How to Install Atom on CentOS

Introduction

Atom is a free and open source text and source code editor for MacOS, Linux and Microsoft Windows. It is based upon electron which is a framework responsible for enabling cross platform applications using Chromium and Node.js. Its first version was released on January, 25^th 2015. It can also be used as integrated development environment. In this tutorial, we will learn the installation process of Atom on CentOS.

Prerequisites

• CentOS
• Yum must be configured on the system.
• Login as an administrator on the terminal

Installation

Installation includes following steps.

1) Download Atom

Download the latest version of atom by clicking the link https://atom.io/download/rpm

2) Install the rpm package with Yum

Use the following command to install Atom on CentOS.

3) Verify Atom

Type atom test.html to create an HTML file. The command opens the file for editing.

Hence, we have successfully installed and get started with Atom on our CentOS7.