Step 1

Download Sublime Text 2 from their download location. To download it please type the following command :

sudo wget http://c758482.r82.cf2.rackcdn.com/Sublime%20Text%202.0.2.tar.bz2

Step 2

After downloading Sublime Text 2 you’ll need to extract the .tar.bz2 file. To extract tar.bz2 type the following command :

tar xf Sublime Text 2.0.1 x64.tar.bz2

Now you will get a extracted directory with all the files needed to run Sublime Text 2. So it’s better to move this directory to another appropriate place. To move this folder

sudo mv Sublime Text 2 /opt/

If you want to write sublime command only to run Sublime Text 2 then you need to link the file by typing the following command :

sudo ln -s /opt/Sublime Text 2/sublime_text /usr/bin/sublime

Now to create luncher in Ubuntu Unity we just need to create sublime.desktop file in /usr/share/applications with the following snippet :

Create sublime.desktop file by typing the following command :

sudo sublime /usr/share/applications/sublime.desktop

Then write the following code in newly created blank text file.

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Sublime Text 2
# Only KDE 4 seems to use GenericName, so we reuse the KDE strings.
# From Ubuntu's language-pack-kde-XX-base packages, version 9.04-20090413.
GenericName=Text Editor

Exec=sublime
Terminal=false
Icon=/opt/Sublime Text 2/Icon/48x48/sublime_text.png
Type=Application
Categories=TextEditor;IDE;Development
X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts=NewWindow

[NewWindow Shortcut Group]
Name=New Window
Exec=sublime -n
TargetEnvironment=Unity

Save this file and restart your terminal. And type the following command to run sublime.

sudo sublime

Now enjoy the power of the world’s most popular editor for programmers. Happy coding!