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Linux

Ubuntu LTS 12.04 64-bit is the recommended platform.

Requirements

  • OS with 64-bit or 32-bit architecture
  • C++ toolchain
  • Git
  • Node.js v0.10.x
  • npm v1.4.x (bundled with Node.js)
    • npm -v to check the version.
    • npm config set python /usr/bin/python2 -g to ensure that gyp uses python2.
      • You might need to run this command as sudo, depending on how you have set up npm.
  • development headers for GNOME Keyring

Ubuntu / Debian

  • sudo apt-get install build-essential git libgnome-keyring-dev
  • Instructions for Node.js.

Fedora

  • sudo yum --assumeyes install make gcc gcc-c++ glibc-devel git-core libgnome-keyring-devel
  • Instructions for Node.js.

Arch

  • sudo pacman -S base-devel git nodejs libgnome-keyring
  • export PYTHON=/usr/bin/python2 before building Atom.

Instructions

If you have problems with permissions don't forget to prefix with sudo

  1. Clone the Atom repository:
git clone https://github.com/atom/atom
cd atom
  1. Checkout the latest Atom release:
git fetch
git checkout $(git describe --tags `git rev-list --tags --max-count=1`)
  1. Build Atom:
script/build

This will create the atom application at $TMPDIR/atom-build/Atom.

  1. Install the atom and apm commands to /usr/local/bin by executing:
sudo script/grunt install
  1. Optionally, you may generate a .deb package at $TMPDIR/atom-build:
script/grunt mkdeb

Use the newly installed Atom by fully quitting Atom and then reopening.

Advanced Options

Custom install directory

sudo script/grunt install --install-dir /install/atom/here

Custom build directory

script/build --build-dir /build/atom/here

Troubleshooting

Exception: "TypeError: Unable to watch path"

If you get following error with a big traceback right after Atom starts:

TypeError: Unable to watch path

you have to increase number of watched files by inotify. For testing if this is the reason for this error you can issue

sudo sysctl fs.inotify.max_user_watches=32768

and restart Atom. If Atom now works fine, you can make this setting permanent:

echo 32768 | sudo tee -a /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches

See also atom#2082.

/usr/bin/env: node: No such file or directory

If you get this notice when attempting to script/build, you either do not have Node.js installed, or node isn't identified as Node.js on your machine. If it's the latter, entering sudo ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node into your terminal may fix the issue.

You can also use Alternatives

On some variants (mostly Debian based distros) it's preferable for you to use Alternatives so that changes to the binary paths can be fixed or altered easily:

sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/node node /usr/bin/nodejs 1 --slave /usr/bin/js js /usr/bin/nodejs

Linux build error reports in atom/atom

  • Use this search to get a list of reports about build errors on Linux.