This will install and setup sublime (in /opt) and make it available via the 's' link (kept in /usr/local/bin)
Just type s on command line to open Sublime Text from then on!
First, (from a browser in your target Linux OS) go here: http://sublimetext.com (<-- click this link) and THEN right-click the <Download for Linux> button, and choose: Copy Link Location ... so you have the latest/greatest for your Linux OS.
Now in a terminal (ctrl-alt T, in Ubuntu), execute the following:
cd /opt
sudo wget double_click_this_text_and_paste_link_here
Then 'tab complete' the below pressing tab after the 'S' to get path to Sublime Text, then create your link to 's'... voila!
sudo tar vxjf S
sudo ln -s /opt/Sublime\ Text\ 2/sublime_text /usr/local/bin/s
May have to tab-complete the last line above, if it isn't named 'Sublime Text 2' anymore...
Be sure to include full path to original file you're linking, i.e. /opt/... (even though you're already in /opt, the path has to be absolute)
For instance, for the 64-bit version (installing on Ubuntu 12.04.1 amd64), I did:
cd /opt
sudo wget http://c758482.r82.cf2.rackcdn.com/Sublime%20Text%202.0.1%20x64.tar.bz2
sudo tar vxjf Sublime\ Text\ 2.0.1\ x64.tar.bz2
sudo ln -s /opt/Sublime\ Text\ 2/sublime_text /usr/local/bin/s