We already know that Debian 11 is a multipurpose operating system so it is not only used on servers but also on the desktop. Especially for users who need stability to develop their work on it. This is the case for many developers who see Debian as an ideal system with no surprises for their work.

So, on Linux, we are fortunate to have many different applications available. We can even install applications created by Microsoft (!) But we have to admit that Visual Studio Code is a great application and every day it is used by more and more developers.

With this powerful text editor, you can create your code and it has features similar to an IDE. It includes debugging support, integrated Git control, syntax highlighting, smart code completion, code snippets, and code refactoring. In addition to this, the editor is customizable and users can change the appearance and global settings.

But not only this, it supports a lot of extensions that make Visual Studio Code have incredible functionalities. Some of them add support for many other programming languages like C++ or YML.

So, let’s install Visual Studio Code on Debian 11

Install Visual Studio Code on Debian 11

Although this is a quite popular application, it is not in the official Debian 11 repositories. But is not a problem to install it because Microsoft provides us with a special DEB package for Debian.

So, you can download it either from the terminal or from the graphical interface.

Open your favorite web browser, and go to the Visual Studio Code download section.

Now download the Debian DEB package.

Then, open your file browser and navigate to the download folder.

Now double click on the package to install it.

Or, install it using the terminal

cd Downloads
sudo apt install ./code*.deb

Following whichever procedure you choose, now you just need to run it from the main menu.

As a repository is also added, you can then keep the application up to date from the system update manager.

Enjoy it.

Remove Visual Studio Code

If you no longer wish to use the program then it is best to uninstall it. To do so, just run this command in the terminal

sudo apt remove code

This way there will be no trace of the application on your system.

Conclusion

Visual Studio Code is one of the best text editors out there. Widely used by many developers it has become indispensable for many of them. This is due to its ease of use and the features it offers that make coding easier. What’s more, there are plugins of many types to help with the process.

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Step 1: Update Your System

Firstly as usual we do, update the system to latest packages by the given command.

sudo apt update

Step 2: Enable HTTPS Access on Ubuntu 20.04

After updating the system install the HTTPS support for the apt package manager for attaining packages from the Microsoft & others. To install HTTPS support run the below command in your terminal.

sudo apt install -y curl apt-transport-https

Step 3: Add Visual Studio Code Repository On Ubuntu 20.04

Fire the listed command to get the Microsoft GPG key for installing visual studio code on Ubuntu 20.04.

curl -sSL https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc -o microsoft.asc
sudo apt-key add microsoft.asc

And then add the repository of Visual Studio Code on Ubuntu 20.04 with the help of the following command.

echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable main"  | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list

After adding the repository go to the installation step.

Step 4: Installing Visual Studio Code on Ubuntu 20.04

To install the Visual Studio Code, hit the given command.

sudo apt update
sudo apt -y install code

Output:

sabi@Ubuntu:~$ sudo apt -y install code
 Reading package lists… Done
 Building dependency tree       
 Reading state information… Done
 The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
   acl apg colord-data gnome-control-center-faces
   gnome-online-accounts hplip-data libcolord-gtk1 libcolorhug2
   libgsound0 libgssdp-1.2-0 libgupnp-1.2-0 libgupnp-av-1.0-2
   libgupnp-dlna-2.0-3 libieee1284-3 libimagequant0 libmediaart-2.0-0
   librygel-core-2.6-2 librygel-db-2.6-2 librygel-renderer-2.6-2
   librygel-server-2.6-2 libsane-common libsnmp-base libsodium23
   libwebpmux3 mobile-broadband-provider-info network-manager-gnome
   printer-driver-postscript-hp python3-macaroonbakery python3-nacl
   python3-olefile python3-pexpect python3-pil python3-protobuf
   python3-ptyprocess python3-pymacaroons python3-renderpm
   python3-reportlab python3-reportlab-accel python3-rfc3339
   python3-tz rygel
 Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
 The following NEW packages will be installed:
   code
 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
 Need to get 62.3 MB of archives.
 After this operation, 265 MB of additional disk space will be used.
 Get:1 https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable/main amd64 code amd64 1.44.2-1587059832 [62.3 MB]
 Fetched 62.3 MB in 1min 7s (927 kB/s)                                 
 Selecting previously unselected package code.
 (Reading database … 164205 files and directories currently installed.
 )
 Preparing to unpack …/code_1.44.2-1587059832_amd64.deb …
 Unpacking code (1.44.2-1587059832) …
 Setting up code (1.44.2-1587059832) …
 Processing triggers for mime-support (3.64ubuntu1) …
 Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1ubuntu1) …
 Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.24-1ubuntu2) …
 

Step 5: Open Visual Studio Code

After installing the visual studio code, either you can open it from the terminal or by navigating to Activities.

Terminal:

code

GUI:

Navigate to Activities and search for Visual Studio Code as shown below.

Here’s the welcome screen of Visual Studio Code.

Step 6: Set Visual Studio Code as Default Editor on Ubuntu 20.04

Now, run the below command in your terminal to set the Visual Studio Code as your default editor on Ubuntu 20.04.

sudo update-alternatives --set editor /usr/bin/code

You can update to the latest version with following command.

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade code

So, this is how you can install Visual Studio Code on Ubuntu 20.04

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So imagine for a moment that you lose access to your hard drive. All your personal information could be exposed, even if you took the precaution of deleting it. Sounds a little scary, doesn’t it? However, they have just released a program whose main function is to overwrite the blank space you have on a hard drive. In this way, the information really remains blank, making it impossible to recover it later. In fact, the name of the program is Overwrite. A very interesting tool. So here we show you how to install Overwrite for the empty space of the disks in Windows 10.

Compiling Overwrite with Visual Studio Code

Overwrite is a program written in C language, which is contained in a single file. It can be compiled on different platforms, but here we are going to compile for Windows 10. With that in mind, we are going to use Visual Studio Code. To know how to install it please check our post. In the same way, we’ll need a C/C++ Compiler, for this example I’m going to use MinGW. The installation process is simple, just go to this address and download the installer.

Then double click on the installer. When the wizard starts, select all the options for a basic installation. Next, wait for the wizard to download all the necessary files and proceed to install them. This will take a few minutes, depending on your internet connection.

Add MinGW to the environment variables.

Next, we’ll add the compiler to the Windows environment variables. This is very important because it will allow you to compile from any CMD without going to the address of the program. Also, the Run Code extension of the editor uses the command prompt of Windows to run the compiler. To find out how to do this, I invite you to check out our post about Wget in Windows 10. Here I simply show you the already added variable:

to check that everything has been installed correctly, please press the “Win+R” combination, and run CMD to open a Command Pro.

In the command prompt please type the following command:

gcc

If running the command throws the error that there are no input files, then we are ready to move on.

Install the extensions in Visual Studio Code.

Now we need to add the necessary extensions to compile in C in Visual Studio Code. With this in mind, open the program. And in the Marketplace write C++ and Code Runner, and proceed to download and install them.

All right, we’re ready to compile the program. The first thing we need to do is to download the package from here

Once downloaded, please remember the location of the download and open Visual Studio Code. Once there, in the left column in Explore, locate the folder where you downloaded the program and click on overwrite.c. Then on the menu on the right press Run.

Testing Overwrite

Finally, we have compiled Overwrite, as you can see in the previous screen, there is already an executable file for windows. However, this program does not have a graphical interface but must be executed in a CMD. In addition, it is necessary to open a Command Prompt at the location of the program. To avoid this complication, we will add the environment variable.

Uses of Overwrite

overwrite [-h -v -test -one -rand -block:] (-files: &| -data:) -path: 
-h             Print help and usage message. 
-v             Print program version. 
-test          For test, don't delete written files. 
-one           Overwrite with 1, default with 0. 
-rand          Overwrite with random data, default with 0. 
-block         Block size, default 4096 bytes as NTFS and EXT4. 
-files         Number of files to write, block size each. 
-data          Quantity of data to write, ex: 1mb, 1gb, all. 
-path          Path to directory where to write data. 

