Quick Tip: Installation of Sublime Text in Ubuntu Linux

Sublime Text is one of the best text or code editor that you can have in Linux as it supports different programming languages and markup languages. There’s a list of features that you can check from the Sublime Text official website, one of my favorites is the python-based plugin API and “Goto Anything” feature.
The only downfall I find is Sublime Text may be downloaded and evaluated for free, however a license must be purchased for continued use.

Installing Sublime Text ver.3 in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS can be done in just 3 steps. As it is not available in Ubuntu Software Center, need to add first the repository before installing it.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/sublime-text-3
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sublime-text-installer

Type “subl” to launch Sublime Text

tux@freelinux:~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/sublime-text-3

Swipe your finger across the fingerprint reader
Sublime Text 3 Installer: the package in this PPA downloads and installs the latest Sublime Text 3 beta builds.
For more info, see: http://www.webupd8.org/2013/07/sublime-text-3-ubuntu-ppa-now-available.html
More info: https://launchpad.net/~webupd8team/+archive/ubuntu/sublime-text-3
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpnj7nb47v/secring.gpg’ created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpnj7nb47v/pubring.gpg’ created
gpg: requesting key EEA14886 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmpnj7nb47v/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key EEA14886: public key “Launchpad VLC” imported
gpg: no ultimately trusted keys found
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1)
OK

tux@freelinux:~$sudo apt-get update

tux@freelinux:~$ sudo apt-get install sublime-text-installer

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The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
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Use ‘sudo apt autoremove’ to remove it.
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tux@freelinuxt:~$