This tutorial will be helpful for beginners to install VSCodium 1.70.0 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Linux Mint 21, Pop OS 22.04 LTS, Fedora 36, Alma Linux 9 and Rocky Linux 9.
VSCodium is a community-driven, free/Libre Open Source Software Binaries of VS Code current release windows_build_status.
VSCodium is not a fork. It will automatically build Microsoft vscode repository into freely licensed binaries with a community driven default configuration.
Install VSCodium 1.7.0 on Ubuntu / Linux Mint
Step 1: Make sure system is up to date
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgradeStep 2: Add the VSCodium GPG Key
wget -qO - https://gitlab.com/paulcarroty/vscodium-deb-rpm-repo/raw/master/pub.gpg \
| gpg --dearmor \
| sudo dd of=/usr/share/keyrings/vscodium-archive-keyring.gpgStep 3: Add the repository
echo 'deb [ signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/vscodium-archive-keyring.gpg ] https://download.vscodium.com/debs vscodium main' \ | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscodium.listStep 4: Install VSCodium on Ubuntu / Linux Mint
sudo apt update && sudo apt install codium
Install VSCodium 1.7.0 on Fedora / Alma Linux / RHEL
Step 1: Make sure system is up to date.
Step 2: Add the GPG Key to your system
sudo rpmkeys --import https://gitlab.com/paulcarroty/vscodium-deb-rpm-repo/-/raw/master/pub.gpg
Step 3: Add the Repository
cat >> /etc/yum.repos.d/vscodium.repo <<EOF
[vscodiumrepo]
name=download.vscodium.com
baseurl=https://download.vscodium.com/rpms/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
repo_gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://gitlab.com/paulcarroty/vscodium-deb-rpm-repo/-/raw/master/pub.gpg
metadata_expire=1h
EOF
Step 4: Update the system and install VSCodium
sudo dnf update && sudo dnf install codium
Conclusion
From this tutorial, you have learned how to download and install VSCodium on Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint, Alma Linux, Rocky Linux and Fedora
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