Add Package Control in Sublime Text 3 through the command line

Question

I am trying to make a script for setting up my development environment automatically in a linux machine. One of this steps is to install Sublime Text 3.

Installing sublime is not a problem, but I would enjoy if I could install the package manager as well.

Is there any way to install the package manager from the command line?

Answer 1

The easiest way is to download https://packagecontrol.io/Package%20Control.sublime-package using wget or curl, and store it in ~/.config/sublime-text-3/Installed Packages. It will then set itself up upon first starting the editor. As a bonus, if you create ~/.config/sublime-text-3/Packages/User/Package Control.sublime-settings and populate it with the packages you want installed, everything should work more-or-less automatically to download and install everything. A restart is generally a good idea, but this is a good way to script the setup of a new development environment. As an example, a minimal ST3 Package Control.sublime-settings file is below, so you can get an idea of how it's set up:

{     "installed_packages":     [         "AutoFileName",         "BracketHighlighter",         "ExportHtml",         "GenerateUUID",         "HexViewer",         "Neon Color Scheme",         "PackageResourceViewer",         "PlistJsonConverter",         "Python Flake8 Lint",         "Python Improved",         "SideBarEnhancements",         "SideBarGit",         "SublimeCodeIntel",         "SublimeREPL",         "Tag",         "Terminal",         "Theme - Soda"     ] } 

Good luck!