Atom is a hackable text editor for the 21st Century. Atom is a free and open-source text and source code editor for macOS, Linux, and Microsoft Windows with support for plug-ins written in JavaScript, and embedded Git Control. Developed by GitHub, Atom is a desktop application built using web technologies.
In this guide we are going to install Atom in Fedora 35.
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Prerequisites
To follow along, ensure that you have the following:
- Up to date Fedora 35 Workstation
- Root access or User with sudo access on the server
Table of Content
- Ensuring that Fedora 35 Workstation is up to date
- Installing Atom
- Launching Atom
1. Ensuring that Fedora 35 Workstation is up to date
Before proceeding let us ensure that our workstation is up to date. Use this command to achieve this:
sudo dnf update
2. Installing Atom
Adding official package repository to your system by running the following commands:
sudo rpm --import https://packagecloud.io/AtomEditor/atom/gpgkey
sudo sh -c 'echo -e "[Atom]\nname=Atom Editor\nbaseurl=https://packagecloud.io/AtomEditor/atom/el/7/\$basearch\nenabled=1\ngpgcheck=0\nrepo_gpgcheck=1\ngpgkey=https://packagecloud.io/AtomEditor/atom/gpgkey" > /etc/yum.repos.d/atom.repo'
Now update the package cache and install the package using dnf
dnf check-update
sudo dnf install -y atom
Alternatively, you can download the Atom .rpm package and install it directly:
sudo dnf install -y atom.x86_64.rpm
3. Launching atom
To launch Atom, search from activities menu.

Once you click on the icon, the Atom text editor will be launched. You will see a start page similar to this:

You can then install the plugins to extend Atom functionality.
Conclusion
We managed to install Atom text editor in a Fedora 35 Workstation in this guide.
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