3 ms·

Hopefully the Linux version isn't too far away! Speaking of which, their distribution mechanism (Chocolatey) seems interesting. For folks who use Windows, I'm

by tjohns 12y ago

Hopefully the Linux version isn't too far away! Speaking of which, their distribution mechanism (Chocolatey) seems interesting. For folks who use Windows, I'm sure an apt-get/brew equivalent would be really useful. The last time I tried to develop on Windows, I was totally shocked to discover that there wasn't any kind of package manager inside Cygwin -- and trying to install command line utilities outside of Cygwin was even worse.

scragg 12y ago
http://www.webupd8.org/2014/05/install-atom-text-editor-in-ubuntu-via-ppa.html http://www.webupd8.org/2014/05/install-atom-text-editor-in-u...
robert_nsu 12y ago
I've had it running on xubuntu 14.04 for close to a month now. The biggest pain was during installation, it only gave root the read flag on some of the installed files. It had weird side effects like having to run as root before changing the theme. Once the permissions were fixed, it ran smoothly. Which utilities were you trying to install? In my experience, I have a much better time using PowerShell and native tools for Windows.
Jare 12y ago
Chocolatey is good, but last time I set up a PC and tried it, I had issues figuring out which version of the package to install (installer or portable), and I couldn't specify the location for each (I want small & frequent apps on SSD, everything else on HDD). But I understand Chocolatey is just a suggestion, they also distribute Atom windows builds directly (link in the frontpage), right?
doktrin 12y ago
> Hopefully the Linux version isn't too far away! I agree. I had problems building atom from source on a linux box that sits behind a company firewall (due to it effectively blocking the git protocol). Can't wait for the Linux version.