How to Install Light Table 0.8 in Ubuntu 14.04, 15.10 ================================================================================  The Light Table IDE has just reached a new stable release after more than one year of development. Now it provides 64-bit only binary for Linux. Changes in LightTable 0.8.0: - CHANGED: We have switched to Electron from NW.js - CHANGED: LT’s releases and self-updating processes are completely in the open on Github - ADDED: LT can be built from source with provided scripts across supported platforms - ADDED: Most of LT’s node libraries are installed as npm dependencies instead of as forked libraries - ADDED: Significant documentation. See more below - FIX: Major usability issues on >= OSX 10.10 - CHANGED: 32-bit linux is no longer an official download. Building from source will still be supported - FIX: ClojureScript eval for modern versions of ClojureScript - More details at [github.com/LightTable/LightTable/releases][1]  ### How to Install Light Table 0.8.0 in Ubuntu: ### Below steps show you how to install the official binary in Ubuntu. Works on all current Ubuntu releases (**64-bit only**). Before getting started, please make a backup if you have a previous release installed. **1.** Download the Linux binary from link below: - [lighttable-0.8.0-linux.tar.gz][2] **2.** Open terminal from Unity Dash, App Launcher, or via Ctrl+Alt+T keys. When it opens, paste below command and hit enter: gksudo file-roller ~/Downloads/lighttable-0.8.0-linux.tar.gz  Install `gksu` from Ubuntu Software Center if the command does not work. **3.** Previous command opens the downloaded archive via Archive Manager using root user privilege. When it opens, do: - right-click and rename the folder name to **LightTable** - extract it to **Computer -> /opt/** directory.  Finally you should have the LightTable installed to /opt/ directory:  **4.** Create a launcher so you can start LightTable from Unity Dash or App Launcher. Open terminal and run below command to create & edit a launcher file for LightTable: gksudo gedit /usr/share/applications/lighttable.desktop When the file opens via Gedit text editor, paste below and save the file: [Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Type=Application Name=Light Table GenericName=Text Editor Comment=Open source IDE that modify, from running programs to embed websites and games Exec=/opt/LightTable/LightTable %F Terminal=false MimeType=text/plain; Icon=/opt/LightTable/resources/app/core/img/lticon.png Categories=TextEditor;Development;Utility; StartupNotify=true Actions=Window;Document; Name[en_US]=Light Table [Desktop Action Window] Name=New Window Exec=/opt/LightTable/LightTable -n OnlyShowIn=Unity; [Desktop Action Document] Name=New File Exec=/opt/LightTable/LightTable --command new_file OnlyShowIn=Unity; So it looks like:  Finally launch the IDE from Unity Dash or Application Launcher and enjoy! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- via: http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2015/12/install-light-table-0-8-ubuntu-14-04/ 作者:[Ji m][a] 译者:[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID) 校对:[校对者ID](https://github.com/校对者ID) 本文由 [LCTT](https://github.com/LCTT/TranslateProject) 原创编译,[Linux中国](https://linux.cn/) 荣誉推出 [a]:http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/about/ [1]:https://github.com/LightTable/LightTable/releases [2]:https://github.com/LightTable/LightTable/releases/download/0.8.0/lighttable-0.8.0-linux.tar.gz