Although, the list of text editor available for Linux is very long, still the fanbase of Atom text editor is very huge. Thanks to its clean and robust features like split view, Git integration, availability of additional extensions or addons, and many more. Means, this easily enables users to work with almost every kind of text files whether it be while wring some project codes, comparing two codes, and so on. So, in this article, we will discuss about installing Atom on a Fedora desktop. But before that, let’s learn some of the available features with Atom.

Atom text editor is technically developed by and maintained by GitHub and includes a number of features which includes:

• Available to be used for Cross-platform editing, means it can be used on any OS platforms.
• Built-in package manager allows you to search, install and create your own packages within its interface.
• In-built auto completion helps to write coding faster than ever.
• Used for browsing a file, project and even multiple projects in a single interface.
• Offers a number of panes to compare and edit code across different files.
• Allows to deal with find and replace feature.

Installing Atom on Fedora with RPM Package

To install Atom using official RPM package, Visit the official site, and click on Download.rpm button. Do make sure to save it under Downloads directory.

To view the downloaded file (atom.x86_64.rpm) under Downloads folder, run the commands below:

cd ~/Downloads
ls -lh

Now, you can install the Atom package by running this command.

sudo dnf install ./atom.x86_64.rpm

Install Atom Text Editor using Snap

To install Atom using Snap package, run the commands below:

sudo dnf install snapd
sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap
sudo snap install atom –classic

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