How to install Komodo 5.1 editor in Ubuntu
Posted: July 25, 2009 at 3:42 pm | Tags: autocomplete, Komodo, php editorI’ve been searching for a PHP editor that works on Linux and provides the functions that were used on Rapid PHP (the editor I used on Ms.). I tried Eclipse, Bluefish, Kate, NetBeans and still a couple, but neither is the editor I need.
I used gedit for a long time, the only problem is it doesn’t have autocomplete. Now I found Komodo: has autocomplete, is not using many resources and the workspace is big enough. Also has replace all function. So, this is what I was looking for. Here are are the installation steps:
wget http://downloads.activestate.com/Komodo/releases/5.1.4/Komodo-Edit-5.1.4-3797-linux-libcpp6-x86.tar.gz
Unpacking:
tar zxvf Komodo-Edit-5.0.3-2767-linux-libcpp6-x86.tar.gz
You gotta go in the directory where it was unpacked and run install.sh.
cd Komodo-Edit-5.1.4-3797-linux-libcpp6-x86/
sh install.sh
After running install.sh, you have to specify the intallation path. The red path is the one I use, is not a default one.
Enter directory in which to install Komodo. Leave blank and
press ‘Enter’ to use the default [~/Komodo-Edit-5].
Install directory: /home/userul_meu/SoftInstalat/Komodo
After installation, in order to start the editor from the terminal also, add the following command:
sudo ln -s “/home/ducu/SoftInstalat/Komodo/bin/komodo” /usr/local/bin/komodo
That is how Komodo 5.1 looks. It’s simple, consume fewer resources than other editors, has autocomplete and replace all function and it does its job perfectly.
If you used this tutorial or have any questions, feel free to leave a comment below. You can also rate this tutorial to let me know how I’m doing. Thanks!


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Excelent! I’ve just installed on ubuntu 9.10… without a problem! You are doing pretty well… Regards from Venezuela!
hi there, I can not control autocomplete in komodo edit 5.2 with django so if there any possible solution please send me
Excellent Tutorial. 5 stars all the way.
I used this tutorial to install Komodo Edit 6 on Ubuntu 10.10; I rate your tutorial 5/5
I hope that this will work for me when coding In python. I was unhappy with several popular IDE’s for Python.