It is often said that the process of software development is complex. And this is true, therefore it is required to use tools that facilitate it. One of them is Atom. This powerful open-source text editor is often used as a code editor. And this is the purpose of this post because now you can install Atom Text editor on Ubuntu 20.04
Almost everybody knows Atom. But in case you don’t, I’ll explain what it is in a very short way.
Atom is a text editor created by Github to be hackable. This means that you can modify practically everything. This makes it very versatile and ideal for the development of web applications. Also, it supports many themes and extensions which increases its possibilities even more.
So, let’s go for it.
Install Atom Text editor on Ubuntu 20.04
Atom Text Editor is an application that has different methods to install it. Each one has its advantages and disadvantages and it’s up to you to choose one of them.
So, the first way is to use the Snap packages. These packages are quite useful because they guarantee a lot of security but are heavier.
Open a terminal and execute this command:
:~$ sudo snap install atom --classic
And then, run it from the main menu.
Using the Atom repository
A fairly efficient way to install it is to use the official Atom repository for it.
So, open a terminal and add the repository GPG key:
:~$ wget -qO - https://packagecloud.io/AtomEditor/atom/gpgkey | sudo apt-key add -
Then, add the repository as such to the system’s source list:
:~$ echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://packagecloud.io/AtomEditor/atom/any/ any main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/atom.list
Refreshes APT.
:~$ sudo apt update
Finally, install Atom by running the following command:
:~$ sudo apt install atom
Or using a DEB package
This method is quite fast and is useful when the person using the equipment is a novice or is an external computer. It will also be useful if you don’t want to add any repositories.
Well, Atom provides us with a DEB package that we can install without any problems. And that is compatible with Ubuntu 20.04.
So, go to the Atom website and proceed to download the DEB file.
Then, in the terminal install it as follows:
:~$ cd ~/Downloads :~$ sudo apt install ./atom-amd64.deb Reading package lists… Done Building dependency tree Reading state information… Done Note, selecting 'atom' instead of './atom-amd64.deb' The following additional packages will be installed: gconf-service gconf-service-backend gconf2-common git git-man gvfs gvfs-bin gvfs-common gvfs-daemons gvfs-libs liberror-perl libgck-1-0 libgconf-2-4 libgcr-base-3-1 libpython2-stdlib libpython2.7-minimal libpython2.7-stdlib python-is-python2 python2 python2-minimal python2.7 python2.7-minimal Suggested packages: gir1.2-gnomekeyring-1.0 git-daemon-run | git-daemon-sysvinit git-doc git-el git-email git-gui gitk gitweb git-cvs git-mediawiki git-svn gvfs-backends python2-doc python-tk python2.7-doc binfmt-support The following NEW packages will be installed: atom gconf-service gconf-service-backend gconf2-common git git-man gvfs gvfs-bin gvfs-common gvfs-daemons gvfs-libs liberror-perl libgck-1-0 libgconf-2-4 libgcr-base-3-1 libpython2-stdlib libpython2.7-minimal libpython2.7-stdlib python-is-python2 python2 python2-minimal python2.7 python2.7-minimal 0 upgraded, 23 newly installed, 0 to remove and 156 not upgraded. Need to get 10,8 MB/135 MB of archives. After this operation, 700 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
And you can run it from the main menu.
Conclusion
Linux usually has many tools and programs available. Some of them are so good that professionals from all over the world use them every day as is the case with Atom. Now you know how to install Atom Tex Editor on Ubuntu 20.04 and if you are a web developer you will appreciate having this program installed.
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