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How to install atom on ubuntu 18.04

To install Atom in Ubuntu 18.04

Atom is a free and open-source text editor which can be used for editing task. It’ s source code editor for macOS, Linux, and Microsoft Windows with support for plug-ins written in node.js and embedded git control. The method to install Atom on Ubuntu 18.04 is covered in this tutorial.

Installing Atom

Before starting your installation you have to add the repository of the Atom. 

root@linuxhelp1:~# add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/atom
 PPA for Atom text editor: https://atom.io
Now available for both 32bit and 64bit!
More info, report packaging bugs, feedback, etc.: http://www.webupd8.org/2014/05/install-atom-text-editor-in-ubuntu-via-ppa.html
Report non-packaging Atom bugs here: https://github.com/atom/atom/issues
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~webupd8team/+archive/ubuntu/atom
Press [ENTER] to continue or Ctrl-c to cancel adding it.

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Hit:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease                        
Get:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/atom/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages [624 B]   
Get:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/atom/ubuntu bionic/main i386 Packages [624 B]
Get:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/atom/ubuntu bionic/main Translation-en [332 B]
Fetched 16.9 kB in 2s (9,580 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done

Now update our system repository. 

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/atom/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Hit:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease        
Hit:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease               
Hit:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease
Hit:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease
Reading package lists... Done

Finally, we can install atom application by running the following command.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install -y atom
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  apache2-bin apache2-data apache2-utils libapr1 libaprutil1 libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3
  libaprutil1-ldap
Use ' sudo apt autoremove'  to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
  gconf-service gconf-service-backend gconf2 gconf2-common git git-man liberror-perl
  libgconf-2-4
Suggested packages:
  libgnome-keyring0 gir1.2-gnomekeyring-1.0 gconf-defaults-service git-daemon-run
  | git-daemon-sysvinit git-doc git-el git-email git-gui gitk gitweb git-cvs git-mediawiki
  git-svn
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  atom gconf-service gconf-service-backend gconf2 gconf2-common git git-man liberror-perl
  libgconf-2-4
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Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.2-1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-11ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
Setting up git (1:2.17.0-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up gconf-service (3.2.6-4ubuntu1) ...
Setting up gconf-service-backend (3.2.6-4ubuntu1) ...
Setting up gconf2 (3.2.6-4ubuntu1) ...
Setting up atom (1.24.1-1~webupd8~0) ...

Once installed you can access the application from the menu.

The following image shows the interface of the atom text editor.

With this, the method to install atom on ubuntu 18.04 comes to an end

Tag : Atom Ubuntu
FAQ
Q
Why does Atom send usage data to Google Analytics?
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In the same way that aggregate usage information is important when developing a web application, we've found that it's just as important for desktop applications. By knowing which Atom features are being used the most, and how the editor is performing, we can focus our development efforts in the right place. For details on what data Atom is sending or to learn how to disable metrics gathering, visit "https://github.com/atom/metrics"
Q
how to install "atom" on CentOS 7?`
A
For the installation of "Atom" on CnetOS 7, using the following link as below "https://www.linuxhelp.com/how-to-install-atom-editor-on-centos-7/"
Q
how to install "Atom" application on OpenSUSE?
A
For the installation of "Atom" on CnetOS 7, using the following link as below "https://www.linuxhelp.com/how-to-install-atom-text-editor-in-opensuse/".
Q
Whether the Atom is an open source?
A
Yes. Atom is MIT licensed and the source is freely available from the atom/atom repository.

All core Atom packages provided by GitHub are also available under the MIT license.
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How can I contribute to Atom?
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Contributtion of "Atom" application is creating package by "https://flight-manual.atom.io/",
Also, if you’d like to contribute to the core editor, one of the bundled packages, or one of the libraries that power Atom, just go to "https://github.com/atom"