How to Install Komodo Edit on Ubuntu 18.04 Desktop
This tutorial explains how to install Komodo Edit on Ubuntu 18.04. Komodo Edit is a programming text editor and available free for Ubuntu and other Linux operating systems.
Perform the following steps to Install Komodo Edit on Ubuntu 18.04:
Download Komodo Edit for Ubuntu – Go to the Komodo edit download page and download the Linux Package.
![Download Komodo Edit for Ubuntu 18.04](https://storage.googleapis.com/ubuntu-18/images/download-komodo-edit-ubuntu.png)
Extract the tar archive file – After the download is finished, extract the tar file.
tar -zxvf Komodo-Edit-11.1.0-18196-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
Run the installer – Then, cd into the extracted folder and execute the install.sh script to install Komodo edit:
cd Komodo-Edit-11.1.0-18196-linux-x86_64/
sudo ./install.sh -I /opt/KomodoEdit
After the installation process is complete, add “komodo” to your PATH variable.
First open the .bashrc file in a text editor:
gedit ~/.bashrc
Add following to the bashrc file:
export PATH="/opt/KomodoEdit/bin:$PATH"
Save and reload the bashrc:
source ~/.bashrc
Create desktop launcher for Komodo Edit
To add desktop shortcut, create a text file called “komodo-edit.desktop” on your desktop and add following configuration:
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Komodo Edit 11
GenericName=Editor
Comment=Free multi-platform editor that makes it easy to write quality code.
Exec="/opt/KomodoEdit/lib/mozilla/komodo" %F
Icon=/opt/KomodoEdit/share/icons/komodo48.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
MimeType=text/plain;
Categories=ActiveState;Application;Development;Editor;Utility;TextEditor;
Next, right click on the desktop file, Go to Properties > Permissions and check: “Allow executing file as program”.
![Create desktop launcher for Ubuntu Komodo Edit](https://storage.googleapis.com/ubuntu-18/images/komodo-edit-desktop-launcher.jpg)
After that, double click to open the desktop file and click “Trust and Launch”.
![How to Install Komodo Edit on Ubuntu 18.04 Desktop](https://storage.googleapis.com/ubuntu-18/images/install-komodo-edit-ubuntu-18.jpg)
You can use Komodo Edit on Ubuntu to develop applications using different programming languages (e.g. PHP, HTML5, JavaScript, Perl, Python, Go and etc.).