Automated shell script for installing Visual Studio Code on Linux.

Supports: x64, arm64, and x86 architectures

Features

• Automatically detects Linux distribution and architecture.
• Downloads the latest stable release of Visual Studio Code.
• Extracts and installs to ~/.local/vscode-stable for user-only access.
• Automatically adds the binary to ~/.local/bin for easy terminal access.
• Creates a .desktop file for easy launching from the applications menu.
• Optional flags for clearing cache and forced reinstallation.

Installation

1. Close any running instances of Visual Studio Code.
2. Run the following command in your terminal:

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/void-land/vscode-installer/main/install.sh)"

or

curl -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/void-land/vscode-installer/main/install.sh | sh

Uninstallation

To uninstall Visual Studio Code, run the following commands:

rm -rf ~/.local/vscode-stable ~/.local/bin/code
rm -rf ~/.local/share/applications/code.desktop
rm -rf ~/.local/share/applications/code-url-handler.desktop

Notes

• For Flatpak users, you can install Visual Studio Code from Flathub.
• For manual download, you can get the Debian package from the official Visual Studio Code website.

Disclaimer

This script is provided as-is, and the repository owners are not responsible for any issues caused by the use of this installer.