VSCodium is a free and open-source code editor based on the popular Visual Studio Code. It is meant to be a free alternative to Visual Studio Code, with all the same features but without the telemetry and licensing restrictions. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install VSCodium on Ubuntu Server.
Before you begin with the installation, there are a few prerequisites that you need to fulfill:
The first step is to download the VSCodium package from the official VSCodium GitHub page. At the time of writing, the latest stable release is v1.56.2.
Use the wget command to download the latest VSCodium deb package:
sudo wget -qO- https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/releases/download/1.56.2/codium_1.56.2-1624581860_amd64.deb -O vscodium.deb
This will download the package and save it as "vscodium.deb" in your current directory.
Next, you need to install the package using the dpkg command:
sudo dpkg -i vscodium.deb
This will install VSCodium in your system.
Once VSCodium is installed, you can launch it by typing the following command in the terminal:
codium
This will launch VSCodium.
You can also create a desktop shortcut for VSCodium by creating a new file "vscodium.desktop" in the "applications" directory:
sudo nano /usr/share/applications/vscodium.desktop
Add the following contents to the file:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=VSCodium
GenericName=Text Editor
Comment=Code Editing
Exec=/usr/bin/codium
Icon=/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/codium.png
Terminal=false
Categories=Development;TextEditor
Save and close the file.
Congratulations! VSCodium is now installed on your Ubuntu Server. You can now start coding in a free and open-source environment without any licensing restrictions.
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