atom-mac.zip
file explicitly. Once you have that file, you can click on it to extract the application and then drag the new Atom
application into your 'Applications' folder.atom
and apm
commands for use in the terminal. In some cases, Atom might not be able to install these commands because it needs an administrator password. To check if Atom was able to install the atom
command, for example, open a terminal window and type which atom
. If the atom
command has been installed, you'll see something like this:atom
command wasn't installed, the which
command won't return anything:atom
and apm
commands, run 'Window: Install Shell Commands' from the Command Palette, which will prompt you for an administrator password.AtomSetup.exe
for 32-bit systems and AtomSetup-x64.exe
for 64-bit systems. This setup program will install Atom, add the atom
and apm
commands to your PATH
, and create shortcuts on the desktop and in the start menu.Open with Atom
in File Explorer, and the option to make Atom available for file association using Open with..
, is controlled by the System Settings panel as seen above.File > Settings
, and then the System
tab on the left. Check the boxes next to Show in file context menus
, as well as Show in folder context menus
. And you’re all set.apt-get
(or apt
on Ubuntu):dnf
(or yum
depending on your distribution):zypper
:Atom > Check for Update
menu item in the menu bar.Application: About
in the Command Palette and click the Check now
button.Help > Check for Update
menu item in the menu bar.Application: About
in the Command Palette and click the Check now
button..rpm
or .deb
package from https://atom.io. For more details, see Installing Atom on Linux..atom
directory usually located in your home directory (%userprofile%
on Windows). You can however run Atom in portable mode where both the app and the configuration are stored together such as on a removable storage device..atom
directory alongside the directory that contains atom.exe, for example:.atom
directory alongside the Atom.app application, for example:.atom
directory alongside the directory that contains the Atom binary, for example:.atom
directory must be writeable.atom
directory to your portable device.atom
directory - just create a subdirectory called electronUserData
inside .atom
ATOM_HOME
environment variable to point wherever you want (you can write a .sh or .cmd script to temporarily set it and launch it from that)apm
to use it by running:apm config get https-proxy
to verify it has been set correctly.