How to install Atom editor on Rocky Linux 8.6
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To Install Atom Editor On Rocky Linux 8.6
Introduction:
Atom is an open-source, multi-platform text editor developed as a modern and approachable tool, yet it is hackable to the core and lets us customize it to our demands.
Installation Procedure
Step 1: Check the installed version of OS by using the below command
[root@linuxhelp ~]# cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Rocky Linux"
VERSION="8.6 (Green Obsidian)"
ID="rocky"
ID_LIKE="rhel centos fedora"
VERSION_ID="8.6"
PLATFORM_ID="platform:el8"
PRETTY_NAME="Rocky Linux 8.6 (Green Obsidian)"
ANSI_COLOR="0;32"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:rocky:rocky:8:GA"
HOME_URL="https://rockylinux.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.rockylinux.org/"
ROCKY_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Rocky Linux"
ROCKY_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="8"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Rocky Linux"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="8"
Step 2: Now install Git and wget using the below command
[root@linuxhelp ~]# yum install wget git -y
Rocky Linux 8 - AppStream 2.4 MB/s | 8.8 MB 00:03
Rocky Linux 8 - BaseOS 2.3 MB/s | 3.7 MB 00:01
Rocky Linux 8 - Extras 9.5 kB/s | 11 kB 00:01
Package wget-1.19.5-10.el8.x86_64 is already installed.
Dependencies resolved.
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Package Architecture Version Repository Size
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Installing:
git x86_64 2.31.1-2.el8 appstream 160 k
Installing dependencies:
git-core x86_64 2.31.1-2.el8 appstream 4.7 M
git-core-doc noarch 2.31.1-2.el8 appstream 2.6 M
perl-Error noarch 1:0.17025-2.el8 appstream 45 k
perl-Git noarch 2.31.1-2.el8 appstream 77 k
perl-TermReadKey x86_64 2.37-7.el8 appstream 39 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 6 Packages
Total download size: 7.7 M
Installed size: 38 M
Downloading Packages:
(1/6): git-2.31.1-2.el8.x86_64.rpm 172 kB/s | 160 kB 00:00
(2/6): perl-Error-0.17025-2.el8.noarch.rpm 322 kB/s | 45 kB 00:00
(3/6): perl-Git-2.31.1-2.el8.noarch.rpm 520 kB/s | 77 kB 00:00
(4/6): perl-TermReadKey-2.37-7.el8.x86_64.rpm 486 kB/s | 39 kB 00:00
(5/6): git-core-doc-2.31.1-2.el8.noarch.rpm 905 kB/s | 2.6 MB 00:02
(6/6): git-core-2.31.1-2.el8.x86_64.rpm 1.1 MB/s | 4.7 MB 00:04
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Total 1.6 MB/s | 7.7 MB 00:04
Rocky Linux 8 - AppStream 1.6 MB/s | 1.6 kB 00:00
Importing GPG key 0x6D745A60:
Userid : "Release Engineering <infrastructure@rockylinux.org>"
Fingerprint: 7051 C470 A929 F454 CEBE 37B7 15AF 5DAC 6D74 5A60
From : /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rockyofficial
Key imported successfully
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Step 3: Now download atom editor package by using the below command
[root@linuxhelp mnt]# wget https://github.com/atom/atom/releases/download/v1.18.0/atom.x86_64.rpm
--2022-07-11 17:32:58-- https://github.com/atom/atom/releases/download/v1.18.0/atom.x86_64.rpm
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 13.234.210.38
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|13.234.210.38|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://objects.githubusercontent.com/github-production-release-asset-2e65be/3228505/4d70d04e-5120-11e7-93f3-d127c12ca4ed?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAIWNJYAX4CSVEH53A%2F20220711%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20220711T213258Z&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-Signature=b2fef0015af7e430852d679b74a6c759b15dc8c06048c2de0f45d4aa8b0d82e8&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&actor_id=0&key_id=0&repo_id=3228505&response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3Datom.x86_64.rpm&response-content-type=application%2Foctet-stream [following]
--2022-07-11 17:32:58-- https://objects.githubusercontent.com/github-production-release-asset-2e65be/3228505/4d70d04e-5120-11e7-93f3-d127c12ca4ed?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAIWNJYAX4CSVEH53A%2F20220711%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20220711T213258Z&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-Signature=b2fef0015af7e430852d679b74a6c759b15dc8c06048c2de0f45d4aa8b0d82e8&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&actor_id=0&key_id=0&repo_id=3228505&response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3Datom.x86_64.rpm&response-content-type=application%2Foctet-stream
Resolving objects.githubusercontent.com (objects.githubusercontent.com)... 185.199.111.133, 185.199.109.133, 185.199.110.133, ...
