Objective
The objective is to install Sublime Text on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux.
Operating System and Software Versions
- Operating System: – Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver
- Software: – Sublime Text 3.0 or higher
Requirements
Privileged access to your Ubuntu System as root or via sudo
command is required.
Conventions
- # – requires given linux commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of
sudo
command - $ – requires given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user
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Instructions
Add Sublime Text Repository
To start Sublime Text on Ubuntu 18.04 first add Sublime Text signing key and repository:
$ wget -qO - https://download.sublimetext.com/sublimehq-pub.gpg | sudo apt-key add - $ sudo apt-add-repository "deb https://download.sublimetext.com/ apt/stable/"
Install Sublime Text on Ubuntu
Once the Sublime Text repository is in place enter the below command to install it:
$ sudo apt install sublime-text
Start Sublime Text editor
To start Sublime Text editor on your Ubuntu 18.04 system open up terminal and enter:
$ subl
Alternatively, search Activities
menu: