If you prefer managing updates through your system's package manager, you can add Microsoft's repository directly. This ensures that whenever you run a system update, VS Code is updated too.

Using apt install is better than dpkg because it automatically handles missing dependencies. sudo dnf install ./Downloads/code-*.rpm Use code with caution. 2. Install via Command Line Repositories

Download the .rpm package. Installation via Terminal

Download the .deb package.

wget -qO- https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor > packages.microsoft.gpg sudo install -D -o root -g root -m 644 packages.microsoft.gpg /etc/apt/keyrings/packages.microsoft.gpg sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64,arm64,armhf signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/packages.microsoft.gpg] https://microsoft.com stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list' sudo apt update && sudo apt install code Use code with caution. Visual Studio Code on Linux