Brackets is an open-source text editor that was created by Adobe. It is designed for web developers and allows them to easily edit HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Brackets on Alpine Linux.
Before proceeding with this installation guide, you should have:
The first step is to ensure that the packages on the system are up-to-date. You can do this by running the following command:
sudo apk update
To install Brackets, we need to install some packages that it depends on. Run the following command to install the required dependencies:
sudo apk add libsecret nss-dev musl-dev libx11-dev libxkbfile-dev libxScrnSaver-dev libnotify-dev gnome-keyring-dev gcc g++ make
In this step, we will download the Brackets archive file from the official website and extract it to the system.
wget https://github.com/adobe/brackets/releases/download/release-1.8/Brackets.Release.1.8.64-bit.tar.gz
sudo tar -xvf Brackets.Release.1.8.64-bit.tar.gz -C /opt/
Let’s create two symbolic links for the Brackets executable files brackets and brackets-uninstall so that they can be easily accessed from the command line.
sudo ln -s /opt/Brackets/Brackets /usr/local/bin/brackets
sudo ln -s /opt/Brackets/Uninstall\ Brackets /usr/local/bin/brackets-uninstall
Brackets are now installed on your Alpine Linux system. You can start it by running the following command:
brackets
This command will launch the Brackets application, and you can start using it to edit your code.
That’s all! In this tutorial, you have learned how to install Brackets on Alpine Linux using some simple commands. You can now use Brackets to create and edit your web development projects.
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