Install via the Package Manager(apt-get): Simply add to your packages: For Sublime-Text-2: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/sublime-text-2 sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install sublime-text For Sublime-Text-3: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/sublime-text-3 sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install sublime-text-installer Install Manually via Terminal: Download from the Sublime Site: 32-bit: wget http://c758482.r82.cf2.rackcdn.com/Sublime\ Text\ 2.0.2.tar.bz2 tar vxjf Sublime\ Text\ 2.0.2.tar.bz2 64-bit: wget http://c758482.r82.cf2.rackcdn.com/Sublime\ Text\ 2.0.2\ x64.tar.bz2 tar vxjf Sublime\ Text\ 2.0.2\ x64.tar.bz2 For Both: sudo mv Sublime\ Text\ 2 /opt/ sudo ln -s /opt/Sublime\ Text\ 2/sublime_text /usr/bin/sublime Source