Atom block-select add-on completely missing?

Question

I had to reinstall Atom and I wanted to install the block-select add-on. After clicking on the install button, this error appears:

npm ERR! code E400
npm ERR! 400 Bad Request - GET https://www.atom.io/api/packages/block-select/versions/1.0.0/tarball

I wanted to report that issue, but the whole GitHub repository is missing too, because this link just returns an 404 https://github.com/radonlab/atom-block-select/

This shouldn't be dependant on the version of atom, but this happens in 1.49 and 1.50

So how can I install block-select, what happened to block-select?

Answer 1

There's an equivalent package called sublime-style-column-selection with 818,425 downloads:

https://atom.io/packages/sublime-style-column-selection

---

Notes:

1. It seems to get stuck installing, but it downloads eventually. The "Install" button might still say "Install" even after it finishes downloading and installing. Check your Packages menu after an attempt.

2. This package uses the Alt key. This collides with Alt's default behavior of selecting the menu bar.

Solution 1: Override this default behavior:

Menu bar --> File --> Keymap...

Add this to keymap.cson:

'.platform-win32, .platform-linux':
  'alt': 'abort!'

Solution 2: Change the key to something else:

Menu bar --> File --> Settings --> Packages --> sublime-style-column-selection --> Select Key

Answer 2

seems like they deleted the repository, try installing a different one will be the only option