Permission denied error when trying to run Atom

Question

Below is the error I get when I try to run Atom after following this guide:

How do you launched atom? This screen is Inspect Element from Google-chrome, not atom itself — Redbob, Oct 12 '17 at 02:07
I tried running it by clicking the icon and it gave me that. When I go 'sudo atom' on the terminal it actually runs. Is there a way I can fix this? — NotThatGood, Oct 12 '17 at 04:32
You've likely made your .atom directory unwriteable by running it with sudo - see Why should users never use normal sudo to start graphical applications? — steeldriver, Oct 12 '17 at 11:35

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 12 '17 at 19:13

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To solve this issue, you need to revert permissions to .atom config folder:

sudo chown <user>:<user> /home/<user>/.atom -hR

Seeing your image, I presume it's

sudo chown k:k /home/k/.atom -hR

If this doesn't solve it, I suggest you reinstall Atom using the deb package directly downloaded from Atom site (that's how I installed in my computer):

sudo dpkg -i atom-amd64.deb
sudo apt-get -f install

The last line is to install dependencies.

edited Oct 12 '17 at 19:13

Zanna

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answered Oct 12 '17 at 12:37

Redbob

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Hey Redbob, thanks for the solution. sudo chown k:k /home/k/.atom -hR worked. :) – NotThatGood Oct 12 '17 at 14:54
In my case using deb package was a solution. Thanks! – barmic Feb 01 '19 at 15:33

Permission denied error when trying to run Atom

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