Lauching Sublime Text From Command Line

Question

After following this tutorial, I cannot launch Sublime Text from command line. How can I fix this?

score 54 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 21 '17 at 07:12

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After following this tutorial and facing the reported problem, I googled it and realised that I had forgot to create a symbolic link.

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

Now the problem is solved :)

edited Jun 21 '17 at 07:12

Bilesh Ganguly

answered Mar 27 '13 at 20:34

sonnuforevis

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I think it would be better to use /usr/local/bin instead of /usr/bin. – lev Jan 26 '15 at 09:17
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Do not do this with current versions of ST3 ... its already baked in – Scott Stensland Oct 17 '15 at 05:10
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Did not occur for me using ST3, had to manually link. No command line options were available otherwise. – gnomed Apr 28 '16 at 18:01
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To launch sublime you need to run subl from the Terminal. – E235 Jan 09 '18 at 10:53

score 42 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 22 '14 at 08:52

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For recent versions of Ubuntu and Sublime Text 3, I'm adding a symlink like this:

sudo ln -s /opt/sublime_text/sublime_text /usr/local/bin/subl

Then I can execute it from terminal like subl myFile.php.

answered Apr 22 '14 at 08:52

Arda

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+1 for using /usr/local/bin instead of /usr/bin. – lev Jan 26 '15 at 09:09
I was trying to open sublime text 3 using sublime file.php. Thanks to point that the correct command is subl. It worked without creating the symlink. – campsjos Mar 22 '17 at 12:50
@lev why is it better to use local? – wotter Apr 20 '19 at 23:42
@wotter check the reply that he linked: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/8656/usr-bin-vs-usr-local-bin-on-linux/8658#8658 – Arda Apr 22 '19 at 11:07

score 8 · Answer 3 · edited Oct 11 '18 at 12:38

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For anyone who is struggling for sublime text 3.

After creating symlink for opening ST3 use :

subl .

dont use:

sublime .

edited Oct 11 '18 at 12:38

abu_bua

answered Oct 11 '18 at 12:13

arjun sah

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 18 '18 at 09:40

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for those who install sublime in Ubuntu Software, just type

sudo ln -s /snap/sublime-text/38/opt/sublime_text/sublime_text /usr/local/bin/subl

answered Nov 18 '18 at 09:40

Morris Tai

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I suggest using the "current" version link, so the command becomes sudo ln -s /snap/sublime-text/current/opt/sublime_text/sublime_text /usr/local/bin/subl – Tom Mar 28 '19 at 07:32
In Mint 20 I found it in "/var/lib/flatpak/app/com.sublimetext.three/current/active/export/bin/com.sublimetext.three" – nick fox Dec 23 '20 at 15:18

score 2 · Answer 5 · edited May 01 '17 at 20:11

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Personally I prefer creating an alias in ~/.bashrc, to avoid having to keep track of symbolic links:

alias subl=/opt/sublime_text/sublime_text

edited May 01 '17 at 20:11

David Foerster

answered May 01 '17 at 18:42

gaterush

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