Install-or-update-vscode(Visual Studio Code)-on-debian

gist-06-install-or-update-vscode(Visual Studio Code)-on-debian.txt

#installing vscode on Debian

You can install vscode using following commands:  
1- Start by updating the packages index and installing the dependencies by typing:  
sudo apt update
2- sudo apt install software-properties-common apt-transport-https curl
3- Import the Microsoft GPG key using the following curl command: 
curl -sSL https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | sudo apt-key add -
4- Add the Visual Studio Code repository to your system:
sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable main"
5- Install the Visual Studio Code package with:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install code





#updating vscode on Debian

You can update vscode using following commands:  
1-  wget 'https://code.visualstudio.com/sha/download?build=stable&os=linux-deb-x64' -O /tmp/code_latest_amd64.deb
2 - sudo dpkg -i /tmp/code_latest_amd64.deb

Thanks for providing this. Unfortunately it no longer works with Apt 3 on Debian Trixie as is because add-apt-repository seems not to be part of Apt 3. I've done some searching and have not found how this is supposed to be done now.