How to install Sublime Text in Ubuntu

The easy way is follow the steps in Sublime Text / Linux Repositories and choose the stable version. Check the steps below:

1. Install the GPG key:

wget -qO - https://download.sublimetext.com/sublimehq-pub.gpg | sudo apt-key add -

1. Ensure apt is set up to work with https sources:

sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https

1. Select the channel to use:

Stable Version echo "deb https://download.sublimetext.com/ apt/stable/" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sublime-text.list

Dev Version echo "deb https://download.sublimetext.com/ apt/dev/" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sublime-text.list

1. Update apt sources and install Sublime Text

sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install sublime-text

Installing from a tarball

1. Download the Sublime Text tarball that also available as a x86-64 or ARM64
2. The Sublime Text executable should be symlinked to subl, with a command such as:

sudo ln -s /opt/sublime_text/sublime_text /usr/local/bin/subl

1. Check if the path environment variable values should contain /usr/local/bin

Working with terminal commands

• Check Sublime Text version: subl --version.
• Check if is possible run Sublime Text from terminal using the command subl.
• Check the help using the command subl --help:

Sublime Text build 4113

Usage: subl [arguments] [files]         Edit the given files
   or: subl [arguments] [directories]   Open the given directories
   or: subl [arguments] -- [files]      Edit files that may start with '-'
   or: subl [arguments] -               Edit stdin
   or: subl [arguments] - >out          Edit stdin and write the edit to stdout

Arguments:
  --project <project>:    Load the given project
  --command <command>:    Run the given command
  -n or --new-window:     Open a new window
  --launch-or-new-window: Only open a new window if the application is open
  -a or --add:            Add folders to the current window
  -w or --wait:           Wait for the files to be closed before returning
  -b or --background:     Don't activate the application
  --safe-mode:            Launch using a sandboxed (clean) environment
  -h or --help:           Show help (this message) and exit
  -v or --version:        Show version and exit

Filenames may be given a :line or :line:column suffix to open at a specific
location.

My favorite extensions and themes

The Sublime Text has a Package Control with all extensions and themes to be installed though Command Palette or menu:

Command Palette

1. Open the command palette
   • Win/Linux: ctrl+shift+p and Mac: cmd+shift+p
2. Type Install Package Control, press enter.
3. Type the extension or theme name. Please, check the Package Control documentation to know more about it.

Script to install Sublime Text Stable

A Bash script to install it from terminal, just run it as bash sublime.sh.

#!/bin/bash
echo "Installing Sublime Text [Stable]. Press ENTER to start or CTRL+C to cancel:"

wget -qO - https://download.sublimetext.com/sublimehq-pub.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https

echo "deb https://download.sublimetext.com/ apt/stable/" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sublime-text.list

echo "Updating..."
sudo apt-get update

echo "Installing Sublime Text..."
sudo apt-get install -y sublime-text

List of my favorites extensions:

• Rainbow Brackets at different levels the brackets will be dyed with different colors according to the settings.
• Emmet is a web-developer’s toolkit for boosting HTML & CSS code writing.
• Image Preview to preview images that need conversion the plugin requires Imagemagick and that magick command is in your path.
• Color Highlighter previews color values by underlaying the selected hex codes in different styles.
• Color Picker to insert or change a selected color on Linux pressing the shortcut ctrl+shift+c.
• Markdown Editing provides a decent Markdown color scheme (light and dark) with more robust syntax highlighting.
• Markdown preview and build plugin for Sublime Text.
• LaTeXTools a LaTeX plugin.
• Terminal launch terminals from the current file or the root project folder.
• Terminus a real terminal to Sublime Text.
• Placehold.it Image Tag Generator using the features of Placehold.it to insert an image tag with dummy image.
• SVG Preview
• QuickView image and color previews in Sublime Text.
• Gitlab Integrate integrates various Gitlab features.
• Git plugin for some git integration into sublime text.
• AutoFileName plugin that autocompletes filenames.
• BracketHighlighter bracket and tag highlighter for Sublime Text.
• Auto Close HTML Tags plugin that auto closes HTML tags right after '>'.

Themes and Icons

• FileIcons adds specific, colored icons for most file types for the sidebar.
• A File Icon specific Icons for Improved Visual Grepping.
• Theme Spacegray a hyperminimal UI Theme for Sublime Text.
• Ayu modern Sublime Text theme.
• Enki Theme a color scheme and UI theme for Sublime Text with clear, disparate colors to help differentiate between all syntactic aspects of code, including syntax highlighting for the console.
• Brogrammer is a flat sexy theme. Pushups not included.

References:

Command Palette, Package Control, Sublime Text tarball, Sublime Text and Sublime Text / Linux Repositories.

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