How to update Sublime Text 2 on Ubuntu 12.04?

Question

I'm trying to update Sublime Text 2 on Ubuntu 12.04 and I'm using the webupd8team repository, but my old install of Sublime is not getting overwritten. So I end up with Sublime Text 2.0.1 and 2.0.2 installed. When I run sudo apt-get remove sublime-text* it only uninstalls the 2.0.2 version. How can I either uninstall the 2.0.1 version or update so that it overwrites it with 2.0.2? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

I also ran across this issue and found a 3rd party repo. This updated and installed the newest version of sublimetext 2.0.2 flawlessly. I am posting the directions here but please take the time to read all the documentation as things might have changed since this post.

http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/ppa/sublime

Check your ubuntu version first. This repository is ONLY for: Natty Oneiric Precise Quantal Raring

lsb_release -a

To install this PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/sublime-text-2 
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sublime-text

Answer 2

There is a PPA for Sublime Text 2:

https://launchpad.net/~webupd8team/+archive/sublime-text-2

But remember, that you will be integrating a new third-party-repository into your system.

Answer 3

This is what I experienced, I had also installed Sublime with the webup8team ppa. Pre "Build 2221", the ppa installed sublime text at: /usr/lib/sublime-text-2/, it then added a bash file launcher: /usr/bin/sublime-text to start Sublime. I recently updated Sublime to "Build 2221". It was installed at /opt/sublime_text_2/ . However, the launcher was not updated to point to the new location. Which is probably the discrepancy you have experienced. Here is how I fixed on my setup:

Edit the bash file launchers (I'm not sure which one is the right one for you, so edit both to be safe)

gedit /usr/bin/sublime-text
gedit /usr/bin/subl

Update the location

#!/bin/bash

/opt/sublime_text_2/sublime_text --class=sublime-text-2 "$@"