Learning to develop .net core on Linux - Install VS code

To install Visual Studio Code we need to open a terminal window

First install the key

sudo rpm --import https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc

Install the repository

sudo sh -c 'echo -e "[code]\nname=Visual Studio Code\nbaseurl=https://packages.microsoft.com/yumrepos/vscode\nenabled=1\ngpgcheck=1\ngpgkey=https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc" > /etc/yum.repos.d/vscode.repo'

Update the package cache

sudo dnf check-update

Then install code

sudo dnf install code

Now that VS code is installed

 Lets install the .net core 3.1 sdk

 First get the key and repo

sudo rpm --import https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc

sudo wget -O /etc/yum.repos.d/microsoft-prod.repo https://packages.microsoft.com/config/fedora/31/prod.repo

Now we can install .net core 3.1

sudo dnf install dotnet-sdk-3.1

Make sure in Visual Studio code you install the C# extension by Microsoft