How to install Atom Text Editor in Linux Mint 18.3
To install Atom Text Editor in Mint 18.3
Atom is a source text editor from Github. Atom resembles a lot like Sublime Text editor in terms of lool and interface. It is really so simple to work using Atom Text editor and this tutorial covers the method to install Atom Text editor on Linux Mint 18.3
Install Atom in Linux Mint via PPA
Since the application is in beta, there are no binaries for Linux as of now. But don’ t worry as you don’ t have to compile the code on your own, but thanks to Webupd8 team’ s effort, we have a PPA that lest you easily install Atom editor in both 32 bit and 64 bit systems. So, first, update your system.
linuxhelp user # apt-get update
Hit:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:2 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease
Ign:4 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia InRelease
Hit:5 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease
Hit:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease
Hit:7 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia Release
Reading package lists... Done
And now you shall add the repository via ppa.
linuxhelp user # add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/atom
You are about to add the following PPA:
PPA for Atom text editor: https://atom.io
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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
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--recv-keys
EEA14886
gpg: requesting key EEA14886 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: key EEA14886: public key " Launchpad VLC" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1)
Once again, you need to update the system as follows.
linuxhelp user # apt-get update
Hit:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/atom/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease
Ign:4 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia InRelease
Hit:5 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease
Hit:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease
Hit:7 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia Release
Hit:9 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
After that, you need to install the Atom editor by running the following command.
linuxhelp user # apt-get install atom
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
atom
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After this operation, 85.5 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/atom/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 atom amd64 1.23.3-1~webupd8~0 [85.5 MB]
Fetched 85.5 MB in 7min 48s (183 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package atom.
(Reading database ... 223888 files and directories currently installed.)
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Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22+linuxmint1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Setting up atom (1.23.3-1~webupd8~0) ...
Now that Atom has been installed, you shall launch it from your Linux Mint search field.
Click on the application icon to open it.
The Atom Editor appears on your screen and looks like the one present in the following image.
With this, the installation of Atom Text Editor in Linux Mint 18.3.
vim ,
gedit ,
emacs,
notepadqq,
tea, etc.
If you would like to build from source on Windows, Linux, or OS X
# apt-get install gdebi
# wget https://github.com/atom/atom/releases/download/v1.16.0/atom-amd64.deb
# gdebi atom-amd64.deb