How to Install Sublime Text 3 on Ubuntu 18.04 & 16.04

Sublime Text is a powerful text editor also available for Linux systems. It has lots of features which you must love to use. This article will help you to install Sublime Text 3 and Sublime Text 2 on Ubuntu systems using apt-get and PPA.

You may also like other powerful text editors like Atom, Visual Studio Code, Notepadqq, and Brackets for your Ubuntu systems.

Step 1 – Enable Sublime PPA

Use the sublime official Apt repository for the installation of Sublime on Ubuntu systems. First of all, you need to import gpg key on your system.

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

Now, add the Sublime text apt PPA in your system using the following command.

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

Step 2 – Install Sublime Text on Ubuntu

Sublime text PPA is now confiured on your system. Let’s install sublime text latest version on your system by running following commands.

sudo apt update
sudo apt install sublime-text

All done. Sublime Text has been installed on your Ubuntu desktop system. Let’s start using it.

Step 3 – Launch Sublime Text Editor

Search for the Sublime application launcher under the applications. Then click on launcher icon to start the sublime application.

Conclusion

You have successfully installed Sublime Text on Ubuntu system. Next, you can customize your editor using Sublime Text control packages.