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This is a guide on installing the Atom editor on Debian 8.

Prepare the System¶

• Make sure the system is up to date:
  

  sudo apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
  

• Install a few dependencies:
  

  sudo apt-get install build-essential git libgnome-keyring-dev fakeroot
  

Install Nodejs¶

• Setup as root:
  

  apt-get install curl
  curl --silent --location https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_0.12 | bash -
  

• Then install as root:
  

  apt-get install --yes nodejs
  

• Set npm to use python2 globally:
  

  npm config set python /usr/bin/python2 -g
  

Install Atom¶

NOTE: Atom must be built as a non-root user

su - user

• Clone the Atom repository:
  

  git clone https://github.com/atom/atom
  cd atom
  

• Checkout the latest Atom release:
  

  git fetch -p
  git checkout $(git describe --tags `git rev-list --tags --max-count=1`)
  

• Build Atom:
  

  script/build
  

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

• Install the atom and apm commands to /usr/local/bin by executing:
  

  sudo script/grunt install
  

Resources¶

• https://github.com/atom/atom/blob/master/docs/build-instructions/linux.md
• https://github.com/nodejs/node-v0.x-archive/wiki/Installing-Node.js-via-package-manager#debian-and-ubuntu-based-linux-distributions