How to Install VSCodium on OpenBSD

VSCodium is a free, open-source version of Microsoft's Visual Studio Code. It is available on various platforms including OpenBSD. This tutorial will guide you on how to install VSCodium on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

Before starting with the installation process, make sure that you have the following prerequisites installed on your OpenBSD system:

  • sudo access
  • Internet connection

Steps to Install VSCodium on OpenBSD

  1. Open the terminal on your OpenBSD system.

  2. Update the package index using doas pkg_add -u.

  3. Install the git package on your system:

doas pkg_add git
  1. Clone the VSCodium repository from GitHub by running the following command in the terminal:
git clone https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium.git
  1. Navigate to the cloned VSCodium repository by running the following command:
cd vscodium
  1. Run the scripts/install-build-deps.sh script to install the build dependencies:
./scripts/install-build-deps.sh
  1. Run the scripts/build.sh script to build VSCodium on your OpenBSD system:
./scripts/build.sh

  1. Wait for the build process to complete.

  2. Once the build process is complete, run the scripts/package.sh script to package VSCodium:

./scripts/package.sh

  1. Wait for VSCodium to get packaged.

  2. Install the packaged VSCodium by running the following command:

doas pkg_add codium-*.tgz
  1. Once the installation is complete, run VSCodium by typing codium in the terminal.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install VSCodium on OpenBSD. Now, you can start using VSCodium to develop software on your OpenBSD system.