perspector/vscode-raspberry-pi

This repository installs visual studio code (code-oss) on your Raspberry Pi 3B+ or Raspberry Pi 4 easily.

VSCode-Raspberry-Pi

Note: You can now officially download vscode from Microsoft here for Raspberry Pi ARM (32 bit) or ARM64 (64 bit). This repository is for archive/historical purposes only.

above: A nice Python program to calculate pi, written using code-oss on Rasberry Pi 4. Available here

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Prerequisites
• Installation
• Credits

Introduction

This repository installs visual studio code (code-oss) on your Raspberry Pi 3B+ or Raspberry Pi 4 easily.
Raspberry Pi 4 with at least 4GB RAM is recommended!!!
I was tired of doing hours of research and trying out commands to get Visual Studio Code, and have it not work.
So, I made this repository which makes everything easier for you!

Prerequisites

All the following commands are for Ubuntu/Debian

• An updated system sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y
• Git: sudo apt-get install git

Installation

All you have to do to install code-oss is to:

1. Open your terminal by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T on your keyboard.
2. Clone this repository: git clone https://github.com/perspector/VSCode-Raspberry-Pi.git
3. Open the file directory: cd VSCode*
4. Run the script: sudo sh install.sh Note: You may be promted to enter your password for the script to work.
5. Reboot sudo reboot now
6. To run VSCode, just type code-oss in your terminal or find "Code-OSS" in your application menu.

Credits

Many thanks to:

• https://code.headmelted.com/
• https://github.com/futurejones/code-oss-aarch64
• https://packagecloud.io/swift-arm/vscode
• https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/raspberry-pi-code-oss/

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