Install Visual Studio Code on Linux

Debian and Ubuntu

Step 1: Update the package list

sudo apt update

Step 2: Install the dependencies

sudo apt install software-properties-common apt-transport-https wget gpg

Step 3: Download the Microsoft key

wget -qO- https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor > packages.microsoft.gpg

Step 4: Install the key

sudo install -D -o root -g root -m 644 packages.microsoft.gpg /etc/apt/keyrings/packages.microsoft.gpg

Step 5: Add the repository

echo "deb [arch=amd64,arm64,armhf signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/packages.microsoft.gpg] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list

Step 6: Install VS Code

sudo apt update

sudo apt install code

Step 7: Start it

Run code or open Visual Studio Code from the application menu.

Red Hat, CentOS, Fedora and AlmaLinux

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

Create the repository file:

sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/vscode.repo <<'REPO'
[code]
name=Visual Studio Code
baseurl=https://packages.microsoft.com/yumrepos/vscode
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc
REPO

Install:

sudo dnf install code

Flatpak

Add Flathub:

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

Install and start:

flatpak install flathub com.visualstudio.code
flatpak run com.visualstudio.code

Quick recap

• On Debian/Ubuntu, add the Microsoft repository and run sudo apt install code.
• On Red Hat systems use dnf install code.