Sublime Text 3: How to install plugins from Github

Question

How do I install plugins from github for Sublime Text 3? I am trying to install this. What I have done so far is installing displayfunctions.py into Packages/Display-Functions/displayfunctions.py (I created a new folder Display-Functions in the Packages folder to hold displayfuntions.py). It still doesn't work. How can I fix this?

Answer 1

This installation flow work for any Sublime-Text 2/3 plugins.

• Quit Sublime

• Go to folder Packages:

  • Windows: %APPDATA%\Sublime Text 3\Packages
  • OS X: ~/Library/Application\ Support/Sublime\ Text\ 3/Packages
  • Linux: ~/.config/sublime-text-3/Packages/

• Run: git clone https://github.com/BoundInCode/Display-Functions.git

• Open Sublime and try to use.

Answer 2

In Sublime Text 3, if you already have Package Control, but the package isn't showing up in Install Packages, for instance ChainOfCommand, you need to "Add the Repository" to add the package to Package Control, only then can you install it.

Here's a step-by-step process:

1. In a Web Browser, navigate to your plugin, copy the git url (should end with a .git).

   • for ChainOfCommand, this is https://github.com/jisaacks/ChainOfCommand.git

   

2. In Sublime, Open Package Control

   

3. Select Package Control: Add Repository

   

4. At the bottom of the Sublime window, an input box will appear. Paste the URL. AND REMOVE THE .GIT EXTENSION; hit Enter.

   

   • Now the Repo has been added to Package Control, it's not installed though

5. Open Package Control again (like in step 2).

6. Select Package Control: Install Packages

   

7. Now you should be able to search for, and install the package that had previously been missing, ie ChainOfCommand.

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Alternatively, If you have TortoiseGit, you can do a manual install:

1. Similar to above, go copy the URL (include .git this time).

2. In Sublime, go to Preferences > Browse Packages (This opens the Packages folder).

   

3. Right-click on an empty space of the folder > Git Clone

   

4. Because the URL is already on your clipboard, it should automatically appear in the URL of the Git Clone Window. Press OK and Voila, Installed.