How To Install Sublime Text 4 On Rocky Linux 8
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- Multiple Selections: Sublime Text allows you to select and edit multiple parts of your code simultaneously, making it easy to make changes across multiple lines or files.
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Sublime Text 4 Installation On Rocky Linux 8
Prerequisites
In this tutorial we will use Sublime Text Build 4113, before we proceed to the Sublime tex editor installation process, there are several prerequisites that must be met, namely :
- A Rocky Linux 8 operating system.
- It’s recommended that you use a fresh OS install to prevent any potential issues.
- A root user access or normal user with administrative privileges.
The Sublim Text 4 installation will be consist of several steps, as mentioned below :
- Update Rocky Linux 8 repository
- Import Sublime Text 4 GPG key
- Install Sublime Text 4 on Rocky Linux 8
- Launch Sublime Text 4 on Rocky Linux 8
1. Update Rocky Linux 8 repository
We will update our system to ensure that we have the latest security patches and updates. We can do this by running the appropriate command Rocky Linux 8 system.
$ sudo dnf update
2. Import Sublime Text 4 GPG key
In this step, we will import Sublime Text 4 rpm using the following command:
$ sudo rpm -v --import https://download.sublimetext.com/sublimehq-rpm-pub.gpg $ sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://download.sublimetext.com/rpm/stable/x86_64/sublime-text.repo
Output :
[ramansah@otodiginet ~]$ sudo rpm -v --import https://download.sublimetext.com/sublimehq-rpm-pub.gpg [sudo] password for ramansah: [ramansah@otodiginet ~]$ sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://download.sublimetext.com/rpm/stable/x86_64/sublime-text.repo Adding repo from: https://download.sublimetext.com/rpm/stable/x86_64/sublime-text.repo
3. Install Sublime Text 4 on Rocky Linux 8
After adding the Sublime Text 4 rpm to the system, then we will install this package by following command line
$ sudo dnf update $ sudo dnf install sublime-text
Output:
[ramansah@otodiginet ~]$ sudo dnf update Rocky Linux 8 - AppStream 1.6 kB/s | 4.8 kB 00:02 Rocky Linux 8 - BaseOS 1.6 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:02 Rocky Linux 8 - Extras 1.1 kB/s | 3.5 kB 00:03 Docker CE Stable - x86_64 11 kB/s | 3.5 kB 00:00 MongoDB Repository 4.1 kB/s | 2.5 kB 00:00 Sublime Text - x86_64 - Stable 646 B/s | 2.1 kB 00:03 Dependencies resolved. =========================================================================================================== Package Architecture Version Repository Size =========================================================================================================== Upgrading: firefox x86_64 91.2.0-4.el8_4 appstream 107 M mongodb-database-tools x86_64 100.5.1-1 mongodb-org-5.0 47 M tzdata noarch 2021c-1.el8 baseos 472 k tzdata-java noarch 2021c-1.el8 appstream 190 k Transaction Summary =========================================================================================================== Upgrade 4 Packages Total download size: 155 M Is this ok [y/N]: y . . .
Upgraded: firefox-91.2.0-4.el8_4.x86_64 mongodb-database-tools-100.5.1-1.x86_64 tzdata-2021c-1.el8.noarch tzdata-java-2021c-1.el8.noarch
Complete! [ramansah@otodiginet ~]$ sudo dnf install sublime-text Last metadata expiration check: 0:18:52 ago on Mon 18 Oct 2021 03:29:48 PM WIB. Dependencies resolved. ================================================================================================================================= Package Architecture Version Repository Size ================================================================================================================================= Installing: sublime-text x86_64 4113-1 sublime-text 20 M Transaction Summary ================================================================================================================================= Install 1 Package Total download size: 20 M Installed size: 47 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: sublime-text-4113-1.x86_64.rpm 386 kB/s | 20 MB 00:52 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 386 kB/s | 20 MB 00:52 Running transaction check Transaction check succeeded. Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded. Running transaction Preparing : 1/1 Installing : sublime-text-4113-1.x86_64 1/1 Running scriptlet: sublime-text-4113-1.x86_64 1/1 Verifying : sublime-text-4113-1.x86_64 1/1 Installed products updated. Installed: sublime-text-4113-1.x86_64 Complete!
After installing Sublim Text 4, then we will verify it by submitting command line :
$ subl -version
Output :
[ramansah@otodiginet ~]$ subl -version Sublime Text Build 4113
4. Launch Sublime Text 4 on Rocky Linux 8
After the installation is completed done, we will launch the Sublime Text on Rocky Linux system by executing the following command:
$ subl
or we can also open the Sublime Text using the graphical interface.
Conclusion
In this short tutorial, we have learned how to install Sublime Text Editor on Rocky Linux 8 operating system.