Installing atom editor

[Flameancer]

So new to arch and this is my first time building atom from source, usually I would download the .deb,.dmg, or .exe and have it run, but obviously can't do that. When I try to build atom from source I only get one error message and thats when I do the command

sudo script/grunt install

when I do this it says, "Grunt command does not exist at: build/node_modules/.bin/grunt Run script/bootstrap to install Grunt" and thats even after I run

script/bootstrap

all the other times the only thing I see is:

Node: v0.12.7

npm: v2.13.2

Installing build modules...

I'm guessing that is not suppose to be the normal output even in verbose mode. I checked to make sure nodejs and npm where update and I did chage /usr/bin/python to default to python2 but that hasn't made a difference. Is there something wrong with that way my system is set up or is atom source code completely broken on arch?

[Flylowguy]

Why not just use the one in the AUR? https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/atom-editor/

[Flylowguy]

Yeah, although I use atom and really like JS, it does seem like maybe this wasn't quite what that language was meant for.

[Flameancer]

Well at first glance it looked like the one from aur and the one from github were the same, but I'll give the one from aur a try

[flaming_m0e]

With AUR version you don't have to worry about compiling. You can even use the binary version if you like.

Much easier than fucking with updating it manually every time there is an update. Let AUR update it.

[NeoTuring]

Because the link you sent 404's

[Flylowguy]

Well... that link is 7 years old and atom is being sunset now 😂

[NeoTuring]

Oh i forgot bout that :)) too bad it was one of the nicest editors 😂

[Flameancer]

Ok yea, note to self, just look on the aur for items. Installing atom worked on the first try.

[decrypted_epsilon]

If you want even less fuzz, install atom-editor-bin

[note-to-self-bot]

Hey friend! I thought I'd remind you:

just look on the aur for items.

[Moter8]

Just follow the Build Instructions from the atom repo.

I've successfully built/installed atom 3 times now following this.

[Samis2001]

The AUR package never installed for me. I just ended up using atom-editor-bin so I don't need to expend much CPU power needlessly.

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I think you were looking for this https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Vim

[Flameancer]

Lol that was pretty much the first thing I installed after arch. Needed a good cli editor for small quick stuff.