Let’s use a practical example. Write 10 files and 10Mb data, on Windows C drive.

 overwrite -files:10 -data:10mb -path:c:\ 

Obviously, there are several commands we can use to run the tool. Very well, we have learned how to install Overwrite for the empty space of the disks in Windows 10. And also, we have seen how to compile C in Visual Studio Code. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial as much as I did. See you next time.

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Under those circumstances, this is a great option to program. Now we will see some of its characteristics: is a source code editor developed by Microsoft for Windows, Linux, and macOS. In addition, It is a free software project that is distributed under the MIT license, although the executables are distributed under a non-free license. In the same way, it can use several languages (java, HTML, PHP, Python and much more) and its view is highly customizing. Besides, it runs the Intellisense code that allows autocompleting text as long we write it.

Installing Visual Studio Code

In the first place, we need to download it from the website. Here we can see the different versions of downloads (It is multiplatform). But Windows installer is what we looking for.

Once the file is downloaded, we need to execute it. A box with a license will appear, accept and press next.

In the next window, we can select the folder where the program will be installed, either the default or any other.

Additional tasks will be select in the next dialog box. Chose some and press next.

The installation will continue normally.

Wain until installation finish to launch the program

Configuring Visual Studio Code

Launch the editor and on the main page, we will see several options. But, for now, we will take care of relative to customizing: Tools and language, Settings and keybindings and color theme

1.- In the first place, we need to select tools and language, and for demonstrative purpose, install Python

2.- Then, select Settings and keybindings in order to install keybinding, like Atom Keymap for example.

3.- Select theme for chose the color of the editor and code.

Starting PowerShell, CMD and BASH terminal in Visual Studio Code

1) To run a terminal in it, we just open the program, select terminal, then new terminal to open a new terminal with PowerShell. Just check the images below.

2) PowerShell is default terminal, but we can select CMD by clicking in powershell and Select Default Shell

The procedure to start BASH terminal is a little more complex, but we can achieve it. In the first place, we needed to set up Windows for install BASH. With this intention, let to enable features in Windows 10, in order to enable Windows Subsystem to Linux, if you don´t know how to do that, please read our tutorial. Now reboot system

Then, go to Windows Store to download Ubuntu. Wait for download be finished and launch it. A black window will appear where we have configured the UNIX user name and password, now we are able to run and use BASH.

Next, run the program to make BASH, the default shell. In the same way, repeat step 2, and select BASH as Default Shell. Reboot program, and there you go!

Well, this is it. At this point, we can take advantage of his great features and begin programming. Visual Studio Code is a great option for developers, besides, is free and open source but backup for a giant like Microsoft.

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Yes, Visual Studio Code, in my opinion, is one of the finest code editors you can get right now! It successfully combines the power of a simple code editor and with all the necessary parts for the core edit-build-debug cycle.

Today, let’s enjoy this awesome tool on our Linux distro!

Installing Visual Studio Code

There are several ways of getting VS Code on your system. Run the following command according to your Linux distro.

• Debian/Ubuntu

VS Code comes up in a nice DEB package for Debian/Ubuntu and derivatives. Get the latest VS Code DEB package.

Then, run the following commands in the terminal –

cd ~/Downloads/

sudo dpkg -i code_1.30.1-1545156774_amd64.deb

sudo apt install -f

• Fedora

Get the latest VS Code PRM package. Then, run the following command –

sudo dnf install code-1.30.1-1545156893.el7.x86_64.rpm

• OpenSUSE

After downloading the RPM package of VS Code, run the following command –

sudo zypper install code-1.30.1-1545156893.el7.x86_64.rpm

• Arch Linux

VS Code is available on the AUR repository. Let’s install VS Code right away!

sudo pacman -S base-devel git

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/visual-studio-code-bin.git

cd visual-studio-code-bin

makepkg -sri

• Snap

The best way of enjoying VS Code is installing the snap package. Snap packages are universal Linux packages that offer compatibility all across the Linux distros. Run the following command –

sudo snap install vscode --classic

Using VS Code

Fire up the editor –

You can add additional features with the available extensions directly!

Enjoy!

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