Install Atom 1.4.0 Text Editor on Ubuntu Systems, via PPA. Install Atom 1.4.0 Beta 3 on Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 15.04 and Ubuntu 14.10. Atom Text Editor is a popular open-source, multi-platform text editor for Linux Ubuntu Systems. Atom 1.4.0 text editor is developed by GitHub and is known for its simple graphical user interface and powerful features. Atom text editor has various features that supports CSS, HTML, JavaScript and other web programming languages.
Atom 1.4.0 Beta 3 is the latest version available of the Atom text editor. Atom 1.4.0 Beta 3 has been recently released with Autocomplete features and a new and improved sorting algorithm by default.
Install Atom 1.4.0 Beta 3 on Ubuntu
Open Terminal and run the following commands to install Atom 1.4.0 Beta 3 on Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 15.04 and Ubuntu 14.10, via the deb package (GitHub).
$ sudo apt-get install gdebi
$ wget https://github.com/atom/atom/releases/download/v1.4.0-beta3/atom-amd64.deb
$ sudo gdebi atom-amd64.deb
You can also download the installer package from Atom’s official website.
Once installed, open the Atom text editor from Ubuntu Dash or Menu.
If you wish to uninstall and remove Atom from Ubuntu Systems, run the command given below:
$ sudo apt-get remove atom