Let’s get VSCode up and running on Kali. On the download page, grab the .deb file.
Choose ‘Save File’ this time.
cd to your Downloads folder and you should see the .deb file.
Most students are used to using apt install <X> to install applications. Here is what the ‘apt’ program does:
- It checks the configured repositories in /etc/apt/sources.list
- It downloads a .deb found on a site there.
- It runs the ‘dpkg’ command.
Many times you’ll find you need to download a .deb file like this that isn’t readily available via the default apt repositories. Once the download is complete, we just need to run the ‘dpkg’ command to install the package like this:
dpkg -i packagename
Now a search will turn it up.
In the next few labs, we will focus on basic Python proficiency. If you are already comfortable with the fundamentals of Python, fear not! The upcoming labs will introduce new content as well.
Open a new file in VSCode
