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I'm having difficulty installing VSCode on Ubuntu 19.04 and most of the instructions I find are for installing VSCode on Ubuntu 18.04/16.04.

First, I tried installing VSCode from Ubuntu Software. When I open vscode after this, the program shows up blank. This continued even when I restarted the computer and then installed and reinstalled VSCode.

Next, I tried to install VSCode using the .deb option from the VSCode website. I got the same problem where when I open VSCode, all I see is a blank window.

Finally, I tried to install VSCode using snap, following these instructions. Again, VSCode is blank when I open it.

I next tried to install using apt. I ran snap remove vscode and was told it's not there, after which I ran "sudo apt install vscode" which told me that vscode is already the newest version. I think this happened because I only uninstalled the version that I had installed with snap.

I poked through VSCode documentation and saw that sometimes problems with GPU acceleration can cause VSCode to appear blank. I tried to disable the GPU acceleration by running code --disable-gpu, but when I re-opened VSCode it was blank again.

TLDR: How can I install VSCode on Ubuntu 19.04? My next plan is to attempt installing the edge or test builds.

I already read this question about installing on 18.04 and followed the instructions. I wasn't able to install VSCode following those directions.

UPDATE: Here is the output from /var/log/apt/term.log which shows my vs code installation attempts.

Log started: 2019-05-16  14:05:45
Selecting previously unselected package code.
(Reading database ... 176942 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../code_1.33.1-1554971066_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking code (1.33.1-1554971066) ...
Setting up code (1.33.1-1554971066) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.32.0-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-4ubuntu1) ...
Log ended: 2019-05-16  14:05:48

Log started: 2019-05-20  12:13:37
(Reading database ... 186403 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing code (1.33.1-1554971066) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.32.0-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-4ubuntu1) ...
Log ended: 2019-05-20  12:13:37

Log started: 2019-05-20  12:13:54
Selecting previously unselected package code.
(Reading database ... 184660 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../code_1.34.0-1557957934_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking code (1.34.0-1557957934) ...
Setting up code (1.34.0-1557957934) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.32.0-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-4ubuntu1) ...
Log ended: 2019-05-20  12:13:57

Log started: 2019-05-20  12:35:47
(Reading database ... 186403 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing code (1.34.0-1557957934) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.32.0-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-4ubuntu1) ...
Log ended: 2019-05-20  12:35:47

Log started: 2019-05-20  12:38:15
Selecting previously unselected package code.
(Reading database ... 184660 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../code_1.34.0-1557957934_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking code (1.34.0-1557957934) ...
Setting up code (1.34.0-1557957934) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.32.0-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-4ubuntu1) ...
Log ended: 2019-05-20  12:38:18

Log started: 2019-05-20  12:49:21
(Reading database ... 186403 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing code (1.34.0-1557957934) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.32.0-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-4ubuntu1) ...
Log ended: 2019-05-20  12:49:21

Log started: 2019-05-20  21:37:40
(Reading database ... 186403 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing code (1.34.0-1557957934) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.32.0-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-4ubuntu1) ...
Log ended: 2019-05-20  21:37:40

Another Update: I resolved the issue. I repeated all of my previous steps for uninstalling VSCode, and I also checked /etc/apt/sources.list.d This directory contained some config files for VSCode, which I removed. I also checked the .config directory in my home directory and it also contained some vscode configuration, which I removed. After doing this full scrub of VSCode-related files, I downloaded the .deb file from the VSCode website and installed it using Ubuntu's Software installer. Success!

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  • Please edit your question to include the complete section of /var/log/apt/term.log showing the vscode install. – user535733 May 21 '19 at 02:48
  • Try launching code from terminal, see if you're shown any errors/messages. The snap version should work without any problem. First try uninstalling vscode running sudo apt purge, then clear the files it left behind by running sudo rm -rf .vscode/ in your home directory. Then install vscode again by running sudo snap install code --classic (don't use the software center) – Sirajus Salekin May 21 '19 at 03:17
  • @SirajusSalekin I followed all the steps you suggested. Now when I open vscode from the GUI, it still shows up as blank. When I try running it from the command line, code ., I get this error: bash: /usr/bin/code: No such file or directory – ByteByByte May 21 '19 at 18:14

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try this commands in your terminal:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install software-properties-common apt-transport-https wget
wget -q https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable main"
sudo apt install code
Omar Sherif
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