🧩 Install VS Code

🪟 Installing VS Code on Windows via Microsoft Store

🪟 Windows (Microsoft Store)

  • 🏪 Open Microsoft Store:
    Press Win + S, type Microsoft Store, and press Enter.
  • 🔍 Search for VS Code:
    In the Store search bar, type Visual Studio Code.
  • 📱 Select VS Code:
    Click on the official Visual Studio Code app by Microsoft in the search results.
  • ⬇️ Install VS Code:
    Click the Install button.

  • 🚀 Launch VS Code:
    Open it from the Start menu or Microsoft Store once installation completes.

Note: Installing from the Microsoft Store ensures automatic updates and integration with Windows features like Windows Sandbox and Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).

🍎 macOS (Apple)

  • ⚠️ Note: Visual Studio Code is not available on the Apple App Store.
  • 🌐 Download from Official Site:
    Visit Visual Studio Code Download and download the macOS version.
  • 📦 Install VS Code:
    Open the downloaded .zip file and drag Visual Studio Code.app into your Applications folder.
  • 🚀 Open VS Code:
    Launch it from the Applications folder.

🛠️ Optional: Install via Homebrew:

Open Terminal and run: bashCopyEdit

bash
brew install --cask visual-studio-code

Then launch with:

bash
open /Applications/Visual\ Studio\ Code.app

🐧 Unix/Linux

🐙 Install via Snap (if supported):

Open Terminal and run:

bash
sudo snap install --classic code

🌐 Or download the official package:
Visit Visual Studio Code Download, download the .deb (Debian/Ubuntu) or .rpm (Fedora/openSUSE) package.

🛠️ Install the package:

For Debian/Ubuntu (.deb):

bash
sudo dpkg -i code_*.deb
sudo apt-get install -f

For Fedora/openSUSE (.rpm):

bash
sudo rpm -i code-*.rpm

🏛️ Or add Microsoft repo and install (Debian/Ubuntu):

Run these commands:

bash
wget -qO- https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor > packages.microsoft.gpg
sudo install -o root -g root -m 644 packages.microsoft.gpg /usr/share/keyrings/
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/packages.microsoft.gpg] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list'
sudo apt update
sudo apt install code