You can install it by running:
sudo snap install --classic code # or code-insiders
Once installed, the Snap daemon will take care of automatically updating VS Code in the background. You will get an in-product update notification whenever a new update is available.
Note: If snap isn’t available in your Linux distribution, please check the following Installing snapd guide, which can help you get that set up.
Learn more about snaps from the official Snap Documentation.
The yum repository above also works for openSUSE and SLE-based systems, the following script will install the key and repository:
sudo rpm --import https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc sudo sh -c 'echo -e "[code]\nname=Visual Studio Code\nbaseurl=https://packages.microsoft.com/yumrepos/vscode\nenabled=1\ntype=rpm-md\ngpgcheck=1\ngpgkey=https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc" > /etc/zypp/repos.d/vscode.repo'
Then update the package cache and install the package using:
sudo zypper refresh sudo zypper install code
To get more information about the installation from the AUR, please consult the following wiki entry: Install AUR Packages.
There is a community maintained VS Code Nix package in the nixpkgs repository. In order to install it using Nix, set allowUnfree option to true in your config.nix and execute:
The VS Code .rpm package (64-bit) can also be manually downloaded and installed, however, auto-updating won’t work unless the repository above is installed. Once downloaded it can be installed using your package manager, for example with dnf :
Note that other binaries are also available on the VS Code download page.
VS Code ships monthly and you can see when a new release is available by checking the release notes. If the VS Code repository was installed correctly, then your system package manager should handle auto-updating in the same way as other packages on the system.
Note: Updates are automatic and run in the background for the Snap package.
Node.js is a popular platform and runtime for easily building and running JavaScript applications. It also includes npm, a Package Manager for Node.js modules. You’ll see Node.js and npm mentioned frequently in our documentation and some optional VS Code tooling requires Node.js (for example, the VS Code extension generator).
If you’d like to install Node.js on Linux, see Installing Node.js via package manager to find the Node.js package and installation instructions tailored to your Linux distribution. You can also install and support multiple versions of Node.js by using the Node Version Manager.
To learn more about JavaScript and Node.js, see our Node.js tutorial, where you’ll learn about running and debugging Node.js applications with VS Code.
You can set the default text editor for text files ( text/plain ) that is used by xdg-open with the following command:
xdg-mime default code.desktop text/plain
Debian-based distributions allow setting a default editor using the Debian alternatives system, without concern for the MIME type. You can set this by running the following and selecting code:
sudo update-alternatives --set editor /usr/bin/code
If Visual Studio Code doesn’t show up as an alternative to editor , you need to register it:
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/editor editor $(which code) 10
Another option for Linux development with VS Code is to use a Windows machine with the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).
With WSL, you can install and run Linux distributions on Windows. This enables you to develop and test your source code on Linux while still working locally on a Windows machine. WSL supports Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, Debian, SUSE, and Alpine available from the Microsoft Store.
When coupled with the WSL extension, you get full VS Code editing and debugging support while running in the context of a Linux distro on WSL.
See the Developing in WSL documentation to learn more or try the Working in WSL introductory tutorial.
Once you have installed VS Code, these topics will help you learn more about it:
I’m getting a «Running without the SUID sandbox» error?
You can safely ignore this error.
If you see an error when deleting files from the VS Code Explorer on the Debian operating system, it might be because the trash implementation that VS Code is using is not there.
Run these commands to solve this issue:
sudo apt-get install gvfs-bin
Some distributions, for example Pop!_OS provide their own code package. To ensure the official VS Code repository is used, create a file named /etc/apt/preferences.d/code with the following content:
Package: code Pin: origin "packages.microsoft.com" Pin-Priority: 9999
When you see this notification, it indicates that the VS Code file watcher is running out of handles because the workspace is large and contains many files. Before adjusting platform limits, make sure that potentially large folders, such as Python .venv , are added to the files.watcherExclude setting (more details below). The current limit can be viewed by running:
cat /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches
The limit can be increased to its maximum by editing /etc/sysctl.conf (except on Arch Linux, read below) and adding this line to the end of the file:
fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288
The new value can then be loaded in by running sudo sysctl -p .
While 524,288 is the maximum number of files that can be watched, if you’re in an environment that is particularly memory constrained, you may want to lower the number. Each file watch takes up 1080 bytes, so assuming that all 524,288 watches are consumed, that results in an upper bound of around 540 MiB.
Arch-based distros (including Manjaro) require you to change a different file; follow these steps instead.
Another option is to exclude specific workspace directories from the VS Code file watcher with the files.watcherExclude setting. The default for files.watcherExclude excludes node_modules and some folders under .git , but you can add other directories that you don’t want VS Code to track.
"files.watcherExclude": "**/.git/objects/**": true, "**/.git/subtree-cache/**": true, "**/node_modules/*/**": true >
We’re working on a fix. In the meantime, open the application menu, then choose File > Preferences > Settings. In the Text Editor > Font section, set «Font Family» to Droid Sans Mono, Droid Sans Fallback . If you’d rather edit the settings.json file directly, set editor.fontFamily as shown:
"editor.fontFamily": "Droid Sans Mono, Droid Sans Fallback"
This error can appear during installation and is typically caused by the package manager’s lists being out of date. Try updating them and installing again:
# For .deb sudo apt-get update # For .rpm (Fedora 21 and below) sudo yum check-update # For .rpm (Fedora 22 and above) sudo dnf check-update
Running code . on Ubuntu when VS Code is already open in the current directory will not bring VS Code into the foreground. This is a feature of the OS which can be disabled using ccsm .
# Install sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager # Run ccsm
Under General > General Options > Focus & Raise Behaviour, set «Focus Prevention Level» to «Off». Remember this is an OS-level setting that will apply to all applications, not just VS Code.
This can happen when sources.list.d doesn’t exist or you don’t have access to create the file. To fix this, try manually creating the folder and an empty vscode.list file:
sudo mkdir /etc/apt/sources.list.d sudo touch /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list
If you are using X forwarding to use VS Code remotely, you will need to use the native title bar to ensure you can properly manipulate the window. You can switch to using it by setting window.titleBarStyle to native .
The custom title bar and menus were enabled by default on Linux for several months. The custom title bar has been a success on Windows, but the customer response on Linux suggests otherwise. Based on feedback, we have decided to make this setting opt-in on Linux and leave the native title bar as the default.
The custom title bar provides many benefits including great theming support and better accessibility through keyboard navigation and screen readers. Unfortunately, these benefits do not translate as well to the Linux platform. Linux has a variety of desktop environments and window managers that can make the VS Code theming look foreign to users. For users needing the accessibility improvements, we recommend enabling the custom title bar when running in accessibility mode using a screen reader. You can still manually set the title bar with the Window: Title Bar Style ( window.titleBarStyle ) setting.
Due to an upstream issue #14787 with Electron, the mouse cursor may render incorrectly with scaling enabled. If you notice that the usual text cursor is not being rendered inside the editor as you would expect, try falling back to the native menu bar by configuring the setting window.titleBarStyle to native .
If you receive an error similar to the following:
E: Repository '. ' changed its 'Origin' value from '. ' to '. ' N: This must be accepted explicitly before updates for this repository can be applied. See apt-secure(8) manpage for details.
Use apt instead of apt-get and you will be prompted to accept the origin change:
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