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# Linux
Ubuntu LTS 12.04 64-bit is the recommended platform.
## Requirements
* OS with 64-bit architecture
* [node.js](http://nodejs.org/download/) v0.10.x
* [npm](http://www.npmjs.org/) v1.4.x
* libgnome-keyring-dev `sudo apt-get install libgnome-keyring-dev` (refer to your distribution's manual on how to install packages if you are not on Debian or Ubuntu-based systems)
* `npm config set python /usr/bin/python2 -g` to ensure that gyp uses Python 2
## Instructions
```sh
git clone https://github.com/atom/atom
cd atom
script/build # Creates application at $TMPDIR/atom-build/Atom
sudo script/grunt install # Installs command to /usr/local/bin/atom
script/grunt mkdeb # Generates a .deb package at $TMPDIR/atom-build
```
## Troubleshooting
### Exception: "TypeError: Unable to watch path"
If you get following error with a big traceback right after Atom starts:
```
TypeError: Unable to watch path
```
you have to increase number of watched files by inotify. For testing if
this is the reason for this error you can issue
```sh
sudo sysctl fs.inotify.max_user_watches=32768
```
and restart Atom. If Atom now works fine, you can make this setting permanent:
```sh
echo 32768 > /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches
```
See also https://github.com/atom/atom/issues/2082.