How To Install Atom on Ubuntu / Linux Mint

How to Install Atom on Ubuntu?, How to Install Atom on Linux Mint?. This guide will provide you with the steps to install Atom Text Editor on Ubuntu / Linux Mint. Atom is a powerful and feature-rich text editor designed to satisfy the needs of 21st century text editors. It is built on Electron and highly customizable.

Features of Atom text editor

• Cross-platform editing: Runs on Windows, Linux and macOS
• Has built-in package manager: Easily search and install packages to extend Atom features.
• Smart autocompletion: Faster code writing and editing with the help of a smart and flexible autocomplete.
• File system browser: Easily browse and open a single file, a whole project, or multiple projects in one window.
• Highly Customizable: Tweak the look and feel of your UI with CSS/Less, and add major features with HTML and JavaScript.
• Provides Multiple panes: Split your Atom interface into multiple panes to compare and edit code across files

Install Atom Text Editor on Ubuntu / Linux Mint

There are two ways you can install Atom Text Editor on Ubuntu / Linux Mint.

• Install Atom Text Editor on Ubuntu / Linux Mint from APT repository
• Install Atom Text Editor on Ubuntu / Linux Mint using Snap

We will look at these two methods of installing Atom Text Editor on Ubuntu / Linux Mint.

Install Atom Text Editor from Apt repository

To install Atom Text Editor on Ubuntu / Linux Mint using this method, first add Atom official package repository to your system by running the following command.

sudo apt update && sudo apt -y install wget
wget -qO - https://packagecloud.io/AtomEditor/atom/gpgkey | sudo apt-key add -
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://packagecloud.io/AtomEditor/atom/any/ any main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/atom.list'

Then update apt index and install Atom text editor on your Ubuntu / Linux Mint desktop.

sudo apt update
sudo apt -y install atom

Wait for the installation to finish then start Atom from your Desktop Launcher.

If you’re interested in Beta version of Atom, install it with:

sudo apt install atom-beta

Install Atom Text Editor using Snap

Ensure you have snapd installed.

sudo apt install snapd

Install Atom by running the command:

$ sudo snap install atom --classic
atom 1.60.0 from Snapcrafters installed

You can start Atom from the command line or by searching on your Desktop start menu.

$ atom

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• How to Install Atom on Linux Mint
• How to Install Atom on Ubuntu