Visual Studio Code For Raspberry Pi



You can run Visual Studio Code on Raspberry Pi devices.

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Four years ago I wrote how to BUILD (literally compile) Visual Studio Code for a Raspberry Pi ARM machine.Just a few months later in November, community member Jay Rodgers released his labor of love - nightly builds of VS Code for Chromebooks and Raspberry Pi. If you want to get unofficial builds of Visual Studio Code running on a Raspberry Pi (I know you have one!) you should use his.

By downloading and using Visual Studio Code, you agree to the license terms and privacy statement.

  • Once the installation process has finished, you can now run Visual Studio Code on the Raspberry Pi. Running Visual Studio Code on your Raspberry Pi. In this section, you will see how you can launch VS code on your Raspberry Pi. On your Pi’s desktop, open the start menu by clicking the Raspberry icon in the top left corner.
  • Visual Studio Code is officially distributed via the Raspberry Pi OS (previously called Raspbian) APT repository, in both 32-bit and 64-bit variants. You can install it by running: sudo apt update sudo apt install code Running VS Code. After installing the VS Code package, you can run VS Code by typing code in a terminal or launching it via the Programming menu.

Installation

Visual Studio Code is officially distributed via the Raspberry Pi OS (previously called Raspbian) APT repository, in both 32-bit and 64-bit variants.

You can install it by running:

Running VS Code

After installing the VS Code package, you can run VS Code by typing code in a terminal or launching it via the Programming menu.

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Updates

Your Raspberry Pi should handle updating VS Code in the same way as other packages on the system:

You can always check when a new release is available in our Updates page.

System requirements

Visual Studio Code Raspberry Pi Zero W

VS Code is supported on these Raspberry Pi models running a 32-bit or 64-bit version of Raspberry Pi OS:

  • Raspberry Pi 3 Model B/B+
  • Raspberry Pi 4 Model B
  • Raspberry Pi 400

While 1 GB of memory (RAM) meets the minimum system requirements, users will benefit from installing VS Code on a Raspberry Pi 4 with more memory.

Visual Studio Code Raspberry Pi Python

First-generation Raspberry Pi modules and Raspberry Pi Zero are not supported as they only include an ARMv6 CPU.

Next steps

Once you have installed VS Code, these topics will help you learn more about it:

Visual Studio Code For Raspberry Pi

  • Additional Components - Learn how to install Git, Node.js, TypeScript, and tools like Yeoman.
  • User Interface - A quick orientation to VS Code.
  • User/Workspace Settings - Learn how to configure VS Code to your preferences through settings.