprojects in /home/user directory.

why this? how force use $home?

idea doesn't use home variable determine home directory is. instead uses java property user.home determine home folder.

to change behaviour, can edit intellij idea_home\bin\idea.properties file:

idea.config.path=/tmp/config idea.system.path=/tmp/system idea.plugins.path=/tmp/plugins 

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