How do I install sublime text 2 text editor?

[Pottsy2]

hi I've downloaded the sublime text 2 text editor unfortunately within the tarball there is no read me or install file what do I do?

[xenopeek]

Post split from http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=97158 and moved here. New problems deserve new topics

I think you can just run the program from the extracted tarball. A member on our Community site has put together an extensive manual on how to install this program to your system in such a way that it is also added to your menu and such. See here: http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/907. If you are on Linux Mint MATE, note that you should replace the "gksu gedit" part of commands with "gksu pluma". If you are on Linux Mint KDE, that would instead be "kdesu kate".

[Pottsy2]

Thank you very much Xeno

I apologise for wasting your time

[Pottsy2]

I'm working my way through the tutorial, I'm struggling with this part

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 sudo mv Sublime\ Text\ 2 sublime

sudo mv sublime /opt/

This is where I run into problems, it appears the tutorial is attempting to move a file here (as super user) but I cannot see a destination folder for where we wish move the file

[xenopeek]

Well, I think it is renaming first the directory "Sublime Text 2" to sublime. Then that directory sublime is moved to /opt. /opt is in the root of your filesystem.

[Pottsy2]

brilliant - got it working

I had to spend a day or two getting off the ground with Terminal, thank you XEno for your help & good humour

[xenopeek]

Excellent

[3xOSC]

Oh and a shameless self-plug:

here's the settings you might want to look at if you want to set a default-syntax so you don't have to pick a new one everytime you open it.

: )


(I don't gain anything from advertising my write up, just thought it may be helpful)

[leviticus8908]

I am also trying to install Sublime Text 2 and I get the following error after the 'sudo mv sublime /opt/' command:

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levi@levi-Inspiron-1525 ~/Downloads $ sudo mv sublime /opt/
mv: cannot move `sublime' to `/opt/sublime': Directory not empty

I'm not sure what this means or how to deal with it. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I am running Maya MATE 64-bit.

[xenopeek]

It means there is already something in /opt/sublime, so moving sublime to /opt would overwrite that. Check what files are already in /opt/sublime?