Install Kite plugin in GitHub's Atom Editor

Question

I would like to try Kite, which is concept of artificial intelligence helping developers with hints about useful functions or expressions that he or she is currently writing. I have downloaded the Kite Atom plugin from GitHub.

However, as I am new to GitHub's Atom Editor I don't know how to install this plugin into editor.

Answer 1

As this plugin isn't available from the Atom Package Manager repository you will need to link this manually:

1. Clone the Repository.
2. Change to the plugins\atom directory.

3. Run the following command:

   apm link kite
   

I've created a short animation to show you me doing this on my system: