How to Install Komodo Edit on Ubuntu Linux

Komodo is one of the most widely used programming-language editor software. It is available in two variations: Komodo Edit and Komodo IDE. Komodo Edit is free for personal use. It contains all the essential features for creating and editing programming files. This tutorial explains how to download and install it on Ubuntu.

Komodo IDE is the paid version of Komodo Edit. In addition to all the features of Komodo Edit, it also contains several advanced features. The following webpage lists all the differences between Komodo IDE and Komodo Edit.

https://www.activestate.com/products/komodo-ide/features/

Getting Komodo Edit

Komodo Edit is proprietary software. Ubuntu does not include and distribute proprietary software from its official repositories. The apt-get command and Software Center install software only from official repositories. Since Komodo Edit is not available on any official repository, you can not use the native software management tools to install it. You must manually download and install it.

Downloading Komodo Edit for Ubuntu

The following webpage provides the latest stable version of Komodo Edit.

https://downloads.activestate.com/Komodo/releases/12.0.1/index.html

This page provides download options for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Download the Linux installer package file (Linux x86_64).

Extracting the zipped file

The download link provides the installation package in the zipped format. You cannot install a package in the zipped format. You need to extract the package first. Once downloading is finished, open the folder which contains the downloaded installer file.

Open a terminal and set the current directory to the download folder. Pressing the ALT+CTRL+T keys opens a terminal in the current directory. You can also use the Right-Click context menu to open a terminal in the current directory.

The following command extracts the package from the downloaded file.

$tar -xzvf [downloaded file name]

Switch the current directory to the extracted directory.

Installing Komodo

The extracted directory contains a script file named install.sh. To install Komodo, you have to execute this script. The following command executes it.

$sudo ./install.sh

Type your login password to authenticate the installation.

By default, this script installs Komodo in the user's home directory. To install it in another directory, when asked, type the path of that directory and press the Enter key. To install Komodo in the home directory, press the Enter key.

For example, to install the Komodo Edit in the directory /opt/Komodo, when asked, type /opt/Komodo and press the Enter key.

It starts the installation process. Usually, the installation process takes less than a minute to install the Komodo.

Starting Komodo

You can start it from the Dash (Application launcher). To start it, click Dash and search the keyword Komodo in the search box of the opened window. From the search results, click Komodo.

At the first run, Komodo prompts the user to customize the appearance. You can access these options later again from the main screen of Komodo.

Select the applicable options and press the Enter key to start the Komodo.

Conclusion

Komodo Edit is one of the most commonly used language editor software. The official Ubuntu repositories do not distribute it. In this tutorial, I explained how to download and install it on Ubuntu.