This is driving me crazy. I'm running OSX and until today I had Sublime Text 2 installed. After installing Sublime Text 3, when I enter the 'subl' command the terminal logs:
Unable to find application named 'Sublime Text 2'
I've tried everything. I've tried
$ rm ~/bin/subl
Then
$ ln -s /Applications/Sublime\ Text\ 3.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl ~/bin/subl
I've also tried going in to usr directly and removing the subl command. When I do this, the subl command will sometimes work while I remain in one directory, but once I switch directories it goes back to giving me the message
Unable to find application named 'Sublime Text 2'
With Sublime Text 2 I had subl entered as an alias. I also tried going in and unaliasing subl like this:
unalias subl
And I've tried re-creating the alias using
/Applications/Sublime\ Text\ 3.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl
Again, this will work for a while, but once I change directories it stops working.
Any advice on what to try next? I'm at a loss. I can't understand why it works for a while, then stops working.
Check your .bashrc file, and .bash_profile and see if it's aliased in there. Both of these are in your home directory ~.
nano ~/.bashrc
nano ~/.bash_profile
No need to sudo as you own these documents.
Related
I am trying to create a symlink to subl, but I am having issues. The instructions read: "Assuming you've placed Sublime Text in the Applications folder, and that you have a ~/bin directory in your path, you can run:"
ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" ~/bin/subl
Initially, I got /Users/User/bin/subl: No such file or directory.
So I tried making the directory with mkdir /usr/local/bin and running a modified version of the above command:
ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" /usr/local/bin/subl
That worked, but when I ran subl --help this error popped up:
-bash: subl: command not found
I also tried mkdir ~/bin. No luck. I'm also concerned because the instructions say Sublime should be in the applications folder, which it is in Finder, but not under tbecks/Applications. Thank you for any help!
The first ln command you ran used /Applications/Sublime Text.app, but the second used Sublime Text 2.app. Since you tagged the question sublimetext3, I'm assuming that's the version you're using. Here's what you need to do to get the symlink working. First, verify subl is in the correct spot:
ls -l /Applications/Sublime\ Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl
If you installed Sublime in the correct spot, something like this will print:
-rwxr-xr-x# 1 mattdmo admin 158192 May 11 21:47 /Applications/Sublime Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl
Now that we know where the original subl is, we can fix the mistake you made using the ST2 path:
rm /usr/local/bin/subl
ln -s /Applications/Sublime\ Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl /usr/local/bin/subl
Next, we'll see if /usr/local/bin is in your PATH variable:
# reload bash's hashmap of executables
hash -r
# find subl, hopefully
which subl
If /usr/local/bin is in your PATH, the which command will print
/usr/local/bin/subl
If it does, you're good to go. If it doesn't, we'll need to add it to your path. Unlike another answer says, you should never mess around with anything in /etc unless you know exactly what you're doing. Instead, we'll make the change in your personal bash startup file. Depending on which version of OS X you're on, this file could vary. Go to your home directory by typing
cd
then run
ls -al
to show all of the files and directories, even the "hidden" ones that start with a dot/full stop .. You are looking for .bashrc or .profile. If both exist, or if neither exist, use .profile. Run
/usr/local/bin/subl ~/.profile
# or .bashrc
and add the following line at the bottom:
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin
Save the file and close it. Now, you can restart Terminal and your subl command should be ready to use! If for some reason it still doesn't work, try adding the above line to the other file (i.e., if you just added it to .profile, try adding it to .bashrc and vice versa).
when I ran "subl --help" this error popped up: "-bash: subl: command
not found"
Most likely /usr/local/bin is not in your path.
Add
PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin
at the end of your bash configuration file( most likely /etc/bash.bashrc) and then execute the command again or confirm the command is reachable using:
which subl
Edit:
Even better modify the PATH in ~/.bashrc if you wish to restrict subl only for you.
I have Sublime Text 2 installed on a Mac, and have made a link on the command line as described in the docs.
