How to Install Visual Studio Code Editor in Fedora and CentOS

Visual Studio Code (not Visual Studio IDE) is a lightweight source code editor for JavaScript, TypeScript and Node.js Applications. It also have extensions for multiple other programming languages like C++, C#, Python, PHP, Go, etc. This tutorial will help you to install Visual Studio Code on CentOS, RHEL, Fedora and its derivatives systems.

• How to Install Visual Studio Code Editor in Ubuntu & Debian
• How to Install Visual Studio Code Editor in SEL & openSUSE

Step #1. Enable Package Repository

Create a new file /etc/yum.repos.d/vscode.repo and edit in text editor. Now add following content to the file.

[vscode]
name=Visual Studio Code
baseurl=https://packages.microsoft.com/yumrepos/vscode
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc

Step #2. Install Visual Studio Code

Now, Import the package signing gpg key on your system using the following command.

$ sudo rpm --import https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc

After importing gpg key, Let’s use below commands to install Visual Studio Code on your RHEL based system.

$ yum check-update
$ sudo yum install code

Step #3. Open Visual Studio Code

Now launch the Visual Studio Code editor on your system using graphical menu. After that create new file or open files and directories using File menu.

Step #4. Add Required Extensions

There are a large number of extensions available for Visual Studio Code like, C#, Python, JavaScript, Google Chrome etc. Install the required extensions to enhance your working experience with Visual Studio Code.