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What is the best way to upgrade atom on Linux Ubuntu ? I install atom using official doc

  git clone https://github.com/atom/atom
  cd atom
  script/build
  sudo script/grunt install
Cimex answered 14/7, 2014 at 17:10 Comment(2)
Just wget https://atom.io/download/deb -O /tmp/atom.deb && sudo dpkg -i /tmp/atom.deb. – Georgeta
Since Atom is dead now, you may eventually want to upgrade to its fork, Pulsar. Thankfully, they support AppImage. So you can always have the latest version by merely downloading the latest AppImage and running it. – Devastate
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Now, it looks like the easiest way is to download the new packaged version (.deb or .rpm) from the official releases and install it over your previous one: https://github.com/atom/atom/releases

Sensuality answered 31/5, 2015 at 3:52 Comment(2)
This is what I have been doing to update the editor to new versions. Just went from 1.18 to 1.20 today in Ubuntu 16.04 and it kept my settings and my many open projects and tabs. – Quadrille
You can get official Red Hat and Debian repositories from flight-manual.atom.io/getting-started/sections/installing-atom/… – Newland
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I created the following script to update my atom on Ubuntu 14.10.

#!/bin/bash
# Update atom from downloaded deb file
rm -f /tmp/atom.deb
curl -L https://atom.io/download/deb > /tmp/atom.deb
dpkg --install /tmp/atom.deb 

echo "***** apm upgrade - to ensure we update all apm packages *****"
apm upgrade --confirm false

exit 0

The file atom_update is executable and needs to be called using su:

sudo ./atom_update

The above works, but nowadays I use the following:

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:webupd8team/atom
sudo apt -y update
sudo apt -y install atom
apm install \
file-icons \
tabs-to-spaces \
trailing-spaces \
xml-formatter

With the above setup

sudo apt -y upgrade

will update an installed atom to the latest version. The ppa is generally up to date.

Miltie answered 5/11, 2014 at 14:46 Comment(5)
I would remove the apm upgrade from this script as it will run that as sudo and you may have issues upgrading packages from within atom in the future. – Spay
I'd also remove atom - you don't want to be running as root. – Bonitabonito
But dpkg need to be run as root, isn't it ? – Rexanna
Removed "atom" from script. Ali W is correct that one should not run this as root. "dpkg" needs to be run as root. – Miltie
atom now has an official repo, which has a more up to date version github.com/atom/atom/issues/2956#issuecomment-353225330 – Bolter
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Now, it looks like the easiest way is to download the new packaged version (.deb or .rpm) from the official releases and install it over your previous one: https://github.com/atom/atom/releases

Sensuality answered 31/5, 2015 at 3:52 Comment(2)
This is what I have been doing to update the editor to new versions. Just went from 1.18 to 1.20 today in Ubuntu 16.04 and it kept my settings and my many open projects and tabs. – Quadrille
You can get official Red Hat and Debian repositories from flight-manual.atom.io/getting-started/sections/installing-atom/… – Newland
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It's now even easier with the APT package.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/atom
sudo apt update
sudo apt install atom

And now you can upgrade / dist-upgrade as usual

sudo apt upgrade
Ghostly answered 25/12, 2016 at 23:8 Comment(4)
if you don't want to upgrade your whole system, you can run sudo apt install atom again and it will update that package only. – Hatcher
@IamMashed - it should just upgrade it - The following packages will be upgraded: atom – Bilocular
Doesn't work in Ubuntu 16.04: atom is already the newest version (1.26.1-1~webupd8~0). when the latest stable is 1.29.0 (as of now). The dpkg --install /tmp/atom.deb in the other answer worked. – Trichology
and its just broken with 19.10 – Akbar
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Current official documentation seem to recommend another method:

Atom Github Page

Debian Linux (Ubuntu)

Atom is only available for 64-bit Linux systems.

  1. Download atom-amd64.deb from the Atom releases page.
  2. Run sudo dpkg --install atom-amd64.deb on the downloaded package.
  3. Launch Atom using the installed atom command.

The Linux version does not currently automatically update so you will need to repeat these steps to upgrade to future releases.

Red Hat Linux (Fedora 21 and under, CentOS, Red Hat)

Atom is only available for 64-bit Linux systems.

  1. Download atom.x86_64.rpm from the Atom releases page.
  2. Run sudo yum localinstall atom.x86_64.rpm on the downloaded package.
  3. Launch Atom using the installed atom command.

The Linux version does not currently automatically update so you will need to repeat these steps to upgrade to future releases.

Fedora 22+

Atom is only available for 64-bit Linux systems.

  1. Download atom.x86_64.rpm from the Atom releases page.
  2. Run sudo dnf install ./atom.x86_64.rpm on the downloaded package.
  3. Launch Atom using the installed atom command.

The Linux version does not currently automatically update so you will need to repeat these steps to upgrade to future releases.

