How To Install Sublime Text on Rocky Linux 9

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Sublime Text on Rocky Linux 9. For those of you who didn’t know,  Sublime Text is a sophisticated text editor for code, markup, and prose that is loved by developers across Linux distributions. With its slick user interface, extraordinary features like multi-cursor editing, and split-screen functionality, Sublime Text enhances productivity for programmers.

This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you the step-by-step installation of the Sublime Text on Rocky Linux 9 or RHEL-based.

Prerequisites

• A server running one of the following operating systems: Rocky Linux 9.
• It’s recommended that you use a fresh OS install to prevent any potential issues.
• SSH access to the server (or just open Terminal if you’re on a desktop).
• An active internet connection. You’ll need an internet connection to download the necessary packages and dependencies for Sublime Text.
• A non-root sudo user or access to the root user. We recommend acting as a non-root sudo user, however, as you can harm your system if you’re not careful when acting as the root.

Install Sublime Text on Rocky Linux 9

Step 1. Before we begin, ensure that your system packages are up-to-date. You can do this by running the following command:

sudo dnf update

Step 2. Installing Sublime Text on Rocky Linux 9.

The next step is to import the GPG Key for Sublime Text 4. This key is used to verify the authenticity of the software package. Run the following command to import the GPG Key:

sudo rpm -v --import https://download.sublimetext.com/sublimehq-rpm-pub.gpg

This command will download the GPG key from the Sublime Text website and add it to your system.

After importing the GPG Key, you need to add the Sublime Text repository to your system. This repository contains the software package for Sublime Text 4. Run the following command to add the repository:

sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://download.sublimetext.com/rpm/stable/x86_64/sublime-text.repo

This command will add the stable repository for Sublime Text 4 to your system.

Now that you have added the necessary GPG Key and repository, you can proceed to install Sublime Text 4. Run the following command to install Sublime Text 4:

sudo dnf install sublime-text

This command will download and install Sublime Text 4 from the repository you added earlier.

To verify the installation was successful, check the installed version of Sublime Text:

subl -v

Step 3. Launch Sublime Text 4 on Rocky Linux.

After the installation is complete, you can launch Sublime Text 4 by running the following command:

subl

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Sublime Text. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing the Sublime Text on your Rocky Linux 9 system. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you check the official Sublime Text website.