How To Install Sublime Text Editor 3 on Ubuntu 20.04

Here is how to install Sublime Text 3 in Ubuntu using terminal. This post explains to install Sublime Text Linux Ubuntu and also how to use Sublime Text.

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From a powerful, custom cross-platform UI toolkit, to an unmatched syntax highlighting engine, Sublime Text sets the bar for performance. Sublime Text uses a custom UI toolkit, optimized for speed and beauty, while taking advantage of native functionality on each platform.

Sublime Text 3.2.2 (Build 3211)

  • Mac: Added Notarization
  • Fixed a performance regression when moving the caret upwards in large files
  • Fixed a memory leak
  • Fixed not being able to swap lines down with the last line if it was empty
  • Git: Fixed includeIf handling in git config files not interpreting ~ relative paths correctly

Sublime Text 3.2.1 (Build 3207)

  • Various syntax highlighting improvements
  • Git: Git repositories at the top level of a users home directory
    are ignored for performance reasons. This can be changed via the allow_git_home_dir setting.
  • Git: Improved performance with a large number of git repositories in the side bar
  • Git: Fixed UTF8 BOMs not being handled correctly in .gitignore files
  • Fixed a crash in the Git repository handling
  • Improved file indexing behavior in some scenarios
  • Improved scrolling logic in some scenarios
  • Fixed block carets changing the way text selection works
  • Fixed swap_line_up and swap_line_down transforming tabs into spaces
  • Mac: Added a workaround for a MacOS issue with DisplayLink adapters
  • Lixed: Fixed compatibility with old Linux distributions
  • Linux: Improved high dpi handling under KDE
  • Linux: Tweaked the way text scaling is handled
  • Linux: Fixed incorrect file ownership in the deb packages
  • API: Fixed an incompatibility with SublimeREPL
  • API: Fixed regression with phantoms interfering with home/end behavior

Download Sublime Text

Linux repos – also 64 bit or 32 bit tarball

Install Sublime Text 3

Run the following commands in terminal to install Sublime Text 3 in Ubuntu

sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install snapd
sudo apt-get update
sudo snap install sublime-text

You can also install Sublime Text 3 via PPA (Stable):

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

You can also install the development non stable version using the following lines of code:

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/dev/" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sublime-text.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sublime-text

Once installed, open Sublime Text 3 from Ubuntu Dash.

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