How to Install Atom Text Editor on CentOS 7

Atom is a free and open source cross-platform code editor developed by GitHub. It It includes support package manager, Node.js plugins, embedded Git control, smart auto-completion, syntax highlighting and multiple panes. Atom is a desktop application built using web technologies. Atom is based on Electron a framework that enables cross-platform desktop applications using Chromium and Node.js. It is written in CoffeeScript and Less. In this tutorial, described how to install Atom Text Editor on CentOS system.

Prerequisites#

Before you start installing Atom on CentOS system, you should logged in as a non-root user with sudo privileges.

Install Atom on CentOS#

Perform the below steps to install Atom on your CentOS 7 system:

At first, Import GPG key of the repository using following command:

sudo rpm --import https://packagecloud.io/AtomEditor/atom/gpgkey

After that make repo file as following to enable the Atom repository:

sudo nano /etc/yum.repos.d/atom.repo

Add the below content in to that file:

[Atom]
name=Atom Editor
baseurl=https://packagecloud.io/AtomEditor/atom/el/7/$basearch
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
repo_gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://packagecloud.io/AtomEditor/atom/gpgkey

Save and close the file.

Finally, once the repository enabled you have to type below command to install Atom on your system:

sudo yum install atom

That’s it. You have successfully install Atom on your CentOS desktop and it’s ready to use.

Starting Atom#

Now Atom is ready to start it using your system terminal by typing atom or your can launch from Applications -> Programming -> Atom menu.

When you launch Atom editor first time it will look like as below:

Update Atom Text Editor#

You can update the Atom when a new version is published. You can update it through yum package manager.

sudo yum update

Conclusion#

You have successfully installed Atom on your CentOS 7 system. You also can customize your Atom editor by installing plugins. If you would like to get more details about Atom visit the official Atom documentation page.

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