How To Install Brackets Editor on Ubuntu 14.10 & Ubuntu 14.04. Brackets is a free and open source text/code editor for web designers by Adobe.
The Brackets Editor comes with Inline Editors, Live Preview and Preprocessor Support. It also comes with useful features like Quick Edit and Code Preview. You can get CSS straight from a PSD with no generated code with Creative Cloud Extract (preview) for Brackets.
The latest release of Brackets editor comes with cross-browser (live preview with dev tools).
There are two methods to installing Brackets:
- Method 1: Through webudp8 team PPA
- Method 2: By direct Download (.deb Package from Github)
Install Brackets via webupd8 PPA
Add the webupd8 team ppa with the following command:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/brackets
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install brackets
Install Brackets via .deb Package from Github
Open Terminal and run the following commands to download and install brackets .deb Package from Github:
For 32 bit:
wget https://github.com/adobe/brackets/releases/download/release-0.44/Brackets.Release.0.44.32-bit.deb
sudo dpkg -i Brackets.Release.0.44.32-bit.deb
For 64 bit:
wget https://github.com/adobe/brackets/releases/download/release-0.44/Brackets.Release.0.44.64-bit.deb
sudo dpkg -i Brackets.Release.0.44.64-bit.deb
Once installed, you can launch Brackets Editor:
In Ubuntu 14.04: From unity dash by typing “Brackets.”
In Linux Mint 17: Go to Menu > Programming > Brackets.
Un-Install and Remove Brackets
Run the following commands to un-install and remove Brackets Editor from Ubuntu systems:
sudo apt-get remove brackets
sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:webupd8team/brackets
You can also uninstall it from Ubuntu Software Center.