Install VSCodium on Linux 🌱

What is VSCodium?

VSCodium is a clone of Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code. The project’s sole aim is to provide you with ready to use binaries without Microsoft’s telemetry and tracking code. -https://vscodium.com/

Installing on Linux Devices with APT

  1. Log into the Linux device
  2. Run the following commands in a terminal window
    # download the gpg key
    wget -qO - https://gitlab.com/paulcarroty/vscodium-deb-rpm-repo/raw/master/pub.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
    # add the vscodium apt repository
    echo 'deb https://paulcarroty.gitlab.io/vscodium-deb-rpm-repo/debs/ vscodium main' | sudo tee --append /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscodium.list
    # update software repositories
    sudo apt update
    # install vscodium
    sudo apt install codium

VSCodium is also available as an AppImage or Windows installation package from their GitHub at https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/releases