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How to Install Sublime Text 3 in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty

Last updated: December 24, 2013

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This simple tutorial shows you how to install the Sublime Text 3 in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty LTS via PPA repository.

Sublime Text is a popular text and source code editor somewhat similar to TextMate, available for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X.

The Sublime Text 3 is currently in beta. Webupd8 Team has made an installer script into PPA which automatically downloads the Sublime Text 3 archive from its website and installs it on Ubuntu. The PPA does not host any Sublime Text 3 files.

Install sublime text 3 in ubuntu 14.04

Install Sublime Text 3:

To get started, press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open a terminal window. When it opens, copy and paste below command into terminal and hit enter:

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:webupd8team/sublime-text-3

Type in your password when prompts and then you’ll get this PPA (Personal Package Archive) into your system.

NOTE: you’ll see nothing when typing passwords in Linux terminal, just type in mind and hit enter to get pass.

install sublime text 3 ubuntu 14.04

After added the PPA, run commands to install the script:

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install -y sublime-text-installer

Once installed, open the editor from Unity Dash or Menu.

To disable new version notifications, add the following to your User Preferences file (Preferences > Settings – User):

“update_check”: false

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    18 responses to How to Install Sublime Text 3 in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty

    1. Lorin March 20, 2014 at 6:25 pm

      Note that the first command:

      sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:webupd8team/sublime-text-3

      really should be:

      sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:webupd8team/sublime-text-3

      (“add” and “apt” are reversed, there is no “add-apt-repository” command.)

      This typo has been propagated around the WWW on various pages. ;-)

      • Ji m March 21, 2014 at 12:27 pm

        Thanks @Lorin, but both commands now do the job in Ubuntu.

      • Justin August 21, 2014 at 2:42 am

        The first code did not work for me. i now tried again using the correction you gave here and it worked smoothly. I think its important this is just corrected at once for users so that they learn the right one once. Thanks Ji and Lorin

      • Kenny February 10, 2015 at 5:41 pm

        Both versions do indeed work just fine.

    2. Blessings mwafulirwa July 9, 2014 at 3:30 pm

      worked like a charm on ubuntu 14, thanks so much it woz easy following the steps

    3. Mariana Lobo July 12, 2014 at 6:26 pm

      Thanks. Very simple! =)

    4. Kate September 8, 2014 at 4:56 pm

      I tried both ways – what if I get this error

      Cannot add PPA: ‘ppa:webupd8team/sublime-text-3’.
      Please check that the PPA name or format is correct.

      Appreciate any help!!

    5. Samanta December 1, 2014 at 5:54 pm

      Devashish, Thanks! it helped me.

    6. Alfred February 27, 2015 at 8:37 pm

      Yes, it works!! But, how can I remove from title console the “UNREGISTERED” word??

      Thanks a lot!!

      Greetings

    7. Alfred February 27, 2015 at 8:54 pm

      Hi again!!

      Do you know how to install Sublime Text to use with NCL from NCAR??

      Thanks a lot for help me

      Good luck!!

    8. Pedro Mendes March 23, 2015 at 8:40 am

      All work out ok.
      Thanks a lot.

      i use add-apt and it worked :)

    9. sania zahan May 23, 2015 at 10:35 am

      Thanks for the commands. It perfectly worked for me.

    10. R May 24, 2015 at 12:31 am

      when after I type my password it shows me a reply that says:

      r is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.

      How can I fix it? D:

    11. Alex November 12, 2015 at 8:04 pm

      Thanks Ji M, it worked just fine on my Ubuntu 14.04 Server.
      Good stuff!

    12. mubarik November 25, 2016 at 3:21 am

      Hi
      I am unable to install the sublime. I got below error while running the command
      “sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install -y sublime-text-installer”

      Error-unable to locate the package sublime-test-installer

      Please help to run the command