![]() ![]() My screenshot button will still not work - instead click control+shift+find windows buttons simultaneously, and the screenshot functionality will open.įinally I run a wee hello world script to say hello to the world.Īt this point I have a simple development machine setup on my Chromebook, and hopefully so have you. So (in your chrome browser) head over to chrome://flags and turn on the deprecate alt-based six pack extension, this will release the keys that will otherwise be reserved for chrome. None of the key strokes within virtual studio code will be working properly. Shortly I will run a brief python script, so I install the python linter from the extensions menu. First install the linter for the languages you wish to use. ![]() Next you need to prepare the installation ready for use. If you have bought a lower powered or arm chipped Chromebook, this may take a little longer to load. If the installation completes successfully, you should now be able to see Virtual Studio Code on the find menu.ĭouble click on the virtual studio code application, and you will now be at the main control screen. Head over to, and download the correct Debian executable for your Chromebook - 圆4 if you do have an intel/amd chip.ĭouble click on the executable that you have downloaded, and the install modal should load. Then run sudo apt-get install -y gnome-keyring to install the gnome keyring package, which will help to work with secure data.Īt this point you should be ready to get started. First run sudo apt-get update to update the apt-get package library on the machine. There are a couple of tasks that we need to carry out to prepare the environment. ![]() Next, my Chromebook came with python and git already installed - run git -version and python3 -version in the penguin terminal to check that both are installed. Run dpkg -print-architecture in the penguin Linux terminal to find out - hopefully the answer will be amd as below. If you have read my earlier article, you will have noted that buying an intel rather than arm based Chromebook is important for versatility. There are a couple of things that you should check before you begin. If you would like to find out a little about why, and hardware choices, please refer back to the first article in the series here. This article is the second in a series of articles about doing geeky things with Chromebooks - from software development to retro gaming. In this article I run through how to setup Visual Studio Code on a Chromebook. ∞ Installing Visual Studio Code on Chromebook ![]()
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