Install Atom from source

atomsetup.sh

# Ask admin to install the following packages:
# build-essential git libsecret-1-dev fakeroot rpm libx11-dev libxkbfile-dev libgnome-keyring-dev

# When that is done, you can install everything else locally
# Install Node.js
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.2/install.sh | bash
source $HOME/.bashrc
nvm install v6.10.3
nvm use v6.10.3 

# Update npm
npm install -g npm
npm config set python /usr/bin/python2 -g

# Install atom (note that I'm putting the atom source files in /scratch, as they take up lots of space)
mkdir /scratch/$USER/
cd /scratch/$USER/
git clone https://github.com/atom/atom.git
cd atom
script/build --install=$HOME/local # This takes a long time!

# Install juno:
apm install uber-juno

# Start Atom:
atom