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How to install Atom Editor 1.18 on Ubuntu 17.04

How to install Atom Editor 1.18 on Ubuntu 17.04

Atom Text Editor, is one of the most widely used hackable text editor built based on Atom-Shell. Compared to other desktop applications, it comes with its own icon in the dock, native menus and dialogs, and gives full access to the file system. Furthermore, it is used also as an IDE (Integrated Development Environment). This tutorial will explain on how to install Atom editor 1.18 on Ubuntu 17.04.

Installing Atom Text Editor

Before installing Atom text editor, execute the following command to add the required repositories. 

root@linuxhelp1:~# add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/atom
 PPA for Atom text editor: https://atom.io
Now available for both 32bit and 64bit!
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it
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gpg: no ultimately trusted keys found
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1
OK


The repositories are added successfully. Now update the target system by executing the apt-get update command. 

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security InRelease            
Hit:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty InRelease          
Hit:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-updates InRelease                   
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Get:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/atom/ubuntu zesty/main i386 Packages [624 B]
Get:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/atom/ubuntu zesty/main Translation-en [332 B]
Fetched 17.0 kB in 3s (4,245 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done

Now install the Atom editor by running the following command. 

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install atom
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  gconf-service gconf-service-backend gconf2 gconf2-common git git-man liberror-perl
  libgconf-2-4
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Setting up gconf-service (3.2.6-3ubuntu7) ...
Setting up gconf2 (3.2.6-3ubuntu7) ...
Setting up atom (1.18.0-1~webupd8~0) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.24-9ubuntu2) ...

The Atom Editor has been installed successfully. To run the application, type the package name in the Ubuntu dashboard and click on the application icon.

The user can create and manage the source codes and text document by using atom editor.

It was a simple installation process, wasn' t it? The themes in Atom editor can also be changed according to user' s needs.

Tag : Atom Ubuntu
FAQ
Q
What is Atom Editor in Ubuntu?
A
Atom Text Editor is one of the most widely used hackable text editor built based on Atom-Shell. Compared to other desktop applications, it comes with its own icon in the dock, native menus, and dialogs, and gives full access to the file system. Furthermore, it is used also as an IDE (Integrated Development Environment).
Q
How to instll atom debian package?
A
run the commnands are below
"# apt-get install gdebi

# wget https://github.com/atom/atom/releases/download/v1.16.0/atom-amd64.deb

# gdebi atom-amd64.deb".
Q
What is the best alternative to Atom?
A
The alternatives are,
"Visual Studio Code
Sublime Text
Emacs"
Q
What platforms does Atom run on?
A
Prebuilt versions of Atom are available for OS X 10.9 or later, Windows 7 or later, RedHat Linux, and Ubuntu Linux.

If you would like to build from source on Windows, Linux, or OS X
Q
How can I contribute to Atom?
A
You can contribute by creating a package that adds something awesome to Atom!

Also, if you’d like to contribute to the core editor, one of the bundled packages, or one of the libraries that