How Do I Open Visual Studio Code in Linux?

How Do I Open Visual Studio Code in Linux?
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How do I open Visual Studio code in Linux terminal?

Correct way is to open Visual Studio Code and press Ctrl + Shift + P then type install shell command . At some point you should see an option come up that lets you install shell command, click it. Then open a new terminal window and type code .

How do I start VS Code in Linux?

Command + Shift + P to open the Command Palette. Type shell command , to find the Shell Command: Install ‘code’ command in PATH and select to install it.
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Linux

  1. Download Visual Studio Code for Linux.
  2. Make a new folder and extract VSCode-linux-x64. zip inside that folder.
  3. Double click on Code to run Visual Studio Code.
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