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21,999 PointsCan't use Sublime Text 2 from Mac terminal
Hi, I'm trying to follow the instructions from here.
So I typed the following in terminal:
ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" ~/bin/subl
Terminal tells me:
ln: /Users/2013/bin/subl: File exists
I then type:
subl --help
And it responds with:
-bash: subl: command not found
I tried a few things before the above steps and I'm not sure if what I tried is causing the above to not work. Here's what I did:
At first I was following the wrong docs and was running this command instead:
ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" ~/bin/subl
I also did this:
mkdir ~/bin
because it was giving me a no such file or directory error- I think it went like this:
/Users/User/bin/subl: No such file or directory
I think I tried all the suggestions here.
I also tried Dustinβs code from here, which was this:
sudo ln -s /Applications/Sublime\ Text\ 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl /usr/bin/sublime
I'm not sure what else to try. Can anyone help please?
2 Answers
Jenny Swift
21,999 PointsI followed this tutorial and it worked! :)
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 PointsI wonder if there's a reason why you're still using Sublime 2 but not 3?
Jenny Swift
21,999 PointsI thought version 3 was still unstable, and learning new versions can take time, and I've been busy learning other technologies at Treehouse, and version 2 has been working wonderfully for me. Should I be upgrading in a hurry?
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points3 has been extremely stable. Also, no major change you'd notice upgrading from 2 to 3, aside from faster speed & python3, I think.
Jenny Swift
21,999 Pointsok, thank you!