Sublime-Text-4 How-to-install-it-via-official-repository

Sublime Text 4 was officially released. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 21.04, Ubuntu 20.04 , Ubuntu 18.04 via apt repository.

Sublime Text 4 (Build 4107) feature multi-select tabs. Press and hold Ctrl (or Shift), then you can select tabs to view them side by side.

And now it supports for auto-switching between dark and light themes to follow system appearance.

Other release highlights include:

There are also tons of other changes, see the announcement for details.

Open terminal from system application menu, then run following commands one by one to install Sublime Text 4 from its official apt repository.

1). Download and install the GPG key by running command:

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

Type user password when it prompts and hit Enter to continue.

Make sure https is supported by running command:

sudo apt install apt-transport-https

2). Add the official Sublime Text repository via command:

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

3). Finally refresh system package cache and install the text editor via commands:

sudo apt update

sudo apt install sublime-text

And you’ll receive future updates along with system updates through Software Updater

(Update Manager).

You can also install from official website-https://www.sublimetext.com/

To remove the apt repository, launch Software & Updates and go to Other Software tab, there remove the repository line.

And to remove the Sublime Text editor, simply run command:

sudo apt remove --autoremove sublime-text

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