Run Webstorm as privileged user

I want to update the Webstorm IDE. I get the following error message.

WebStorm does not have write access to /app/extra/webstorm. Please run it by a privileged user to update.

WebStorm was installed from a flatpak from Ubuntu Software Center. When I right-click on Webstorms laucher icon and click Show details Ubuntu Software Center opens with the below screen.

The executable is located at

/var/lib/flatpak/app/

How can I run Webstorm by a privileged user?

1 Answer

Please try the following steps-

1. Open the installation directory of Web Storm (dpkg --listfiles webstorm or which webstorm)

2. Find the executable (i.e., webstorm.sh)

3. Run as sudo sudo ./webstorm.sh

4. Update