How to Install Visual Studio Code on CentOS 7

by | Apr 12, 2022 | Cloud Hosting, Virtualization, VPS Servers, Web Hosting

Visual Studio Code is a Microsoft Product and an open-source code editor, so go now  How to Install Visual Studio Code on CentOS 7.

It has built-in embedded Git control, debugging support, code completion, syntax highlighting, code refactoring, integrated terminal, and snippets.

It is easy to install Visual Studio Code on CentOS machines to enable the VS Code repository and install the VS Code package through into the command line.

And follow below instruction are the steps on how to install Visual Studio Code on Centos 7.

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Installing Visual Studio Code on CentOS 7

So, the following below instructions to install Visual Studio Code on your CentOS 7 system:
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Microsoft GPG key import first:

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

Next, build the following repo file to enable the Visual Studio Code repository:

$ sudo nano /etc/yum.repos.d/vscode.repo

So now, Paste the following below content into the file:

/etc/yum.repos.d/vscode.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

And save the file and close your text editor now.

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If the repository is enabled, and then install the latest version of Visual Studio Code by entering below code:

$ sudo yum install code

That’s it for installation. Visual Studio Code has been installed on your CentOS 7 desktop and you can start and use it.

Start Visual Studio Code in to your CentOS 7

When completed the VS Code is installed on your CentOS 7 system then you can launch it.

Either from the command line by typing code or by the click on the VS Code icon (Applications -> Programming -> Visual Studio Code).

And, when the first time you start VS Code, a window opens like the below screenshot:
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You can now start configuring VS Code and installing extensions according to your likes.

Visual Studio Code Updating

VS Code monthly ships and you can see when a new version is available by checking the release notes.

When a new version is coming you can update the Visual Studio Code with your desktop evidence.

So, software Update tool or by running the below command in your terminal:

$ sudo yum update
Conclusion

So, now you have successfully completed installed VS Code on your CentOS 7 machine.

But to learn more about VS Code you need to visit their official documentation page.

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