Atom is an editor for the 21st century. Created by Github with love, Atom is a modular, advanced, hackable editor for programmers. We all know Editor play’s very important to keep developers like you productive.

To install atom editor in your Ubuntu system, you can visit the official web-site here to download the Atom editor for Mac, Windows and Linux.

Just click on the Download button and open it with the Ubuntu software manager.

if you are a command-line person, you can install Atom by following the steps shown below.

To download and install Atom in Ubuntu you have to type the following command one by one in your terminal.

Step 1 : Add repository from official Atom Site

Press Enter if it ask your permission.

Step 2 : Update the Ubuntu System

It will take some time. Be patient.

Step 3 : Install Atom Editor

It will download and install the Atom editor on your Ubuntu 14.04. Here is screen shot of Atom running in Ubuntu.

You can then install extensions to enhance the functionalities of Atom editor. Here are top 5 packages you should consider to install in Atom.