Brackets is an open-source code editor specifically designed for web developers. It is a lightweight, yet powerful tool that provides features such as live preview, inline editing, and quick edit.
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Brackets on Ubuntu Server latest.
Before starting the installation process, please make sure you have the following:
First, update the APT package list by running the following command:
sudo apt-get update
Next, we need to install some dependencies required for Brackets. Run the following command:
sudo apt-get install libasound2 libgtk2.0-0 libx11-xcb1 libxcomposite1 libxcursor1 libxdamage1 libxi6 libxtst6 libnss3 libgconf-2-4 libnotify4 libxtst6 libglib2.0-bin
Go to the Brackets website at http://brackets.io/, and download the Linux version of the software.
wget https://github.com/adobe/brackets/releases/download/release-1.14.0/Brackets.Release.1.14.0.64-bit.deb
Note: Replace the URL in the above command with the latest version of Brackets.
We can now install Brackets using the GDebi tool, which will automatically install any missing dependencies from the official Ubuntu repositories.
sudo apt-get install gdebi
sudo gdebi Brackets.Release.1.14.0.64-bit.deb
Once the installation process completes successfully, launch Brackets by typing the following command in your terminal:
/opt/brackets/Brackets
Alternatively, you can search for Brackets in your applications menu and launch it from there.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Brackets on Ubuntu Server latest. With Brackets, you can now start developing your websites and web applications efficiently.
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