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Install Sublime Text 2 from PPA

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Install Sublime Text 2 from PPA on Ubuntu

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Add webupd8 Sublime Text 2 PPA and creat symlink (http://www.webupd8.org/2011/03/sublime-text-2-ubuntu-ppa.html):

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/sublime-text-2

Update apt-get:

$ sudo apt-get update

Install Sublime Text 2:

$ sudo apt-get install sublime-text
or $ sudo apt-get install sublime-text-dev

Create symlink (subl, or whatever you please):

$ sudo ln -s ~/Applications/Sublime\ Text\ 2/sublime_text /usr/local/bin/subl

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Install Package Control (http://wbond.net/sublime_packages/package_control):

from Sublime Text 2 console (ctrl + `):

import urllib2,os; pf='Package Control.sublime-package'; ipp=sublime.installed_packages_path(); os.makedirs(ipp) if not os.path.exists(ipp) else None; urllib2.install_opener(urllib2.build_opener(urllib2.ProxyHandler())); open(os.path.join(ipp,pf),'wb').write(urllib2.urlopen('http://sublime.wbond.net/'+pf.replace(' ','%20')).read()); print 'Please restart Sublime Text to finish installation'

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Adding a launcher/desktop icon:

Create a new file on the desktop called sublime.desktop.

Add contents (subl, or whatever you please):

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Sublime Text 2
GenericName=Text Editor
Comment=Edit text files
Exec=subl
Terminal=false
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
MimeType=text/plain;
Icon=/path/to/icon
Categories=GNOME;GTK;Utility;TextEditor;

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