[SOLVED] How to run Sublimetext3 after installing deb package?

linux_user · 2017-01-06 14:32:43

I downloaded and installed the deb package using the package installer. All went well. However I am not sure how to run it.

I can't find sublime text in dmenu neither can I find it main menu.

Last edited by linux_user (2017-01-07 14:56:33)

damo · 2017-01-06 16:29:28

Search for the executable in /usr/bin (probably);

See which files were installed with

dpkg -L subli<tab>

Search in the terminal with "which", "apropos" etc (use tab completion);

Use tab completion with dmenu;

etc

linux_user · 2017-01-06 16:52:18

damo wrote:

Search for the executable in /usr/bin (probably);
See which files were installed with
dpkg -L subli<tab>
Search in the terminal with "which", "apropos" etc (use tab completion);
Use tab completion with dmenu;
etc

Nothing in /usr/bin, however after searching with sudo dpkg -L subli tab completions (results below), found the excutable on /opt/

toor@linux:~$ sudo dpkg -L sublime-text 
/.
/usr
/usr/share
/usr/share/icons
/usr/share/icons/hicolor
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/sublime-text.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/sublime-text.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/sublime-text.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/sublime-text.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/sublime-text.png
/usr/share/applications
/usr/share/applications/sublime_text.desktop
/usr/bin
/usr/bin/subl
/opt
/opt/sublime_text
/opt/sublime_text/Packages
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/Pascal.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/Matlab.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/Go.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/Graphviz.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/Haskell.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/Clojure.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/TCL.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/C++.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/C#.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/Textile.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/Text.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/XML.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/D.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/Lisp.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/Objective-C.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/Vintage.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/Groovy.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/Theme - Default.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/LaTeX.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/Color Scheme - Default.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/Python.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/R.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/PHP.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/ActionScript.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/OCaml.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/Language - English.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/Rails.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/Regular Expressions.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/Erlang.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/Batch File.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/Markdown.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/ASP.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/Perl.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/Ruby.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/Makefile.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/Default.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/Scala.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/YAML.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/JavaScript.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/ShellScript.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/Lua.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/Diff.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/RestructuredText.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/SQL.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/CSS.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/Rust.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/Java.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/AppleScript.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/Packages/HTML.sublime-package
/opt/sublime_text/changelog.txt
/opt/sublime_text/sublime_text
/opt/sublime_text/python3.3.zip
/opt/sublime_text/plugin_host
/opt/sublime_text/crash_reporter
/opt/sublime_text/Icon
/opt/sublime_text/Icon/16x16
/opt/sublime_text/Icon/16x16/sublime-text.png
/opt/sublime_text/Icon/32x32
/opt/sublime_text/Icon/32x32/sublime-text.png
/opt/sublime_text/Icon/128x128
/opt/sublime_text/Icon/128x128/sublime-text.png
/opt/sublime_text/Icon/48x48
/opt/sublime_text/Icon/48x48/sublime-text.png
/opt/sublime_text/Icon/256x256
/opt/sublime_text/Icon/256x256/sublime-text.png
/opt/sublime_text/sublime.py
/opt/sublime_text/sublime_plugin.py
toor@linux:~$

Also notice that subl is the keyword to run sublime text 3 from gmrun and dmenu.

iMBeCil · 2017-01-06 18:02:13

^Although you marked it solved, I will emphasize that the output of the command you issued includes '/usr/bin/subl', which means exactly that what you have found out yourself: entering 'subl' in gmrun or dmenu or terminal will run Sublime 3. (Just tried it in BL in VBox.)

linux_user · 2017-01-06 18:27:27

iMBeCil wrote:

^Although you marked it solved, I will emphasize that the output of the command you issued includes '/usr/bin/subl', which means exactly that what you have found out yourself: entering 'subl' in gmrun or dmenu or terminal will run Sublime 3. (Just tried it in BL in VBox.)

After I noticed it in the output, I went to the folder and saw it myself, however it wasn't an executable file. It was shown as a shell script. Didn't know what it was. Anyway, thanks for your post; that's the keyword.

In my case, I figured the keyword subl using the tab completion method. In fact, I never knew this tab completion technique. Tried it first after damo's previous post.

