How to install VSCODE on debian 9? Nothing works - visual-studio-code

Question

I'm trying to install Visual studio code.
My Raspb. Version is:
Distributor ID: Raspbian
Description: Raspbian GNU/Linux 9.8 (stretch)
Release: 9.8
Codename: stretch
I tried several method (starting to download .deb and using dpkg or install command) but nothing worked.
How can I fix this problem? I really need VSC because my project is growing and Geany messes up.
Downloaded .deb and .tar files from the official site, followed the setup instruction but I got this error
With dpkg (both 32 and 64bit):
"package architecture (amd64) does not match system (armhf)"
"package architecture (i386) does not match system (armhf)"
With sudo install:
sudo apt install ./code_1.33.1-1554971066_amd64.deb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'code:amd64' instead of './code_1.33.1-1554971066_amd64.deb'
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
code:amd64 : Depends: libnotify4:amd64 but it is not installable
Depends: libnss3:amd64 (>= 2:3.26) but it is not installable
Depends: apt:amd64 but it is not installable
Depends: libxkbfile1:amd64 but it is not installable
Depends: libsecret-1-0:amd64 but it is not installable
Depends: libgtk-3-0:amd64 (>= 3.10.0) but it is not installable
Depends: libxss1:amd64 but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
With repository:
pi#raspberrypi:~/Downloads $ sudo apt-get update
Err:1 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian stretch InRelease
Temporary failure resolving 'raspbian.raspberrypi.org'
Err:2 http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian stretch InRelease
Temporary failure resolving 'archive.raspberrypi.org'
Err:3 https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable InRelease
Could not resolve host: packages.microsoft.com
Reading package lists... Done
W: Failed to fetch http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian/dists/stretch/InRelease Temporary failure resolving 'raspbian.raspberrypi.org'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian/dists/stretch/InRelease Temporary failure resolving 'archive.raspberrypi.org'
W: Failed to fetch https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode/dists/stable/InRelease Could not resolve host: packages.microsoft.com
W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
pi#raspberrypi:~/Downloads $ sudo apt-get install code
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package code
I'm getting mad about this problem, I tried older repository but they don't work.

Answer 1

There are Community builds of Visual Studio Code available (for Raspberry Pi and other ARM and Intel systems).
The packages are currently available in DEB and RPM format. You can use the scripts provided here to install the packages and add their repository to your system or install it manually.
Below I summarized the steps:
Open a new terminal. If you need super-user rights (you probably do), then you can enter sudo -s and press return to enter a super-user session. Run the installer for your current distribution:
APT instructions
(including Debian, Raspbian, Ubuntu and Linux Mint)
. <( wget -O - https://code.headmelted.com/installers/apt.sh )
Press the return key. Once the installer has completed, you should have a "Code - OSS" entry in your desktop program list.
Manual installation
If for any reason the script above will not work on your system, or you do not want to add the package source for updates, you can get the latest version of the package for your system below.
Public GPG key
For either APT or YUM installation, you'll want the public GPG key to verify the package, which you can download here.
APT and YUM packages
The latest packages are available directly from the PackageCloud releases page.
The specific package you need is available here.
EDIT:
At this time (29.04.2019) the current release (v. 1.32) appears not to be working for everybody. See: issue#64. Seems that you'll have to go back to v. 1.29, which is reported to be running fine.
You can choose this package and install it manually, or use APT. If you decide to install it via APT, note that you'll have to mark the package on hold as described below.
To prevent code-oss from upgrading (so that you can keep v. 1.29 until the issue is fixed) follow these instructions:
Install v. 1.29 via APT:
apt-get install code-oss=1.29.0-1539702286
Then mark it on hold by running:
apt-mark hold code-oss
Now running apt-get upgrade won't try to bump it up until you run:
apt-mark unhold code-oss
This will allow it to upgrade again as usual.