Install VS Codium on Ubuntu

VSCodium is a fork of Microsoft Visual Studio Code Editor, modified to have full open-source access.

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https://www.linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-vscodium-on-ubuntu-20-04-lts/

The source code for this product can be found on GitHub, where it is licensed under MIT license and, therefore, will always remain free as long you don’t mind installing extra features via plugins or extensions from third parties like Telemetry transmitting your browsing habits across networks without permission.

Here are the steps to install VSCodium on Ubuntu Linux:

  1. Update Ubuntu
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sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
  1. Install Dependencies
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sudo apt install curl apt-transport-https gnupg2 -y
  1. Import GPG
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curl https://gitlab.com/paulcarroty/vscodium-deb-rpm-repo/raw/master/pub.gpg | gpg --dearmor \
| sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/vscodium.gpg >/dev/null
  1. Import the Repository
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echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/vscodium.gpg] \
https://download.vscodium.com/debs vscodium main" \
| sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscodium.list
  1. Run APT update to reflect new additional repository
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sudo apt update
  1. Install VSCodium
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sudo apt install codium -y
  1. Launch VSCodium

vscodium for normal launch, while vscodium & will launch it in the background to free up the terminal.

You can also launch it in desktop mode.

  1. Update VSCodium
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sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
  1. Remove (uninstall) VSCodium
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sudo apt autoremove codium -y
  1. Remove VSCodium Repository
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sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscodium.list
  1. Remove VSCodium GPG key
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sudo rm /usr/share/keyrings/vscodium.gpg