Package installation from the tar file

Hi, I tried to install sublime text in my kali machine, while doing that i face some challenges which are documented here.
If you are a linux beginner then this post will help you.

How to install a package from tar ball:

Step 1
Download the package from official source(Make sure you are downloading correct package depending on your system whether it is debian or other)
Mistake 1: I downloaded RPM package of Libre office for my Kali machine, later only i came to know about that RPM will not support for debian based os.
So dont waste your bandwidth here.

Step 2
Extract the downloaded package.

Step 3
Move that folder to ‘/opt’ directory (In the opt directory only we store third party packages.)

mv /your_download_directory /opt

1	$ mv /Downloads/Sublime_Text_3 /opt

Step 4
Then we need to create a symbolic link(I made some mistake here, which is added at the end)

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$ sudo ln -s /opt/Sublime_Text_3/sublime_text  /usr/bin/sublime

Step 5 Inorder to setup sublime to launcher(for ubuntu users)

sudo your_favourite_editor(vi,sublime) /usr/share/applications/sublime.desktop

1	$ sudo vi /usr/share/applications/sublime.desktop

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Then copy the following text into that file:

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Sublime Text 3
# Only KDE 4 seems to use GenericName, so we reuse the KDE strings.
# From Ubuntu's language-pack-kde-XX-base packages, version 9.04-20090413.
GenericName=Text Editor

Exec=sublime
Terminal=false
Icon=/opt/Sublime Text 3/Icon/48x48/sublime-text.png
Type=Application
Categories=TextEditor;IDE;Development
X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts=NewWindow

[NewWindow Shortcut Group]
Name=New Window
Exec=sublime -n
TargetEnvironment=Unity

Mistake 2

I mentioned that in the step 4 i made some mistake right, lets see whats that is and make me feel awkward
I forget to mention the sublime_text after sublime_text_3(i dont know why i forget that), hence the symbolic link points to folder.
So it cant open sublime when i search for that.
For that you can also mention exact path at the Exec= your_path_to_sublime_text instead of Exec = sublime(This is the file which we opened to add sublime to the launcher)