This short tutorial will aims at showing you how to install Visual Studio Code on Kali Linux 2020.x. Visual Studio Code combines the simplicity of a source code editor with powerful developer tooling, like IntelliSense code completion and debugging amongst other cool stuffs.
Let's get started
Step 1
We will be using the official APT repository for the installation of Visual Studio Code on Kali Linux. First of all, let's run the commands below to update your system and install the repository package.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install curl gpg software-properties-common apt-transport-https
Step 2
Let's import Microsoft GPG key to your Kali Linux bu running this command:
curl -sSL packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | sudo apt-key add -
Step 3
Add APT repository for VS Code to Kali Linux:
echo "deb [arch=amd64] packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list
Step 4
Finally let's install Visual Studio Code on Kali Linux:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install code
That's you it. You are good to go