Getting started with VS Code using C# and .NET Core on Ubuntu

Posted by Wim on October 24, 2016

A tutorial on how to compile and run C# application on Ubuntu with Visual Studio Code and .NET Core.

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Steps:

  • Download & install Visual Studio Code from this link.
    For Ubuntu, download the DEB file and install by double clicking on it.

  • Enable the C# plugin
    • Ctrl-Shift-X
    • Search for C# (provider Microsoft)
    • Enable the plugin and restart Visual Studio Code.

  • Install .NET Core (as documented on this link)

    # For Ubuntu 16.04, but also works on Ubuntu 16.10.
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://apt-mo.trafficmanager.net/repos/dotnet-release/ xenial main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dotnetdev.list'
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver apt-mo.trafficmanager.net --recv-keys 417A0893
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install dotnet-dev-1.0.0-preview2-003131