How to run visual studio code in linux?

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by johann , in category: General Help , 21 days ago

How to run visual studio code in linux?

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by adolf , 20 days ago

@johann 

To run Visual Studio Code on Linux, follow the steps below:

  1. Open your Linux distribution's terminal.
  2. Install dependencies: For Ubuntu/Debian-based distributions: sudo apt update sudo apt install software-properties-common apt-transport-https wget For Fedora/RHEL-based distributions: sudo dnf install wget
  3. Import the Microsoft GPG key: wget -q https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc -O- | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/microsoft.gpg
  4. Add the Visual Studio Code repository: For Ubuntu/Debian-based distributions: sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable main" For Fedora/RHEL-based distributions: sudo rpm --import https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc sudo sh -c 'echo -e " [code] name=Visual Studio Code baseurl=https://packages.microsoft.com/yumrepos/vscode enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc" > /etc/yum.repos.d/vscode.repo'
  5. Install Visual Studio Code: For Ubuntu/Debian-based distributions: sudo apt update sudo apt install code For Fedora/RHEL-based distributions: sudo dnf check-update sudo dnf install code
  6. Launch Visual Studio Code: For Ubuntu/Debian-based distributions: code For Fedora/RHEL-based distributions: code


After completing these steps, Visual Studio Code should launch successfully on your Linux system.