Install Atom on Ubuntu 20.04 – Shells - Support

Atom is a customizable text editor that has its own package manager. It is a desktop application built with HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and Node.js integration. It runs Electron, a framework for building cross platform apps using web technologies. If you would like to get started using Atom on your Shells^TM Ubuntu workstation here are command-line installation steps below.

Install Atom with apt

sudo apt update
sudo apt install software-properties-common apt-transport-https wget

With wget download/import the repository GPG key and add the Apt repository

wget -q https://packagecloud.io/AtomEditor/atom/gpgkey -O- | sudo apt-key add -

sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://packagecloud.io/AtomEditor/atom/any/ any main"

Install Atom

sudo apt install atom

Install Atom with snap

sudo snap install atom –classic

Once downloaded, you can click on and search for Atom to open.

Now you can start editing your code with Atom!