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Will Sublime3 install on Raspberry Pi 3B with CentOS 7

#1

I have a brand new installation of CentOS 7 on a Raspberry Pi 3B. (No customization whatsoever, actually using root as primary account at the moment).) Due to the hardware, the Linux OS is 32bit (x32). The OS is a minimal installation, with Xfce4 as the GUI. The microSD card is 128GB.

To date, I have been unable to install Sublime3. I would happily pay for a personal license, but I cannot figure out how to get this program installed.
The procedure used to attempt the installation:
(1) wget https://104.236.0.104/sublime_text_3_build_3126_x32.tar.bz2 --no-check-certificate
Note: the site download.sublimetext.com has an error, and wget will not resolve that site
(2) I unpack the package, then copy the entire structure to the /opt directory
sudo tar -vxjf sublime_text_3_build_3126_x32.tar.bz2 -C /opt
(3) create the symbolic link
sudo ln -s /opt/sublime_text_3/sublime_text /usr/bin/sublime3
(4) attempting to launch from the command line (terminal window)
sublime3
I receive the error message:
bash: /usr/local/bin/sublime3: cannot execute binary file

I would like to set this application as the default text editor, as well. Any assistance or direction will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

thehelpdeskguy

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#2

You need a version of Sublime Text compiled for the Rasperry PI’s ARM processor, but currently it doesn’t exists. It is widely requested and the ST developers are aware about it (I suppose).
The one you downloaded is for x86 processors, and cannon be executed by the Raspberry PI.

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#3

cici

Thank you very much for the cogent (and rapid) response. It explains why i have been unable to get this to work.

I hope the Sublime engineers are watching this forum, because I would really appreciate a version written/compiled for this hardware.

Best regards,
thehelpdeskguy

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