Visual Studio Code (VS Code) is widely used source code editor and it’s an open-source & lightweight application created by Microsoft which runs on Windows, macOS and Linux system efficiently. It is intentionally designed to be lightweight, fast, and exceedingly customizable, rendering it’s suitable for an array of programming and scripting languages. With its extensive support for features and extensions, VS Code proves to be a versatile and invaluable tool for software development tasks.
Download Visual Studio Code
Click here to download Visual Studio Code Package for Linux, Windows & MacOS.
Pre-requisites:
i) Installed Linux System
ii) Sudo Privileges
iii) Internet to download packages
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Install Visual Studio Code in Ubuntu & Debian based Linux using APT Package Manager
In Debian/Ubuntu based distributions download and install .deb package either through GUI or command line. Enable the VS Code repository and install the Visual Studio Code using APT package manager.
Install Dependencies Packages
- $ sudo apt-get install wget gpg
Add GPG Key
- $ wget -qO- https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg –dearmor > packages.microsoft.gpg
- $ sudo install -D -o root -g root -m 644 packages.microsoft.gpg /etc/apt/keyrings/packages.microsoft.gpg
Add Repository
- $ sudo sh -c ‘echo “deb [arch=amd64,arm64,armhf signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/packages.microsoft.gpg] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable main” > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list’
After enabling the repository, update the system and install package with using following commands:
Install Package Dependencies
- $ sudo apt install apt-transport-https
Update the System
- $ sudo apt update
Install VS Code
- $ sudo apt install code
How to Install Visual Studio Code in Fedora, Red Hat, CentOS AlmaLinux & Rocky Linux
Following are the steps to install Visual Studio Code in rpm based Linux System. Import Microsoft’s GPG key using rpm command as below:
Import Microsoft’s GPG key
- $ sudo rpm –import https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc
Create vscode.repo file with vim command
- $ sudo vim /etc/yum.repos.d/vscode.repo
Append the following code, save the file and exit to install Visual Studio Code
[code]
name=Visual Studio Code
baseurl=https://packages.microsoft.com/yumrepos/vscode
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc
Update the system and install Visual Studio Code package using dnf command below
- $ dnf check-update
- $ sudo dnf install code
How to Start VS Code on Linux
Using command line:
Launch terminal or command prompt and type ‘code‘, which will start the Visual Studio Code.
- $ code
Using GUI:
Click on “Activities” which will present the following window and search visual studio code to launch as shown below.
Uninstall VS Code from the System
If you want to remove VS Code from the system, follow the steps below.
- $ sudo apt remove code [Ubuntu based system]
- $ sudo dnf remove code [RPM based system]
Conclusion !
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