I am not able to launch atom IDE text editor which I installed via snap about a year ago, although it was running fine until today. I tried launching it both through the interface (by clicking on the icon) and using the command line (simply typing atom). In the first case I can see that Atom is trying to load in the top menu bar (icon appears for about 10 seconds, but then disappears and nothing happens). When I run it from the command line, absolutely nothing happens and a new command prompt immediately appears on the next line. I also restarted the computer: same result.
Some context:
- version of atom: 1.54.0 (installed via snap)
- version of Ubuntu: 18.04 LTS
Also, I though it might be a problem with snap packages in general, so I launched PyCharm Community (another snap program which I have), and it opened normally.
Just go to the main website and install Atom's
.debpackage into your Downloads directory. Then usedpkg -ito install the package or use theGUI installerby clicking on the downloaded.debfile and it will reinstall it for you.