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title: The Quickest way to Install Sublime Text 2 in Ubuntu
excerpt: After reading numerous blog posts about how to install Sublime Text 2 in Ubuntu, this is definitely the quickest way!
tags:
  - linux
  - sublime-text
  - ubuntu
---
After reading numerous blog posts about how to install [Sublime Text 2](http://www.sublimetext.com/2 "Sublime Text 2") in [Ubuntu](http://www.ubuntu.com/2 "Ubuntu"), this is definitely the quickest way!

Just paste the following lines into your Terminal:

```language-bash
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/sublime-text-2
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install sublime-text
```

After running this, Sublime Text 2 has been installed within the */usr/lib/sublime-text-2* directory and can be launched from the Dashboard, or by typing `subl`, `sublime-text` or `sublime-text-2` into a Terminal window.
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			`- sublime-text`
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More excerpts 2015-06-18 07:58:56 +00:00			`After reading numerous blog posts about how to install [Sublime Text 2](http://www.sublimetext.com/2 "Sublime Text 2") in [Ubuntu](http://www.ubuntu.com/2 "Ubuntu"), this is definitely the quickest way!`

Remove duplicate content from posts 2018-02-27 21:36:41 +00:00			`Just paste the following lines into your Terminal:`
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Use prism for code syntax highlighting 2017-03-16 08:09:52 +00:00			```language-bash
			`$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/sublime-text-2`
			`$ sudo apt-get update`
			`$ sudo apt-get install sublime-text`
			```
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Spaces 2015-06-14 02:27:41 +00:00			After running this, Sublime Text 2 has been installed within the /usr/lib/sublime-text-2 directory and can be launched from the Dashboard, or by typing `subl`, `sublime-text` or `sublime-text-2` into a Terminal window.