Atom Community is an open-source extension package for Atom text editor. In this tutorial, you'll learn the process of installing Atom Community on Arch Linux.
Before you proceed with the installation process, ensure you have the following prerequisites ready:
Atom Community is an extension for Atom Text Editor. If you don't have Atom Text Editor installed on your Arch Linux system, the first thing you need to do is to install it. Run the following command to install Atom Text Editor:
sudo pacman -S atom
This command will download and install Atom Text Editor on your Arch Linux system.
Git is required to clone the Atom Community repository from GitHub. If Git is not already installed on your Arch Linux system, run the following command to install it:
sudo pacman -S git
Once Git is installed, you can proceed to clone the Atom Community repository using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/atom-community/atom
This command will clone the Atom Community repository from GitHub to your local system.
After cloning the Atom Community repository, navigate to the root directory of the repository using the following command:
cd atom
Once you are inside the root directory of the Atom Community repository, you can install the package using the following command:
sudo make install
This command will install the Atom Community package on your Arch Linux system.
To verify that Atom Community has been installed correctly, start Atom Text Editor from your system's application menu. Once Atom opens, go to the Packages menu in the top bar, and look for the Atom Community package.
That's it, you have successfully installed Atom Community on Arch Linux.
We hope this tutorial has helped you in installing Atom Community on Arch Linux. Atom Community is a powerful extension package that can help you in many ways while using Atom Text Editor.
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