When opening files from the terminal, as in:
$ subl foo.txt
A Sublime Text window will open, but inside that window foo.txt will only open about one out of every three times or so. I've tried moving the link to a different folder in the path, creating it with sudo, etc., but no luck so far.
Any idea how to fix this?
Had the same problem for a while now. Add the following line to your .bash_profile:
alias subl='subl && sleep 0.1 && subl'
Now you can use subl filename_to_edit to open it.
If you are not sure if you configured subl command correctly, do the following. Run the first command for ST3 or the second for ST2:
ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" ~/bin/subl
ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" ~/bin/subl
Make sure that ~/bin is in your $PATH. Then do the first step with .bash_profile.
Finally works as it should! Credit goes to these guys and chrisf for improvement.
I remember running into problems with subl before. And had to come up with a function to see if Sublime is running, if not launch it, see if it loaded. Then use "rmate" bash script and the associated "rsub" Sublime Text Package plugin to load in the specified file. However you should be able to use the OSX open command should work for what you need. I would also give the latest Sublime Text 3 Beta a try.
So I'm trying to make it so that I can start Sublime Text 2 from the terminal through this command, given by the Sublime Text documentation:
ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" ~/bin/subl
But for some reason this is not working. I get this error from my terminal:
ln: /Users/connorblack/bin/subl: No such file or directory
Can anyone help me with this?
Other details: I have SB2 in my Applications folder. I'm trying to do RoR development.
Your problem is that you don't have a ~/bin directory, just do
mkdir ~/bin
And then retry the command, it should work
Note that to use subl from this folder you will still need to add it to your PATH, add this line to your .bashrc or .zshrc:
export PATH=$PATH:/Users/connorblack/bin
I am a Mac-newbie (Mountain Lion) and try to set up the "subl"-command for the terminal, like described here:
The first task is to make a symlink to subl. Assuming you've placed
Sublime Text 2 in the Applications folder, and that you have a ~/bin
directory in your path, you can run:
ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text
2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" ~/bin/subl
But it doesn't work. I have now a folder /bin/ under my user and this folder including a alias. But when I tip in subl --help inside the terminal, I get the error -bash: subl: command not found
Can someone helps me out?
KR & thx, Fabian
Change directories to:
/usr/local/bin
then run this instead:
ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" subl
I have found the solution now - there was a problem with RVM. The solution is to enter the command
ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" ~/.rvm/bin/subl
into the terminal.
That happened to me with Sublime Text 3.
This symlink works for me, only I needed was to change the symlink destination to /usr/local/bin/subl
ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" /usr/local/bin/subl
Solution source Paul Byrne answer here
Using Homebrew to install Sublime usually creates the correct symlinks automatically.
brew install Caskroom/cask/sublime-text
Subl can then be accessed like:
# Open Sublime at current directory
subl .
The solution chosen for this question is to put the subl symlink in the ~/.rvm/bin folder which is definitely not a generic solution as this directory is part of a program he has installed.
Although any directory in the path will work, the most common solution is to create a bin directory in the home folder, set it in the path by putting export PATH=$PATH:~/bin in .bash_profile and then running the link command as shown in the original question with this new path.
In the past it was common to put the subl symlink in /usr/local/bin but this directory no longer exists in OSX as of version 10.2 and the /usr/local directory is no longer in the default path.
SOLVED for MAC OSX Mavericks!
I found this answer on this GitHubGist:
https://gist.github.com/artero/1236170
Launch Sublime Text 2 from the Mac OS X Terminal
ln -s /Applications/Sublime\ Text\ 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl /usr/local/bin/sublime
This is the part that I found clarified what many StackOverflow responses have only hinted at, but not explicitly explained:
Now let's do a check to see if everything will run smoothly. Enter this:
open ~/.bash_profile
(In some cases the profile file is named ~/.profile)
You should see at the top of the file a line that starts with: export PATH=
This contains all the directories that will be looked into for executable binaries when you type a command in Terminal. Since we create a symlink to subl called sublime in the /usr/local/bin directory let's check if this directory is listed on that same line.
