Atom is a free and open-source text editor used for coding and programming. Atom Community is a community-driven project that develops add-ons, packages, and themes for the Atom editor. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Atom Community on Debian Latest:
Before you begin, ensure that you have the following prerequisites installed on your system:
Follow these steps to download and install Atom Community:
Open Terminal by pressing 'Ctrl + Alt + T' on your keyboard.
Use curl to download the Atom Community installer:
curl -L https://github.com/atom-community/atom/releases/download/v1.47.0-rc0/Atom_1.47.0-rc0_amd64.deb -o atom.deb
Inspect the integrity of the downloaded package using SHA256SUMS file:
curl -L https://github.com/atom-community/atom/releases/download/v1.47.0-rc0/SHA256SUMS -o SHA256SUMS
sha256sum --check SHA256SUMS 2>/dev/null | grep 'atom.deb: OK'`
Open the installer file with the dpkg package manager:
sudo dpkg -i atom.deb
Install any missing dependencies:
sudo apt-get -f install
Start Atom Community from the command line:
atom
That's it! You now have Atom Community installed on your Debian Latest operating system. You can begin coding and customizing Atom Community with the many add-ons and packages available from the community.
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