Installing Sublime Text 2 in linux without root access

install_sublime2.md

Grab the tarball

• for 32bit: wget http://c758482.r82.cf2.rackcdn.com/Sublime%20Text%202.0.2.tar.bz2
• for 64bit: wget http://c758482.r82.cf2.rackcdn.com/Sublime%20Text%202.0.2%20x64.tar.bz2 [ Note ]: Sublime text 3(untested): https://download.sublimetext.com/sublime_text_3_build_3143_x64.tar.bz2

Create your personal apps folder

mkdir ~/apps

Extract sublime text into your apps folder

tar -xvzf Sublime*.tar.bz2 -C ~/apps/

Create ~/bin

mkdir ~/bin

Put a link into ~/bin

ln -s ~/apps/Sublime\ Text\ 2/sublime_text ~/bin/sublime

Create a menu shortcut

echo "[Desktop Entry]" >> ~/.local/share/applications/sublime-text-2.desktop
echo "Name=Sublime Text 2" >> ~/.local/share/applications/sublime-text-2.desktop
echo "Comment=Edit text files" >> ~/.local/share/applications/sublime-text-2.desktop
echo "Exec=${HOME}/bin/sublime" >> ~/.local/share/applications/sublime-text-2.desktop
echo "Icon=${HOME}/apps/Sublime\ Text\ 2/Icon/128x128/sublime_text.png" >> ~/.local/share/applications/sublime-text-2.desktop
echo "Terminal=false" >> ~/.local/share/applications/sublime-text-2.desktop
echo "Type=Application" >> ~/.local/share/applications/sublime-text-2.desktop
echo "Encoding=UTF-8" >> ~/.local/share/applications/sublime-text-2.desktop
echo "Categories=Utility;TextEditor;" >> ~/.local/share/applications/sublime-text-2.desktop
echo "MimeType=text/plain;" >> ~/.local/share/applications/sublime-text-2.desktop