Chapter 2. Installing the MTR plugin for IntelliJ IDEA

You can install the MTR plugin in the Ultimate and the Community Edition releases of IntelliJ IDEA.

Prerequisites

  • Java Development Kit (JDK) installed. MTR supports the following JDKs:

    • OpenJDK 11
    • OpenJDK 17
    • Oracle JDK 11
    • Oracle JDK 17
    • Eclipse Temurin™ JDK 11
    • Eclipse Temurin™ JDK 17
  • 8 GB RAM
  • macOS installation: the value of maxproc must be 2048 or greater.
  • The latest version of mtr-cli from the MTR download page

Procedure

  1. In IntelliJ IDEA, click the Plugins tab on the Welcome screen.
  2. Enter Migration Toolkit for Runtimes in the Search field on the Marketplace tab.
  3. Select the Migration Toolkit for Runtimes (MTR) by Red Hat plugin and click Install.

    The plugin is listed on the Installed tab.