Installing Visual Studio Code

How to install Visual Studio Code on your operational system.

Linux

The easiest way to install is by opening the .deb package via Software Center GUI. If your Linux distribution is Debian based (Debian/Ubuntu) download your Visual Studio Code .deb Package and install it.

If you prefer to install using your terminal, type the commandsudo apt-get install code

For more information access https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/linux

Windows

Download the Visual Studio Code installer and run the installer. If you download a Zip archive, extract it and run Code from there.

For more information access https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/windows

Mac OS X

Download Visual Studio Code installer and double-click on the downloaded file to open its contents. Drag Visual Studio Code.app to the Applications folder. To make it available in the Launchpad and to add Visual Studio Code to your Dock, right-click the icon and choose Options >> Keep in Doc.

You can also use brew to install it by typing the following command:

brew cask install visual-studio-code

For more information access https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/mac