sublime_linux_installer.sh

#!/bin/bash

case "$(uname -i)" in
    ('i386')
        dl=`wget http://www.sublimetext.com/2 -O - |& grep '<li id="dl_linux_32">' | grep -Eo 'http://[^"]*'`
        file="$(echo $dl | sed 's/.*\///')"
        ;;
    ('x86_64')
        dl=`wget http://www.sublimetext.com/2 -O - |& grep '<li id="dl_linux_64">' | grep -Eo 'http://[^"]*'`
        file="$(echo $dl | sed 's/.*\///')"
        ;;
esac

# Download and extract Sublime Text 2
if [ -d "$HOME/Ubuntu One" ]; then
    cd "$HOME/Ubuntu One"
    if [ ! -d "$HOME/Ubuntu One/Sublime Text 2" ]; then
        wget "$dl" && tar xf "$file" && rm "$file"
    fi
    target="$HOME/Ubuntu One/Sublime Text 2"
else
    cd $HOME
    if [ ! -d "$HOME/Sublime Text 2" ]; then
        wget "$dl" && tar xf "$file" && rm "$file"
    fi
    target="$HOME/Sublime Text 2"
fi

# Create desktop file
if [ ! -f "$HOME/.local/share/applications/sublime.desktop" ]; then
    mkdir -p "$HOME/.local/share/applications"
    cat > "$HOME/.local/share/applications/sublime.desktop" <<ENDLINE
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Sublime Text 2
Comment=Sublime Text is a sophisticated text editor for code, markup and prose. You'll love the slick user interface, extraordinary features and amazing performance.
Exec="$target/sublime_text"
Categories=Development;
Icon=$target/Icon/256x256/sublime_text.png
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=true
ENDLINE
fi

# Create symbolic link
if [ ! -f "$HOME/.local/bin/subl" ]; then
    mkdir -p "$HOME/.local/bin"
    ln -s "$target/sublime_text" $HOME/.local/bin/subl                                                                                                                
    if ! grep "$HOME/.local/bin" $HOME/.profile > /dev/null 2>&1; then
        cat >> $HOME/.profile <<ENDLINE

if [ -d "\$HOME/.local/bin" ] ; then
    PATH="\$PATH:\$HOME/.local/bin"
fi
ENDLINE
    fi
fi

Quick Installation:

wget https://gist.github.com/raw/4351118/d77ea07caad30618c6594f126a0b716436bd23a3/sublime_linux_installer.sh -O - | bash -

Hi all,

I made another tool at http://fourdollars.github.com/quick/ to install Sublime Text 2.

$ quick update && quick install sublime-text