How to fix 'Permission denied' error when installing Visual Studio?

Question

Got this error while trying to install Visual Studio code:

Download is performed unsandboxed as root as file '/home/omar/Downloads/code_1.67.2-1652812855_amd64.deb' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)

How do I fix this?

hey sir ive already fixed this by using : dpkg -i instead of apt thanks in advance for the help tho! — Omar Aladham, May 30 '22 at 23:35
sorry im new here i thought it was a general support quetions thing — Omar Aladham, May 30 '22 at 23:45

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 30 '22 at 23:48

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answer : sudo dpkg -i code_1.67.2-1652812855_amd64.deb or use snap install

answered May 30 '22 at 23:48

Omar Aladham

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i was using "sudo apt ./code_1.67.2-1652812855_amd64.deb" – Omar Aladham May 30 '22 at 23:49
You missed that the command would have been sudo apt install ./code_1.67.2-1652812855_amd64.deb – Terrance May 31 '22 at 01:23
Sorry that’s what I meant sudo apt install not sudo apt – Omar Aladham May 31 '22 at 02:17

How to fix 'Permission denied' error when installing Visual Studio?

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