Install Atom 1.5.4 text editor on Linux Ubuntu Systems, via webupd8team PPA. Terminal commands to install Atom on Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 15.10 and Ubuntu 14.10. Atom is a powerful multi-platform text editor developed by GitHub. It is known for its powerful features and an intuitive graphical user interface. The Atom text editor supports macros, auto-completion and split screen.
Install Atom 1.5.4 on Ubuntu
Atom 1.5.4 has been released with fix to an issue that caused vim-mode’s scrolling commands to work incorrectly with soft-wrapped lines. Atom 1.5.4 can be installed on Linux Ubuntu Systems, via Webupd8 PPA. Run the following commands in Terminal to install Atom 1.5.4 on Ubuntu Systems:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/atom
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install atom
Once installed, open the Atom 1.5.4 from Ubuntu Dash or Terminal.
If you wish to uninstall and remove Atom 1.5.4 from Linux Ubuntu Systems, run the command given below:
$ sudo apt-get remove atom