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Alexander Omorokunwa
Alexander Omorokunwa

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How to Install Atom Editor in Ubuntu Linux.

A Hackable text editor for the 21st Century!

Atom is an open source text editor for all your text needs. But its mostly used and suited for programming and development (coding). A very functional and feature-rich text editor is an invaluable component of a developer toolbox.

atom welcome page fossnaija

Atomis open-source(if you have the skills you can help improve it on github)and free of charge, you can just download, install and get right towork immediately.

FEATURES

  • _ Cross-platform: _It is available for Linux, Mac OS and Windows operating system.

  • _ Aesthetics: _atom is beautiful by it self, but you can modify the look and feelto your personal taste or preference using different openlyavailable themes.

  • _ Speed: _atom is relatively fast being a light-weight application built onJavaScript. It can also make you type fast with built-in intelligentauto-complete feature.

  • _ Extensible: _ you can extend the features of atom with thousands of freely available packages to add additional functionalities.

atom_editor_code_fossnaija

In this post we’re going to see how to install this popular and modern text-editor in Ubuntu Linux.

METHOD1: Using PPA:

Addthe PPA to your system:


sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/atom

Updatethe system package list:

sudo apt update

Andyou can now install atom:

sudo apt install atom

METHOD2: – Download the Atom package.

Download the atom installation package from their website.

atom download page fossnaija

Use _ dpkg _ Command:


sudo dpkg -i /path/to/atom.deb

Then install;


sudo apt-get install -f

Oryou can open t he package with Ubuntu software center

Toremove atom from your system, use the command:


sudo apt-remove --purge atom

Happy Linux’NG!

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Jere Suikkila

What are your thoughts on Atom versus Visual Studio Code right now? I switched to VS Code last year and have been enjoying it.

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Alexander Omorokunwa

Yeah! I think they're almost similar in terms of features.

But right now VS Code is 🔥... 😂

Anyway at the end of the day they're just tools.😀😀😀😀😀😀

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Jere Suikkila

Totally agree! I'm not one to start an editor war on the internets :D

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Alexander Omorokunwa

hahaha! Exactly.