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Atom is a fairly easy editor to install on Fedora. To install it merely run:

sudo dnf install -y $(wget -q "https://api.github.com/repos/atom/atom/releases/latest"  -O - | grep "https.*atom.x86_64.rpm" | cut -d '"' -f 4)

This command will determine the latest stable Atom release, download its RPM package and install it with DNF. I have this code snippet in my ~/.bashrc file to check for Atom updates whenever I open up a terminal and install them if available:

function atomup {
  ATOM_INSTALLED_VERSION=$(atom --version | cut -d ':' -f 2 | head -n 1 | sed 's/ //g')
  ATOM_LATEST_VERSION=$(wget -q "https://api.github.com/repos/atom/atom/releases/latest"  -O - | grep -E "https.*atom-amd64.tar.gz" | cut -d '"' -f 4 | cut -d '/' -f 8 | sed 's/v//g')

  if [[ $ATOM_INSTALLED_VERSION < $ATOM_LATEST_VERSION ]]; then
    sudo dnf install -y https://github.com/atom/atom/releases/download/v${ATOM_LATEST_VERSION}/atom.x86_64.rpm
  fi
}

printf "" | zenity --progress --text "Display test" --auto-close 2> /dev/null
if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
  atomup
else
  printf "X display is not available; likely running in a TTY. Update checking will not occur in a terminal session without X display access."
fi

Atom is a fairly easy editor to install on Fedora. To install it merely run:

sudo dnf install -y $(wget -q "https://api.github.com/repos/atom/atom/releases/latest"  -O - | grep "https.*atom.x86_64.rpm" | cut -d '"' -f 4)

This command will determine the latest stable Atom release, download its RPM package and install it with DNF. I have this code snippet in my ~/.bashrc file to check for Atom updates whenever I open up a terminal and install them if available:

function atomup {
  ATOM_INSTALLED_VERSION=$(atom --version | cut -d ':' -f 2 | head -n 1 | sed 's/ //g')
  ATOM_LATEST_VERSION=$(wget -q "https://api.github.com/repos/atom/atom/releases/latest"  -O - | grep -E "https.*atom-amd64.tar.gz" | cut -d '"' -f 4 | cut -d '/' -f 8 | sed 's/v//g')

  if [[ $ATOM_INSTALLED_VERSION < $ATOM_LATEST_VERSION ]]; then
    sudo dnf install -y https://github.com/atom/atom/releases/download/v${ATOM_LATEST_VERSION}/atom.x86_64.rpm
  fi
}

printf "" | zenity --progress --text "Display test" --auto-close 2> /dev/null
if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
  atomup
atomup # atom --version will only return a usable result if it can connect to a display server
else
  printf "X display is not available; likely running in a TTY. Update checking will not occur in a terminal session without X display access."
fi

Atom is a fairly easy editor to install on Fedora. To install it merely run:

sudo dnf install -y $(wget -q "https://api.github.com/repos/atom/atom/releases/latest"  -O - | grep "https.*atom.x86_64.rpm" | cut -d '"' -f 4)

This command will determine the latest stable Atom release, download its RPM package and install it with DNF. I have this code snippet in my ~/.bashrc file to check for Atom updates whenever I open up a terminal and install them if available:

function atomup {
ATOM_INSTALLED_VERSION=$(rpm -qi atom | grep "Version" |   ATOM_INSTALLED_VERSION=$(atom --version | cut -d ':' -f 2 | head -n 1 | sed 's/ //g')
  cut -d ' ' -f 2)
ATOM_LATEST_VERSION=$(wget -q "https://api.github.com/repos/atom/atom/releases/latest"  -O - | grep -E "https.*atom-amd64.tar.gz" | cut -d '"' -f 4 | cut -d '/' -f 8 | sed 's/v//g')

 if [[ $ATOM_INSTALLED_VERSION < $ATOM_LATEST_VERSION ]]; then
   sudo dnf install -y https://github.com/atom/atom/releases/download/v${ATOM_LATEST_VERSION}/atom.x86_64.rpm
  fi
}

printf "" | zenity --progress --text "Display test" --auto-close 2> /dev/null
if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
  atomup # atom --version will only return a usable result if it can connect to a display server
else
  printf "X display is not available; likely running in a TTY. Update checking will not occur in a terminal session without X display access."
fi

Atom is a fairly easy editor to install on Fedora. To install it merely run:

sudo dnf install -y $(wget -q "https://api.github.com/repos/atom/atom/releases/latest"  -O - | grep "https.*atom.x86_64.rpm" | cut -d '"' -f 4)

This command will determine the latest stable Atom release, download its RPM package and install it with DNF. I have this code snippet in my ~/.bashrc file to check for Atom updates whenever I open up a terminal and install them if available:

ATOM_INSTALLED_VERSION=$(rpm -qi atom | grep "Version" |  cut -d ':' -f 2 | cut -d ' ' -f 2)
ATOM_LATEST_VERSION=$(wget -q "https://api.github.com/repos/atom/atom/releases/latest"  -O - | grep -E "https.*atom-amd64.tar.gz" | cut -d '"' -f 4 | cut -d '/' -f 8 | sed 's/v//g')

if [[ $ATOM_INSTALLED_VERSION < $ATOM_LATEST_VERSION ]]; then
  sudo dnf install -y https://github.com/atom/atom/releases/download/v${ATOM_LATEST_VERSION}/atom.x86_64.rpm
fi

Atom is a fairly easy editor to install on Fedora. To install it merely run:

sudo dnf install -y $(wget -q $(curl -sL "https://api.github.com/repos/atom/atom/releases/latest"  -O - | grep "https.*atom.x86_64.rpm" | cut -d '"' -f 4)

This command will determine the latest stable Atom release, download its RPM package and install it with DNF. I have this code snippet in my ~/.bashrc file to check for Atom updates whenever I open up a terminal and install them if available:

ATOM_INSTALLED_VERSION=$(rpm -qi atom | grep "Version" |  cut -d ':' -f 2 | cut -d ' ' -f 2)
ATOM_LATEST_VERSION=$(wget -q ATOM_LATEST_VERSION=$(curl -sL "https://api.github.com/repos/atom/atom/releases/latest"  -O - | grep -E "https.*atom-amd64.tar.gz" | cut -d '"' -f 4 | cut -d '/' -f 8 | sed 's/v//g')

if [[ $ATOM_INSTALLED_VERSION < $ATOM_LATEST_VERSION ]]; then
  sudo dnf install -y https://github.com/atom/atom/releases/download/v${ATOM_LATEST_VERSION}/atom.x86_64.rpm
fi

I also created an article on the Fedora Wiki about Atom.