Connecting to objects.githubusercontent.com (objects.githubusercontent.com)|185.199.111.133|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 128551353 (123M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘atom.x86_64.rpm’
atom.x86_64.rpm 100%[===============================>] 122.60M 9.04MB/s in 10s
2022-07-11 17:33:09 (12.3 MB/s) - ‘atom.x86_64.rpm’ saved [128551353/128551353]
Step 4: Now install Atom locally by using the below command
[root@linuxhelp mnt]# yum localinstall atom.x86_64.rpm
Last metadata expiration check: 0:01:11 ago on Mon 11 Jul 2022 05:32:24 PM EDT.
Dependencies resolved.
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Package Architecture Version Repository Size
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Installing:
atom x86_64 1.18.0-0.1 @commandline 123 M
Installing dependencies:
libXScrnSaver x86_64 1.2.3-1.el8 appstream 30 k
m4 x86_64 1.4.18-7.el8 baseos 221 k
mailx x86_64 12.5-29.el8 baseos 256 k
make x86_64 1:4.2.1-11.el8 baseos 497 k
ncurses-compat-libs x86_64 6.1-9.20180224.el8 baseos 327 k
patch x86_64 2.7.6-11.el8 baseos 137 k
postfix x86_64 2:3.5.8-4.el8 baseos 1.5 M
redhat-lsb-core x86_64 4.1-47.el8 appstream 44 k
redhat-lsb-submod-security x86_64 4.1-47.el8 appstream 21 k
spax x86_64 1.5.3-13.el8 baseos 215 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 11 Packages
Total size: 126 M
Total download size: 3.2 M
Installed size: 423 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/10): libXScrnSaver-1.2.3-1.el8.x86_64.rpm 100 kB/s | 30 kB 00:00
(2/10): redhat-lsb-submod-security-4.1-47.el8.x86_64.rpm 63 kB/s | 21 kB 00:00
(3/10): redhat-lsb-core-4.1-47.el8.x86_64.rpm 114 kB/s | 44 kB 00:00
(4/10): mailx-12.5-29.el8.x86_64.rpm 623 kB/s | 256 kB 00:00
(5/10): m4-1.4.18-7.el8.x86_64.rpm 457 kB/s | 221 kB 00:00
(6/10): patch-2.7.6-11.el8.x86_64.rpm 1.3 MB/s | 137 kB 00:00
(7/10): ncurses-compat-libs-6.1-9.20180224.el8.x86_64.rpm 2.0 MB/s | 327 kB 00:00
(8/10): make-4.2.1-11.el8.x86_64.rpm 869 kB/s | 497 kB 00:00
(9/10): spax-1.5.3-13.el8.x86_64.rpm 2.3 MB/s | 215 kB 00:00
(10/10): postfix-3.5.8-4.el8.x86_64.rpm 5.2 MB/s | 1.5 MB 00:00
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Total 1.1 MB/s | 3.2 MB 00:02
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Installed:
atom-1.18.0-0.1.x86_64 libXScrnSaver-1.2.3-1.el8.x86_64
m4-1.4.18-7.el8.x86_64 mailx-12.5-29.el8.x86_64
make-1:4.2.1-11.el8.x86_64 ncurses-compat-libs-6.1-9.20180224.el8.x86_64
patch-2.7.6-11.el8.x86_64 postfix-2:3.5.8-4.el8.x86_64
redhat-lsb-core-4.1-47.el8.x86_64 redhat-lsb-submod-security-4.1-47.el8.x86_64
spax-1.5.3-13.el8.x86_64
Step 5: Open atom application by using the below command
[root@linuxhelp mnt]# atom
Step 6: Now atom application will be on your screen as shown in the below image
Step 7: Create the project setup page as shown in the below image
Conclusion:
We have reached the end of this article. In this guide, we have walked you through the steps required to install Atom editor On Rocky Linux 8.6. Your feedback is much welcome.
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