Deprecation notice: As of December 2017, Atom provides official repositories for all major Linux distributions [source]. You can find the latest installation instructions here.

Atom Updater Linux

Be notified of updates to Atom and install without leaving the editor.

Installation

apm install atom-updater-linux

Dependencies

• RPM / DPKG based Linux distribution
• pkexec

Configuration

Beta releases: Toggle between checking for stable and beta versions.

Check on startup: Check for updates to Atom at launch.

Package Type: Choose package type (Auto detect, .deb or .rpm).

Manually check for updates

Keyboard shortcut

ctrl + alt + u

Atom menu

Help -> Check for updates