How to install Sublime Text 3 in openSUSE

I spend my day programming in different languages, I have used numerous text editors both free and proprietary, each with certain advantages and disadvantages, but although I am a forerunner of free software, I cannot deny that Sublime Text is a proprietary editor that falls in love. Notably GNU / Linux It is a platform where both free and proprietary applications can be installed and used and the end user is the one who has the power to choose what they want to use.

Why Sublime? What's in it that they don't have the huge IDE's that everyone wants to use? Oh very simple, real integration with HTML5, plugins and, above all, lightness.

Once the point is clarified, tell them that I am using openSuse Tumbleweed Since yesterday (I am fascinated with its stability and lightness, in addition to its concept of the most stable and updated kernel), this has led me to gradually bring the applications that I use often, so today I had to write about how to install Sublime Text 3 in this distro, a quick and simple process that will make us enjoy the wonders of Sublime in conjunction with the one that since yesterday became my favorite openSuse distro. sublime-text-opensuse

Step 1:Download Sublime Text 3 version depending on your openSuse installation (32 bit or 64 bit), sublime has a version tarball for any linux distribution.

Step 2: Once the package has been downloaded, go to the directory where the download was made using cd and proceeds to extract it.
sudo tar vxjf sublime_text_3_build_3083_x64.tar.bz2

Step 3: We must move the extracted folder to the opt directory.
sudo mv sublime_text_3 /opt/

Step 4: Next we must create a symbolic link in the bin directory.
sudo ln -s /opt/sublime_text_3/sublime_text /usr//bin/sublime

Step 5: We proceed to execute Sublime Text from the console with the command

sublime

Step 6: In order to access Sublime Text like any other program, we must create a launcher with its respective icon, for this we must open the preferred text editor (I use the newly installed sublime) and write the following text.

[Desktop Entry] Name=Sublime Text 3
Exec=sublime
Icon=/opt/sublime_text_3/Icon/48x48/sublime-text.png
Type=Application
Categories=TextEditor;IDE;Development

Then we must save it with the name sublime.desktop

Step 7: We move the newly created file into / usr / share / applications

mv sublime.desktop /usr/share/applications/

Step 8: Enjoy Sublime Text 3 Accessing from the openSuse menu in the Development category sublime text


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  1.   niphosio said

    who needs sublime, when Atom equals or even surpasses it

    1.    ivanX507 said

      Atom is good, it looks great, if it weren't for it's so heavy: yes, and it takes time to start on my pc, sublime only consumes about 12mb and the atom takes me about 100-200mb. Sounds little but for someone with only 1gb of ram is a lot: 'v

  2.   dhouard said

    Sublime Text is very lightweight, extensible, and everything in between, but there's something I always ditch it for and go back to NetBeans: x-debug

    Being able to use breakpoints and trace in php projects I have only found in this IDE and, with a little more work, in eclipse.

  3.   cuervo291286 said

    everyone their tastes and needs but for the moment sublime meets my expectations, later who knows.

  4.   virtualghost4 said

    Very good tutorial, I did not know how to start it from the terminal

  5.   Cheats for Sublime Text said

    Hello everyone, thank you for this article.
    I think this other one about tricks for Sublime Text may also interest you. In it there are interesting settings, shortcuts and plugins that are very useful for any Sublime Text user.
    Thank you

    All the best

  6.   Web programmer said

    I liked this tutorial where it explains step by step how to install Sublime Text 3. Congratulations on it.