Atom Community is an open-source text editor that provides a customizable interface, pioneering support for web technologies, and Git commands. Installing Atom Community on Alpine Linux is quite easy and only requires a few steps:
Step 1: Install the Required Dependencies
Firstly, you will need to install the dependencies required to build Atom Community on your Alpine Linux system. Run the following command in your terminal:
apk add --no-cache curl gcc g++ gcompat git libsecret libxkbfile nodejs python yarn
This command installs the required dependencies, such as curl, gcc, g++, git, libsecret, libxkbfile, nodejs, python, and yarn.
Step 2: Clone Atom Community from GitHub
Next, navigate to the directory where you want to clone the Atom Community repository. You can use the cd command to navigate to your chosen directory. Once you are in the directory, run the following command in your terminal to clone the Atom Community repository:
git clone https://github.com/atom-community/atom.git
Step 3: Build and Install Atom Community
Now that you have cloned the Atom Community repository, navigate to the downloaded Atom Community directory by running the following command in your terminal:
cd atom
Once you are in the Atom Community directory, you will need to build the application. Run the following commands in your terminal:
./script/build
./script/grunt install
The first command builds Atom Community, while the second command installs it.
Step 4: Launch Atom Community
Finally, launch Atom Community by running the following command in your terminal:
./atom.sh
This command launches Atom Community on your Alpine Linux system.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Atom Community on Alpine Linux.
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