Install Atom on Ubuntu

Atom is one of the simplest and most efficient code editors, developed and maintained by Google. It is built using Electron, a cross-platform application framework, with the goal of being simple and clean. One of the key features of Atom is its extensive library of community packages and themes, which can be used to speed up development and improve the coding experience.

The Atom project was adopted by GitHub, with the first release in 2011. Support for the project ended in 2022, but it still works, and many developers continue to use it over other alternatives.

In this article, we will explain the steps and methods to get Atom up and running on an Ubuntu machine.

Install Atom Using Snap

One of the simplest ways to install packages on Ubuntu, and on Linux distributions in general, is by using Snap. Atom has a Snap version that can be installed using the following command ?

sudo snap install atom --classic

If you don't already have Snap installed on your machine, use this command to install it first ?

sudo apt install snapd

After the installation of Atom, you can access it from the application menu or by typing atom in the terminal.

Install Atom Using a DEB Package

Like some other Ubuntu packages, Atom is not available in the official repository and cannot be installed using the APT package manager. For this, we can use the DEB package from the official repository to install it.

First, download the DEB package from the website or by using wget like this ?

wget https://github.com/atom/atom/releases/latest/download/atom-amd64.deb

After downloading the DEB package, you can install it from the terminal or using the graphical DEB package installer.

To install Atom using the GUI installer, right-click on the Atom .deb package and select Open with GDebi Package Installer. This will display a screen like the one shown below. Click Install Package.

To install it using the command line, run the following command ?

sudo apt install ./atom-amd64.deb

Once the installation is complete, you can run Atom by typing atom in the terminal. The first screen look like this ?

After the installation, you can add plugins and themes to suit your needs. Atom offers a variety of themes and plugins to choose from, depending on your work requirements.

Conclusion

This article was a step-by-step guide on how to install an atom text editor in Ubuntu. Atom is a simple and fantastic text editor that can be used to edit or write code. You can add more themes and plugins to make it a more suitable and powerful editor to boost your production.