Last edited by linux_user (2017-01-06 18:27:55)

damo · 2017-01-06 18:41:24

...
After I noticed it in the output, I went to the folder and saw it myself, however it wasn't an executable file. It was shown as a shell script. Didn't know what it was. Anyway, thanks for your post; that's the keyword.
In my case, I figured the keyword subl using the tab completion method. In fact, I never knew this tab completion technique. Tried it first after damo's previous post.

A shell script can be an executable file, as can python, perl etc scripts. A bin file can also be executable, but isn't human-readable.

I wouldn't be surprised if you find that "/usr/bin/subl" contains a run command for "/opt/sublime_text/sublime.py", in which case running that script directly may also start your application.

linux_user · 2017-01-06 18:46:40

damo wrote:

A shell script can be an executable file, as can python, perl etc scripts. A bin file can also be executable, but isn't human-readable.
I wouldn't be surprised if you find that "/usr/bin/subl" contains a run command for "/opt/sublime_text/sublime.py", in which case running that script directly may also start your application.

Indeed you're right!
The shell script is executable and it opens up SublimeText.

Opening the script in a text editor shows the following,

#!/bin/sh
exec /opt/sublime_text/sublime_text "$@"

So all these scripts are available to be run using the gmrun or dmenu. New thing learnt. Thanks!

Last edited by linux_user (2017-01-06 18:49:20)

damo · 2017-01-06 18:50:02

....
So all these scripts are available to be run using the gmrun or dmenu. New thing learnt. Thanks!

As long as the scripts are in your $PATH they will be picked up by the various run methods ( /usr/bin, /bin, ~/bin etc). The sublime text configuration process has placed that wrapper script in your path, because it knows that it can be executed.

Last edited by damo (2017-01-06 18:52:02)

linux_user · 2017-01-06 18:52:54

damo wrote:

As long as the scripts are in your $PATH they will be picked up by the various run methods ( /usr/bin, /bin, ~/bin etc). The sublime text configuration process has placed that wrapper script in your path, because it knows that it can be executed.

Understood...

mrneilypops · 2017-01-06 20:02:33

sudo ln -s /opt/sublime_text_3/sublime_text /usr/bin/sublime

linux_user · 2017-01-07 06:25:12

mrneilypops wrote:

sudo ln -s /opt/sublime_text_3/sublime_text /usr/bin/sublime

What does this do?

damo · 2017-01-07 07:18:12

mrneilypops wrote:
sudo ln -s /opt/sublime_text_3/sublime_text /usr/bin/sublime
What does this do?

It is making a symlink - read the documentation:

man ln

linux_user · 2017-01-07 07:24:06

damo wrote:

It is making a symlink - read the documentation:
man ln

Charming... I read the manual, however it doesn't clarify what I see after executing the command.

I created the symlink.. Gmrun says sublime is a unique keyword (a new development) however executing sublime in gmrun shows the error,

Error: No such file or directory

Sublime command not found in terminal as well as dmenu.

Update:
Found out why! The path of sublime text in my system is different; /opt/sublime_text/sublime_text Corrected it!

Last edited by linux_user (2017-01-07 07:43:15)

Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-01-07 11:16:30

Maybe make the symlink to ~/bin instead?

ln -s /opt/sublime_text_3/sublime_text ~/bin/sublime

No `sudo` required for that

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle … _privilege

linux_user · 2017-01-07 11:24:02

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

Maybe make the symlink to ~/bin instead?

Any specific advantage? Is it something like that shortcut (symlink) will be only available to current user?

Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-01-07 11:31:01

linux_user wrote:

Any specific advantage?

The thought of system-level symlinks makes my toes curl

But seriously, I think a user-level alteration makes more sense and is less likely to b0rk things in the event of a typo

It's more a matter a general principle really.

linux_user · 2017-01-07 11:56:06

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

The thought of system-level symlinks makes my toes curl
But seriously, I think a user-level alteration makes more sense and is less likely to b0rk things in the event of a typo
It's more a matter a general principle really.

Well, it does makes sense...

#1 2017-01-06 14:32:43

[SOLVED] How to run Sublimetext3 after installing deb package?

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