How to Install Visual Studio Code Editor in Ubuntu & Debian

Visual Studio Code 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 editor on Ubuntu, Debian, Linuxmint and its derivatives systems.

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Remember that Visual Studio Code is Different than Visual Studio IDE.

Step 1 – Enable Package Repository

First of all, You need to enable package repository in your system. Create a new file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list and edit in text editor. Now add following content to the file.

deb [arch=amd64] http://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable main

Step 2 – Install Visual Studio Code Editor

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

curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor > microsoft.gpg
sudo mv microsoft.gpg /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/microsoft.gpg

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

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install code

Step 3 – Launch 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 – Enable 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.