Obsolete

Someone reported that this script deleted their /usr/bin directory, so please be careful, if you do want to use this script, to check your parameters. After I wrote this script Sublime Text published packages which make the installation and update of ST3 much easier:

https://www.sublimetext.com/docs/3/linux_repositories.html

sublime-text-3-install

Shell script to install/update Sublime Text 3

Modify the shell script sublime-text-3.sh permissions and check Execute: Allow executing file as program and run the script.

Usage: {script} [ OPTIONS ] TARGET BUILD

  TARGET        Installation target. Default target is "/opt".
  BUILD         Build number, e.g. 3126. If not defined uses a Sublime Text 3 
                  web service to retrieve the latest stable or dev version number.

OPTIONS
  -h, --help    Displays this help message.
  -d, --dev     Install the dev version
  -s, --stable  Install the stable version (default)
  
Report bugs to Rudolf Bargholz <https://github.com/rudolfb/sublime-text-3-install>

The script installs Sublime Text 3 in the /opt folder by default, unless a different folder is specified as a parameter

The script installs the latest stable version of Sublime Text 3 by default, unless a specific version number is specified as a parameter.

Install the lated stable version:

cd sublime-text-3-install
chmod +x sublime-text-3.sh
./sublime-text-3.sh

Install the latest dev version:

./sublime-text-3.sh -d

Install a specific dev version in a non-standard folder:

./sublime-text-3.sh -d /usr/local 1234

This will install the Sublime Text version 1234 into the target folder /usr/local.