Sublime Text 3.2 was released yesterday with first-class Git integration, GTK3 port, and many other new features.
Sublime Text 3.2 release highlights:
- First-class Git integration
- Incremental diff functionality tracks changes to files being edited.
- Moved to GTK3, and various high DPI fixes for Linux.
- New theme functionality and block caret support.
- Support for Unicode 11.0
- Many syntax highlighting improvements to Clojure, D, Go, Lua.
How to Install Sublime Text 3.2 in Ubuntu:
The easiest way is to install the community maintained Snap package (run in sandbox).
For Ubuntu 18.04 and higher, simply open Ubuntu Software search for and install sublime-text
For Ubuntu 16.04, open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command to install the snap:
sudo apt install snapd && sudo snap install sublime-text
Install Sublime Text 3.2 via its official apt repository:
For those who don’t prefer Snap package, do following steps to install Sublime Text from its official apt repository:
1. Open terminal either via Ctrl+Alt+T keyboard shortcut or from app launcher. When it opens, run command to add the keyring:
wget -qO - https://download.sublimetext.com/sublimehq-pub.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it prompts and hit Enter.
2. Then run command to add the apt repository:
echo "deb https://download.sublimetext.com/ apt/stable/" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sublime-text.list
3. Finally install sublime-text package either via Synaptic package manager or by running command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt install sublime-text
Uninstall:
To remove the editor, run command:
sudo apt remove --autoremove sublime-text
To remove the apt repository, go to Software & Updates -> Other Software.
