In this article, we will learn How to install Atom Text Editor in Ubuntu. The Atom text editor is an open-source text editor. This is a cross-platform application available for all major operating systems like Linux, Microsoft Windows, and Mac OS. The main purpose of the Atom Text Editor is to use this application for programming and hacking purposes, it can also be used to edit the source code of any program or web application. Github has written this application using the Javascript and CoffeeScript programming language under the 2014 MIT license.
Follow the below Steps to Install Atom Text Editor in Ubuntu:
There is no Atom text editor under the Ubuntu default repository. So to install Atom Text Editor you must first install the third-party repository. We have a very famous and useful third-party repository that means webupd8team. This repository provides useful tools and applications for the Ubuntu operating system. So follow the following command to install the webupd8team repository.
mangesh@ubuntu:~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/atom [sudo] password for mangesh: Please use the official repository instead: https://flight-manual.atom.io/getting-started/sections/installing-atom/#platform-linux 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. Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/atom/ubuntu bionic InRelease [15.4 kB] Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease [88.7 kB] Hit:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease Get:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/atom/ubuntu bionic/main i386 Packages [620 B] Get:5 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main i386 Packages [274 kB]
After installing the Webupd8team repository, we need to update all installed packages and repositories on Ubuntu. To do so you can use the following command.
mangesh@ubuntu:~$ sudo 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://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease [74.6 kB] Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease [88.7 kB]
Now we are ready to install Atom Text Editor package. So let’s go ahead and install the same using the below command.
mangesh@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install atom Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done python2.7-minimal The following packages will be upgraded: libpython2.7 libpython2.7-minimal libpython2.7-stdlib 3 upgraded, 14 newly installed, 0 to remove and 537 not upgraded. Need to get 92.5 MB/97.4 MB of archives. After this operation, 134 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/atom/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 atom amd64 1.26.1-1~webupd8~0 [86.7 MB] Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 python-minimal amd64 2.7.15~rc1-1 [28.1 kB] Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 libpython-stdlib amd64 2.7.15~rc1-1 [7,620 B] Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 python amd64 2.7.15~rc1-1 [140 kB] Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 liberror-perl all 0.17025-1 [22.8 kB]
Now to open the application just type the command atom on the shell prompt. Refer to the command below.
mangesh@ubuntu:~$ atom
To open the WAtom Text Editor App graphically using search your computer box. Refer to the snapshot below.
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How To Uninstall Atom Text Editor App in Ubuntu?
For any reason, if you don’t like Atom Text Editor and want to uninstall the application from your system using the following commands.
mangesh@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get remove atom [sudo] password for mangesh: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree After this operation, 86.7 MB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y (Reading database ... 165256 files and directories currently installed.) Removing atom (1.26.1-1~webupd8~0) ... Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1ubuntu3.18.04.1) ... Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-11ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
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