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A. Installing VS Code

A. Installing VS Code

(Information current as of March 8, 2022)

Download from the main page: https://code.visualstudio.com and install. A few details below. We also comment on differences between platforms below.

On Linux

There are .deb files for Debian/Ubuntu, and packages for the RedHat ecosystem (RHEL, Fedora, CentOS) As a general principle, I avoid Snap packages due to extensions possibly conflicting with the Snap sandboxing.

Setting to obtain a compact title bar.

On Mac

VS Code asking for permissions: it is fine to deny access. One should avoid working on project folders that are direct children of the $HOME folder.

See further info:

On Windows

I don’t use Windows and neither my immediate colleagues, but here is what I can say.

Prefer the “user setup” option, so that VS Code is installed in your User folder without requiring administrator privileges. Subsequent updates will also be smoother.