Installing Microsoft Edit in Debian or Ubuntu based distros
This little application makes it easier to edit files on the terminal with full mouse, copy-paste support and more! A good one to have in our toolkit. Note: The current version of Edit (1.2.0) is not available via the package manager apt yet. This could change at some point in the future, making for an easier deployment. Install Pre-requisites zstd - to decompress the downloaded file sudo apt install zstd Install the latest Edit version from GitHub for x86_64 EDIT_VERSION=$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/edit/releases/latest" | grep -Po '"tag_name": "v\K[0-9.]+') wget -qO edit.tar.zst https://github.com/microsoft/edit/releases/latest/download/edit-$EDIT_VERSION-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.zst sudo tar xf edit.tar.zst -C /usr/local/bin edit edit --version rm -rf edit.tar.zst This can easily be made into a script for multiple installations.