Learn how to – Install Visual Studio Code on Fedora 37/36/35/34/33/32

Learn how to – Install Visual Studio Code on Fedora 37/36/35/34/33/32.

Question: How to Install Visual Studio Code on Fedora 37/36/35/34/33/32?. This guide is a reference for the installation of the Visual Studio Code on Fedora. Visual Studio Code is a popular source-code editor developed by Microsoft for Windows, Linux, and macOS. It is redefined and optimized for building and debugging modern web and cloud applications.

Visual Studio Code packages for Fedora Linux are available on an RPM repository maintained by Microsoft. But you need to import GPG key and add the repository before doing the actual installation of VS Code on Fedora.

Import repository key.

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

When done, add VS Code repository contents to your Fedora Linux.

cat <<EOF | sudo tee /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
EOF

Then update the package cache

sudo dnf check-update

and install Visual Studio Code on Fedora 36/35/34/33/32.

$ sudo dnf install code
.....
Transaction Summary
======================================================================================================================================================================================================
Install  1 Package

Total download size: 102 M
Installed size: 290 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y

Package details such as version number can be checked with:

$ rpm -qi code
Name        : code
Version     : 1.74.3
Release     : 1673284922.el7
Architecture: x86_64
Install Date: Tue 24 Jan 2023 08:54:45 PM UTC
Group       : Development/Tools
Size        : 402400245
License     : Multiple, see https://code.visualstudio.com/license
Signature   : RSA/SHA256, Mon 09 Jan 2023 05:23:39 PM UTC, Key ID eb3e94adbe1229cf
Source RPM  : code-1.74.3-1673284922.el7.src.rpm
Build Date  : Mon 09 Jan 2023 05:22:17 PM UTC
Build Host  : 133c663b1c42
Packager    : Visual Studio Code Team <vscode-linux@microsoft.com>
....

To Launch VS Code on Fedora, run:

$ code

Or search from activities menu.

You should get VS Code welcome window.

Enjoy your development with Visual Studio Code on Fedora. Check a comprehensive guide on how to use VS Code. Watching Introductory Videos should also help you get started.