
On the website, there are a few options to choose from, but the website does suggest that you download the first option listed for both 32 and 64-bit. sudo apt-get autoremove Bonus Tip: Turn Atom Text Editor into Atom IDEĪtom is essentially a text editor that you can use for coding.The most efficient and lightweight code editor availableįor users that have little to no experience with coding or programming software, just figuring out which version of Notepad++ can be a bit daunting. This will free some space on your Ubuntu system.

A good thing to do would be to run auto remove as well. This will remove Atom and the PPA repository. Sudo add-apt-repository -remove ppa:webupd8team/atom Here is how to uninstall Atom that you installed via the unofficial PPA: sudo apt-get remove atom

You can now happily use Atom on 32-bit systems. Open a terminal and use the following commands: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/atom Thankfully, there is an unofficial PPA that allows you to easily install Atom on 32-bit Ubuntu systems.

The official way for 32-bit Ubuntu users is to download the source code and build it from the source code.īut installing software from source code is neither convenient nor easy for everyone. The deb install file is only available for 64-bit systems.

Method 3: Install Atom in Ubuntu via PPA (recommended for 32-bit system) See, how easy it is to install Atom on Ubuntu if you have 64-bit system.īut what if you have a 32-bit system? How would you install Atom on a 32-bit Ubuntu system? Let’s see it in the next section. If you are still not sure, please see this video and learn how to install Atom on Ubuntu is a few clicks. You just have to click install button here. Once you have downloaded the DEB file, simply double click on it and it will open with the software center.
