Installing Visual Studio Code

Installing via apt

The repository and key can also be installed manually with the following script:

curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor > microsoft.gpg
sudo install -o root -g root -m 644 microsoft.gpg /usr/share/keyrings/microsoft-archive-keyring.gpg
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64,arm64,armhf signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/microsoft-archive-keyring.gpg] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list'

Then update the package cache and install the package using:

sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install code # or code-insiders

Install via snap

You need to install snap by running:

sudo apt install snapd

To install VS Code via snap, using the following commands:

sudo snap install code --classic

To run VS Code

sudo snap run code

Install via flatpak

You need to install Flatpak

To install VS Code via flatpak, use the following command:

flatpak install flathub com.visualstudio.code

To run VS Code

flatpak run com.visualstudio.code

VS Code without MS branding/telemetry/licensing

Take a look at this project:

https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium

Installation instructions

Install via apt

To install it follow this guide:

https://gitlab.com/paulcarroty/vscodium-deb-rpm-repo

Install via snap

You need to install snap by running:

sudo apt install snapd

To install codium via snap, using the following commands:

sudo snap install codium --classic

To run codium

sudo snap run codium 

Install via flatpak

You need to install Flatpak

To install VS Codium via flatpak, use the following command:

flatpak install flathub com.vscodium.codium

To run VS Codium

flatpak run com.vscodium.codium


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