Positivism answered 7/12, 2015 at 17:1 Comment(0)
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As of this writing, the best option to upgrade to the latest released version of Atom is to check out the most recent tag and build it, especially if you built it in the first place.

  1. cd atom
  2. git pull
  3. git checkout v0.115.0 (or whatever the latest release is: https://github.com/atom/atom/releases)
  4. script/build
  5. sudo script/grunt install
Silvie answered 15/7, 2014 at 2:38 Comment(0)
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  wget https://atom.io/download/deb -O atom64.deb
  sudo dpkg --install atom64.deb

or

  wget https://atom.io/download/rpm -O atom64.rpm
  sudo dnf install atom64.rpm

the above URLs redirect to https://atom-installer.github.com/

Growth answered 1/10, 2016 at 21:26 Comment(0)
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An easier way is to install the atom-updater-linux from the packages on the atom website.

Go to edit > preferences > install and search for atom-updater-linux

or from the terminal:

apm install atom-updater-linux

This should check for updates after every launch and prompt you to install new updates.

Extrasystole answered 23/1, 2018 at 13:59 Comment(1)
This package is deprecated – Nicotine
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Currently the preferred procedure is described at the atom pages Installing Atom - Platform-linux

When using the add-apt-repository suggested in the top answer, this URL is suggested.

The apt repository mentioned at the Atom pages:

curl -sL https://packagecloud.io/AtomEditor/atom/gpgkey | sudo apt-key add -
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://packagecloud.io/AtomEditor/atom/any/ any main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/atom.list'
sudo apt-get update
Alic answered 6/8, 2018 at 9:48 Comment(0)
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If you are onn Ubuntu you can go to the Ubuntu Software Center, search for Atom and just click on Update. Then job done!

Bellinzona answered 9/2, 2016 at 15:13 Comment(1)
Download the latest version from atom.io/beta and double click it. Upgrade it using Ubuntu Software Center. – They
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If anybody is interested, I wrote a small atom package for this purpose.

The package is meant to timely inform the user of new versions being available (stable or beta, configurable via settings) and uses GitHub API under the hood. It is platform independent, so it should work with any linux distro, but also with Windows or other systems.

It does not perform the upgrade automatically as I wrote it for my needs and I was not interested in such feature. I may add it in the future should strong interest for it manifest itself, though.

Feedback is welcome, best as tickets on github.

Playacting answered 8/8, 2016 at 7:21 Comment(0)
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Ubuntu 16.04 and later

Run these commands to quickly and easily install and upgrade the Atom text editor snap package from the terminal in Ubuntu 16.04 and later (64-bit only).

  • Install Atom text editor:

      sudo snap install --classic atom

    Note that a snap in classic confinement behaves as a traditionally packaged application with full access to the system, and Atom extension packages are installed into the user's home directory.

  • Upgrade Atom text editor:

      sudo snap refresh --classic atom
Instate answered 12/5, 2017 at 8:3 Comment(0)
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I upgraded from

Atom : 1.26.1 Electron: 1.7.11 Chrome : 58.0.3029.110 Node : 7.9.0

to

Atom : 1.40.1 Electron: 3.1.10 Chrome : 66.0.3359.181 Node : 10.2.0

I followed these simple steps,

  1. create a file

sudo nano /usr/local/bin/atom-update

  1. copy following snippet and save with Ctrl+o and "enter" and Ctrl+x

your code

#!/bin/bash
wget -q https://github.com/atom/atom/releases/latest -O /tmp/latest
wget --progress=bar -q 'https://github.com'$(cat /tmp/latest | grep -o -E 'href="([^"#]+)atom-amd64.deb"' | cut -d'"' -f2 | sort | uniq) -O /tmp/atom-amd64.deb -q --show-progress
dpkg -i /tmp/atom-amd64.deb
  1. Make it executable

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/atom-update

  1. Run the script to upgrade atom

sudo atom-update

Colchicine answered 1/9, 2019 at 12:19 Comment(0)
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I would add that you should probably clean before updating the build to prevent some nasty errors.

cd atom
git pull
script/clean
script/build
sudo script/grunt install
Kuwait answered 5/5, 2015 at 22:56 Comment(0)
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For debian I have created a bash script which does the following:

  • Check with https://api.github.com and dpkg if atom is installed and/or up-to date.
  • Download and install the atom.deb from github if needed.
  • Provide a --beta switch if somebody wants to maintain the beta version as well.

Fell free to use it, it is located here: https://gist.github.com/rumpelsepp/8a953d6c092cbeb043695cfada114bef

Brunelleschi answered 3/10, 2017 at 21:47 Comment(0)
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Since December 2017 Atom provides official repositories for all major Linux distributions. You can find the latest installation instructions here.

Nicotine answered 6/9, 2018 at 15:57 Comment(0)
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Latest Way is to first install $ apm install atom-updater-linux then simply press Alt+Ctrl+U or go to Help and there is option for check for updates

Zerline answered 26/7, 2019 at 15:23 Comment(0)

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