Remarks#

To troubleshoot errors that occur with building from source, please view the build documents.

Installing Atom on Windows

Using the official installer

Download the installer from the official website. It will automatically add atom and apm (Atom Package Manager) to your %PATH% variable.

Building from source

Requirements:

• Node.js 4.4.x or later
• Python 2.7.x
• 7zip
• Visual Studio (One of the versions below)
  • Visual C++ Build Tools 2015
  • Visual Studio 2013 Update 5 (Express Edition or better)
  • Visual Studio 2015 (Community Edition or better)
• Git

Run the following commmands into Command Prompt:

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

Installing Atom on Mac

Installing from a zip

1. Download the atom-mac.zip zip file from the Atom GitHub repository here
2. Unzip the file by double clicking on it in Finder
3. Drag the Atom application into your “Applications” folder
4. Run the Atom application.

Building from Source

Requirements:

• macOS 10.8 or higher
• Node.js 4.4x or later
• npm 3.10.x or later
• Xcode

Installation:

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

After building, install with script/build --install

Installing Atom on Linux

Installing from a package

Debian, Ubuntu, etc.

$ sudo dpkg -i atom-amd64.deb
$ sudo apt-get -f install

RedHat Enterprise, CentOS, Oracle Linux, Scientific Linux, etc.

$ sudo yum install -y atom.x86_64.rpm

Fedora (DNF package manager)

$ sudo dnf install -y atom.x86_64.rpm

SUSE (Zypp package manager)

$ sudo zypper in -y atom.x86_64.rpm

Building from Source

Requirements:

• OS with 64 or 32 bit architecture
• C++ 11 toolchain
• Git
• Node.js 4.4x or later
• npm 3.10.x or later
• GNOME Keyring Development headers

Run the following commands:

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

For specific instructions related to a single Linux distro, read these instructions.