Install Sublime Text on AlmaLinux

This tutorial intends to teach you to Install Sublime Text on AlmaLinux. Sublime Text is an application that helps you manage text editing processes for codes, markups, and prose. Also, it allows members to manage syntax definitions and highlighting using built-in features, such as multi-line constructs, laze embeds, and non-deterministic grammars.

In this guide, you will learn to install Sublime Text by adding a stable repository to your server. You can use this guide for both AlmaLinux 8 and AlmaLinux 9.

Also, keep in mind that this is an unregistered and copied version and you can use it for free. But to use it in a full-featured version you need to use a registered version.

Steps To Install Sublime Text on AlmaLinux

To complete this guide, you must have access to your server as a non-root user with sudo privileges. For this purpose, you can visit the AlmaLinux initial guides:

Initial Server Setup with AlmaLinux 8

Initial Server Setup with AlmaLinux 9

Now follow the steps below to start your Sublime Text installation.

Step 1 – Add Sublime Text GPG Key on AlmaLinux

First, you must add the Sublime Text GPG key to your server. To do this, you can use the command below:

sudo rpm -v --import https://download.sublimetext.com/sublimehq-rpm-pub.gpg

Step 2 – Add Stable Sublime Text Repository to AlmaLinux

Then, you must add the Sublime Text repo to your server. To do this, you can use the command below to add the stable repo:

sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://download.sublimetext.com/rpm/stable/x86_64/sublime-text.repo

Output
Adding repo from: https://download.sublimetext.com/rpm/stable/x86_64/sublime-text.repo

Note: There is a development repository for Sublime that is available for registered users. To do this, you can use the following repository:

sudo dnf-config-manager --add-repo https://download.sublimetext.com/rpm/dev/x86_64/sublime-text.repo

Next, run the system update with the following command:

sudo dnf update -y

Step 3 – Command To Install Stable Sublime Text

At this point, you can use the following command to install the stable Sublime Text on AlmaLinux:

sudo dnf install sublime-text -y

When your installation is completed, you can verify it by checking the Sublime Text version:

subl -version

Output
Sublime Text Build 4152

Step 4 – Get Started With Sublime Text Editor

At this point, you can easily access your Sublime Text software from the terminal. To do this, run the command below:

subl

Or you can launch your Sublime software from your desktop application finder. From there search for the Sublime Text app.

When you have launched your app, you will see the Sublime text editor screen.

From the Sublime Text app, you can easily add plugins and themes from the Preferences tab. Also, you can modify the font size by using the keys CTRL + and CTRL –.

Another amazing feature that Sublime has is to install packages to this app. To do this, you can navigate to Tools >> Command Pallette >> and Type Install Package.

For more information, you can visit the Sublime Text Documentation.

Summing Up

At this point, you have learned to Install Sublime Text on Both AlmaLinux 8 and AlmaLinux 9 by adding the stable Sublime repo and launching it from the command line and desktop. Remember that this is an unregistered version and development users must register for it.

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