Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Komodo Edit is an IDE for coding in various web languages: Python, PHP, Ruby, Perl, HTML, CSS and JavaScript. The latest version available is Komodo Edit 8.5, which has been released a few hours ago. It brings both bugfixes and new features. For more information, see the official release notes.
In this article I will show you how to install Komodo Edit 8.5 on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander, Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 16 Petra, Linux Mint 14 Nadia, Linux Mint 13 Maya and Elementary OS 0.2 Luna.
Because it is available via PPA, installing Komodo Edit 8.5 on the listed Ubuntu, Linux Mint and Elementary OS systems is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the komodo-edit package. Like this:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mystic-mirage/komodo-edit
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install komodo-edit
Optional, to remove komodo-edit, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove komodo-edit
Or, you can disable the PPA, remove komodo-edit and downgrade all the packages updated via that PPA, do:
$ sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
$ sudo ppa-purge ppa:mystic-mirage/komodo-edit