If it is, perfect. Let's keep going. If not, simply add it like this and save the file:
export PATH=/usr/local/bin:(...)
Note: The '(...)' in this example represents other folders that would be listed on the same line and separated by a colon.
If you don't already have a PATH set in your bash_profile you can type:
export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH
If you had to add /usr/local/bin to your PATH, run the following command before continuing:
source ~/.bash_profile
This will reload your .bash_profile with the newly added directory.
Testing
Open a Terminal window and run:
sublime filename (replace "filename" by an actual file name)
Hope that helps clarify for others as well. Currently (FALL 2014) using Mac OSX Mavericks. Cheers
If you just want the command to open files using sublime text, and you're not bothered to use it as your default editor for all commands, why not just add an alias to your ~/.bash-profile ?
alias subl="open -a 'Sublime Text'"
That will work for opening files and directories
Had the same problem on a MAC with OSX Yosemite 10.10.5, and sublime text 3 Build 3083!
Configuring git to work with the above requirements worked perfectly using:
git config --global core.editor "/Applications/Sublime\ Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl -n -w"
And test if it worked with:
git config -e
It works on Mac OSX 10.8.2, echo $PATH shows subl symlink correctly linked as described in this post. The other suggestions on Sublime Text 2 page seem not work with new Macs
I discovered that there was an alias for subl. Type alias to see all defined aliases. Find the source and comment it out, or use unalias subl to unset.
For .bashrc or .zshrc
alias subl="open . -a /Applications/Sublime\ Text.app"
Catalina's auto-sandboxing seems to broke the subl command.
Use the following alias as an alternative
alias subl="open $1 -b com.sublimetext.3"
After $ subl . did not work for me,
I tried $ bundle exec subl . and it worked.
Solution: type $ bundle exec subl . and it should work. (Obviously, omitting the $)
I'm tryng to use Sublime Text from the terminal, for example by typing subl.
I'm following the steps from Sublime Text's website:
Setup
The first task is to make a symlink to subl. Assuming you've placed Sublime Text 2 in the Applications folder, and that you have a ~/bin directory in your path, you can run:
ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" ~/bin/subl
I keep getting permission denied : ~/bin/subl: Permission Denied
I have been searching around for a similar problem but can't find one that's applicable. Can someone point me to the right direction?
I am assuming that you don't have the bin directory. You can do the following:
cd
mkdir bin
sudo ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" ~/bin/subl
ln -s will create a alias of the subl file in your bin directory and you will be able to run the command.
If this still doesn't work you will have to edit your .bash_profile. You can do it by following commands: (NOTE: For this to work you need to have done the above steps already.)
Open your .bash_profile:
cd // this will get you back to home directory
vim .bash_profile // this will open your .bash_profile file
Edit .bash_profile: press I to get into "insert" mode and add following:
export PATH=$PATH:~/bin
Save and exit. Press Esc to get into command mode:
:wq // saves and close file
exit // exits terminal
Reopen the terminal:
subl --help
That should bring up the help for Sublime Text.
My personal preference for the path to the third-party application-specific symbolic links (e.g. subl, brew, github, mate, etc) is:
/usr/local/bin
Why not /usr/bin/?
/usr/bin is a "sacred" place. It is generally recommended to store static binaries that are maintained by package management systems. subl is not this case.
subl is not stable enough to be stored in /usr/bin with other basic BSD binaries (e.g. find, man, make, etc). You must modify/delete subl symbolic link manually if (a) the developers of Sublime Text Editor decide to change its app name in the future releases (as BBEdit Lite was changed to TextWrangler after version 6.1), or (b) you may simply wish to uninstall Sublime Text Editor.
Therefore, I suggest you execute the following line, assuming /usr/local/bin/ exists:
ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" /usr/local/bin/subl
Check whether "~/bin/" is included in the path.
A better options is to create the symlink in /usr/bin directory instead.
sudo ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" /usr/bin/subl