Install the latest release of Atom Text Editor on Linux Ubuntu. Install Atom 1.2.0 Text Editor on Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.10 and Derivatives.
Install Atom 1.2.0 Beta on Ubuntu Systems
Atom 1.2.0 Beta is the latest version of the Atom Text Editor. The latest version available is Atom 1.2.0 Beta has been released with the following changes:
- Soft-wrapping now works correctly with a larger variety of non-Latin characters, including CJK.
- Atom no longer attempts to save unmodified files when the “Save All” command is dispatched.
- Atom is now based on Electron 0.34.0.
- Test runners can now be customized on a per-package basis. See the documentation for more information.
Install Atom 1.2.0 Text Editor
Atom 1.2.0 Text Editor can be installed on Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.10 and Derivatives. Run the following commands to install Atom 1.2.0 Beta:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/atom
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install atom
Please note that currently only a 64-bit version is available. The Linux version does not currently automatically update so you will need to repeat these steps to upgrade to future releases.
- Download atom-amd64.deb from the Atom releases page.
- Run sudo dpkg –install atom-amd64.deb on the downloaded package.
- Launch Atom using the installed atom command.
You can visit the following link to download the latest release https://github.com/atom/atom/releases/tag/v1.1.0
If you wish to uninstall and remove Atom Text Editor from Linux Ubuntu Systems, run the following command:
$ sudo apt-get remove atom