How to upgrade Atom Editor on Linux?

Question

What is the best way to upgrade atom on Linux Ubuntu ? I install atom using official doc

  git clone https://github.com/atom/atom
  cd atom
  script/build
  sudo         


        

Answer 1

I created the following script to update my atom on Ubuntu 14.10.

#!/bin/bash
# Update atom from downloaded deb file
rm -f /tmp/atom.deb
curl -L https://atom.io/download/deb > /tmp/atom.deb
dpkg --install /tmp/atom.deb 

echo "***** apm upgrade - to ensure we update all apm packages *****"
apm upgrade --confirm false

exit 0

The file atom_update is executable and needs to be called using su:

sudo ./atom_update

The above works, but nowadays I use the following:

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:webupd8team/atom
sudo apt -y update
sudo apt -y install atom
apm install \
file-icons \
tabs-to-spaces \
trailing-spaces \
xml-formatter

With the above setup

sudo apt -y upgrade

will update an installed atom to the latest version. The ppa is generally up to date.