How to Install VS Code on Fedora 38: A Step-by-Step Guide
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Revisited and updated on November 06th, 2023.
Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code is an Extensible and customizable code editor developed by Microsoft.
Besides, it is free, open-source code and It has gained immense popularity among developers and is widely used for a variety of programming languages and development tasks. VS Code is available. It is a terminal emulator for Linux and Unix-like operating systems.
Check your OS
This step is optional. It's just to make sure you have Fedorainstalled.
/etc/os-release
cat /etc/os-release
hostnamectl
hostnamectl
Output
When you run hostnamectl without any options, it provides detailed information about the system's hostname, operating system, kernel, and other system-related settings.
lsb_release
lsb_release -a
Output
lsb_release is a command-line utility commonly found in Linux distributions that adhere to the Linux Standard Base (LSB). The LSB is a standardization initiative that aims to increase compatibility between different Linux distributions by defining a common set of libraries and conventions.
uname
uname -a
Output
The uname -a command is used to display detailed system information about the Linux operating system. It provides information about the system's kernel and other system-related details.
Let's get down to business
shall we?
Solution
By importing a Microsoft GPG key and creating a new repository configuration for the Visual Studio Code, let's use the dnf package manager to install Visual Studio Code.
Import a Microsoft GPG
This step is to ensure we import the GNU Privacy Guard public key into the system.
sudo rpm --import https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc
Output
rpm is the Red Hat Package Manager, a tool used for managing software packages on Red Hat-based Linux distributions, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, and Fedora.
The --import is an option for the rpm tool, indicating that you want to import a GPG key.
Create a repository configuration file for VS Code
udo sh -c 'echo -e "[code]\nname=Visual Studio Code\nbaseurl=https://packages.microsoft.com/yumrepos/vscode\nenabled=1\ngpgcheck=1\ngpgkey=https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc" > /etc/yum.repos.d/vscode.repo'
Output:
This command creates a repository configuration file for Visual Studio Code, called vscode.repo, in the /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory.
It makes it available for installation and updates via the YUM package manager on your Linux system.
The configuration file specifies the repository's name, location, whether it's enabled, and how to perform GPG signature checks on the packages.
Check for updates
dnf check-update
Output
The dnf check-update command contacts the configured software repositories to check if there are any updates available for the installed packages.
It doesn't perform any actual updates, it merely checks if there are updates available and provides a list of available updates.
Install Visual Sutdio Code
sudo dnf install code
Output
Check installation
Version
code --version
Output
[phunter@192 ~]$ code -v
1.83.1
f1b07bd25dfad64b0167beb15359ae573aecd2cc
x64
Executable file's path
which code
Output
[phunter@192 ~]$ which code
/usr/bin/code
Open Visual Studio Code
code
Output:
Done
Celebrate
Let's become friends
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