Download and install latest release of Atom Text Editor – Atom 0.190.0 on Linux Ubuntu. How to Install Atom Text Editor on Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 12.04 and Ubuntu derivatives.
Atom is an open-source, multi-platform text editor developed by GitHub. Atom Text Editor have a simple graphical user interface with lots of interesting features for editing on Text files and program codes.
The latest version, Atom 0.190.0 has been released with the following changes:
- There is now an application:add-project-folder command to add a project folder to the current window. It is bound to Cmd-Shift-O on Mac and Ctrl-Alt-O on Linux and Windows. You can also access it from the File menu
- You can now launch Atom in 1.0 API preview mode. Run atom with the -1 or –one command line flag to start Atom with all the deprecated APIs removed. This is a great way to test if your packages are 1.0 compatible before 1.0 is released. You can also launch a window in API preview mode using the application:open-api-preview command available from the command palette.
- Fixed a regression where the cursor position was not being restored after undo in some cases
- Fixed a regression on Linux where using the clipboard would crash Atom
- One UI themes got variable font size, color improvements, framed editor and a themed markdown-preview
- Fixed an issue where the initial ~/.atom/config.cson file could be corrupted on the very first launch of Atom
To install Atom in Ubuntu 14.10, 14.04 or 12.04 and derivatives (Linux Mint, elementary OS, etc.), use the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/atom
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install atom
Open & Use Atom Text Editor
Once installed, you can open the Atom text editor from Dash. Search Atom in Dash and click its icon to open the program.
Remove Atom Text Editor
sudo apt-get remove atom