Using Atom Text Editor on CentOS Linux

I've been recently converted to the Atom text editor on my Mac, so thought that I'd do the same on my newly minted Linux box, which is running CentOS: -

cat /etc/redhat-release

CentOS Linux release 7.3.1611 (Core)

Having downloaded Atom from here: -

https://atom.io/download/rpm

I ended up with the following RPM: -

-rw-rw-r--.  1 hayd hayd 99606115 Jun  7 11:10 atom.x86_64.rpm

and tried/failed to install it: -

sudo rpm -ivh atom.x86_64.rpm

error: Failed dependencies:
    libXss.so.1()(64bit) is needed by atom-1.17.2-0.1.x86_64

I assumed that the solution would be simple; merely install the missing library: -

sudo yum install -y libXss.so.1

Amongst other things, this installed

libXScrnSaver-1.2.2-6.1.el7.i686.rpm

However, when I retried the installation: -

sudo rpm -ivh atom.x86_64.rpm

it again failed with: -

error: Failed dependencies:
    libXss.so.1()(64bit) is needed by atom-1.17.2-0.1.x86_64

When I thought further, I realised that I'd merely installed the 32-bit version of libXScreenSaver ( i686 ), whereas I was trying to install the 64-bit version of Atom.

I re-ran my installation: -

sudo yum install -y libXss.so*

which pulled libXScrnSaver.x86_64 0:1.2.2-6.1.el7

This time around, I was able to happily install Atom: -

sudo rpm -ivh atom.x86_64.rpm

Preparing...                          ################################# [100%]
Updating / installing...
   1:atom-1.17.2-0.1                  ################################# [100%]