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How to install Sublime on Kali Linux

How to install Sublime on Kali Linux

Sublime is free and open source Multi-Platform text editor tool, used mostly by programmers. It supports many programming and markup languages and its functionality can be extended with the addition of surportive plugins, which are community-built and maintained under free-software licenses. This tutorial explains the installation procedure of Sublime text editor on Kali Linux.

Installation procedure

To start with the installation procedure, Update the repository by executing the apt-get update command. 

root@kali:~# apt-get update
Get:1 http://ftp.yzu.edu.tw/Linux/kali kali-rolling InRelease [30.5 kB]
Get:2 http://ftp.yzu.edu.tw/Linux/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 Packages [15.5 MB]
Get:3 http://ftp.yzu.edu.tw/Linux/kali kali-rolling/contrib amd64 Packages [108 kB]                                                                                                        
Get:4 http://ftp.yzu.edu.tw/Linux/kali kali-rolling/non-free amd64 Packages [166 kB]                                                                                                       
Fetched 15.8 MB in 40s (389 kB/s)                                                                                                                                                         
Reading package lists... Done

The target system is updated with the required repositories. Now download the Debian package for sublime by running the following command. 

root@kali:~# wget http://c758482.r82.cf2.rackcdn.com/sublime-text_build-3047_amd64.deb
--2017-06-25 01:01:04--  http://c758482.r82.cf2.rackcdn.com/sublime-text_build-3047_amd64.deb
Resolving c758482.r82.cf2.rackcdn.com (c758482.r82.cf2.rackcdn.com)... 23.76.156.65, 23.76.156.33, 2600:1417:56::174c:9d60, ...
Connecting to c758482.r82.cf2.rackcdn.com (c758482.r82.cf2.rackcdn.com)|23.76.156.65|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 6122646 (5.8M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘ sublime-text_build-3047_amd64.deb’ 
sublime-text_build-3047_amd64.deb              100%[====================================================================================================> ]   5.84M   772KB/s    in 7.2s   
2017-06-25 01:01:12 (829 KB/s) - ‘ sublime-text_build-3047_amd64.deb’  saved [6122646/6122646]

Before installing the sublime package, install the gdebi package in the target system. Or the user can also use dpkg command to install the sublime package. Execute the following gdebi command to install the gdebi package in the target system and press y to continue with the installation process. 

root@kali:~# apt-get install gdebi -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  jsql libjs-mochikit python-advancedhttpserver python-alembic python-boltons python-cheetah python-dap python-editor python-formencode python-geoip2 python-geojson python-icalendar
  python-maxminddb python-mpltoolkits.basemap python-openid python-pampy python-paste python-pastedeploy python-pastedeploy-tpl python-pastescript python-pluginbase python-pyotp
  python-scgi python-smoke-zephyr python-tempita python-termcolor python-tzlocal
.
.
.
Setting up libyaml-libyaml-perl (0.63-2) ...
Setting up gdebi (0.9.5.7+nmu1) ...
Setting up diffstat (1.61-1+b1) ...
Setting up libclass-accessor-perl (0.34-1) ...
Setting up liblist-moreutils-perl (0.416-1+b1) ...
Setting up libparse-debianchangelog-perl (1.2.0-12) ...
Setting up lintian (2.5.51) ...

Install the sublime package using gdebi and execute the following command. 

root@kali:~# gdebi sublime-text_build-3047_amd64.deb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Don
Reading state information... Done
Sublime Text is a sophisticated text editor for code, markup and prose
Do you want to install the software package? [y/N]:y
Selecting previously unselected package sublime-text.
(Reading database ... 316039 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack sublime-text_build-3047_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking sublime-text (3047) ...
Setting up sublime-text (3047) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-9) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60) ...

The sublime text editor is running successfully.

Wasn' t that an easy installation procedure? Sublime text editor supports extensive customizability via JSON settings files, including project-specific and platform-specific settings.

Tag : Kali Linux Sublime Text Editor
FAQ
Q
What is Sublime on Kali Linux?
A
Sublime is free and open source Multi-Platform text editor tool, used mostly by programmers. It supports many programming and markup languages and its functionality can be extended with the addition of supportive plugins, which are community-built and maintained under free-software licenses.
Q
Can Sublime Text be run from a USB key?
A
Yes. Sublime Text may be installed to any location, however, it will read and write your settings to %APPDATA%\Sublime Text. You can change this to use a directory on the USB key, by running Sublime Text with the --data flag, for example:
SublimeText.exe --data "E:\Sublime Text Data"
Q
Is Sublime Text 3 Supported?
A
Yes, the current version of SFTP supports Sublime Text 3
Q
Can I View Remote Files in the Side Bar?
A
Since this is one of the most frequent questions, the Sidebar page has information and workflows to help you efficiently edit remote files.
Q
Why do I Get Error trying to parse settings After Pasting My License Key?
A
This has been reported once or twice by users. It seems some email clients convert the spaces into non-breaking space characters, which messes up the Sublime Text settings parser. To fix it:

Remove all spaces between the beginning of the line and "email"/"product_key"
You are done!