How to Install Atom Community on Linux Mint

In this tutorial, we will be guiding you through the process of installing Atom Community on Linux Mint. Atom Community is a open-source text editor that is highly customizable and comes with a set of useful features.

Prerequisites

Before we get started, make sure that you have the following prerequisites installed on your system:

• Linux Mint Latest
• A user account with sudo privileges.

Step 1: Install Git

Firstly, you need to install Git, which is a version control system. You can do that by running the following commands in your terminal:

sudo apt update sudo apt install git

Step 2: Install Atom Community

Now that Git is installed, you can proceed to install Atom Community. Clone the Atom Community repository from Github using Git, as follows:

git clone https://github.com/atom-community/atom

This will download the Atom Community files to your system.

Step 3: Install Dependencies

Before you can build Atom Community, you need to install certain dependencies. Run the following commands to do so:

cd atom sudo script/build

This will install all the required dependencies.

Step 4: Build Atom Community

Now that you have installed the dependencies, you can proceed to build Atom Community by running the following command:

sudo script/build

This will build Atom Community on your system.

Step 5: Install Atom Community

Finally, you can install Atom Community by running the following command:

sudo script/grunt install

This will install Atom Community on your system.

Step 6: Launch Atom Community

You can now launch Atom community by typing atom in your terminal. Alternatively, you can search for Atom Community in your application menu and launch it from there.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Atom Community on Linux Mint Latest.