Install Atom Editor in openSUSE

You’re better served if you read the official documentation: Linux build instructions. Then you should proceed with this post to get an idea of my experience installing Atom in openSUSE 13.1.

Install Prerequisites

Build stuff: sudo zypper install make gcc gcc-c++ glibc-devel libgnome-keyring-devel

node.js from Tumbleweed (to keep up with updates):

sudo zypper addrepo http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:languages:nodejs/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/devel:languages:nodejs.repo

sudo zypper refresh

sudo zypper install nodejs

Configure npm to use Python 2: sudo npm config set python /usr/bin/python2 -g

Install git: sudo zypper install git

Get Source, Build, Install

mkdir ~/src && cd ~/src

Get the source: git clone https://github.com/atom/atom

cd ~/src/atom

For some reason you need to re-configure npm to use Python 2. Don’t ask why; it just worked for me and failed if I didn’t: sudo npm config set python /usr/bin/python2 -g

Build: script/build

Install: sudo script/grunt install

Create an atom.desktop file with the following contents: vim ~/.local/share/applications/atom.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Atom
Comment=Atom editor by GitHub
Exec=/usr/local/bin/atom
Icon=/home/cg/.atom/atom.png
Terminal=false

Copy the icon image file to be used in the atom.desktop file: cp ~/src/atom/resources/atom.png ~/.atom

Now you are ready to start using Atom.