How to Install Sublime Text on Ubuntu 20.04

Sublime Text for a while had been offering its own repository, which at this time hosted on Digital Ocean. In this tutorial, we’ll install Sublime Text on Ubuntu 20.04
Sublime Text famous for its lightweight installation and fast to open text/CSV even the large one > 100MB.

Sublime Text free use even after the license expired. It will just show nag screen when opening the application. Even if they offer free no limit license, you still need to pay the license for continued use which is $80.

Install APT HTTPS Support

install apt https ubuntu 20.04

Install PGP Key

Install PGP key for Sublime Text repository

wget -qO - https://download.sublimetext.com/sublimehq-pub.gpg | sudo apt-key add -

Add Sublime Repository

echo "deb https://download.sublimetext.com/ apt/stable/" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sublime-text.list

update the apt metadata

sudo apt update

Install Sublime Text

Install Sublime Text 3 directly from repository

sudo apt install sublime-text -y

install sublimetext ubuntu

Run Sublime Text

Run Sublime Text from activity
run sublime text 3
sublime text 3 running

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