VS Code is a great IDE with new features released every other week. Its advisable to keep up with the updates.
If you are using Windows / Mac VS Code is smart enough to update itself on click of a button.
<img src="https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1601754861976/PcR_tjAsY.jpeg" alt="ferenc-almasi--FHIdRVGets-unsplash.jpg" />
For Linux (debian/ubuntu) users Upgrading VS Code is a two step process.
Step 1 : Download .deb file to you local folder (~/Downloads)
<a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/" class="autolinkedURL autolinkedURL-url" target="_blank">code.visualstudio.com</a>
Step 2 : Open Terminal
<pre><code>$ cd ~/Downloads
</code></pre><pre><code>$ sudo dpkg -i code_1.filename_amd64.deb
</code></pre>Example latest version as of today is 
<pre><code>$ dpkg -i code_1.49.3-1601661857_amd64.deb
</code></pre>If you are using RHEL / CENTOS
<pre><code>$ sudo dnf install &lt;file&gt;.rpm
</code></pre>For upgrade
<pre><code>sudo rpm -U &lt;file&gt;.rpm
</code></pre>

VS Code is a great IDE with new features released every other week. Its advisable to keep up with the updates.

If you are using Windows / Mac VS Code is smart enough to update itself on click of a button.

![ferenc-almasi--FHIdRVGets-unsplash.jpg](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1601754861976/PcR_tjAsY.jpeg)

For Linux (debian/ubuntu) users Upgrading VS Code is a two step process.

**Step 1 : Download .deb file to you local folder (~/Downloads)**

https://code.visualstudio.com/

**Step 2 : Open Terminal**

```
$ cd ~/Downloads
```

```
$ sudo dpkg -i code_1.filename_amd64.deb
```

Example latest version as of today is 

```
$ dpkg -i code_1.49.3-1601661857_amd64.deb 
``` 

If you are using RHEL / CENTOS


```
$ sudo dnf install <file>.rpm
``` 

For upgrade

```
sudo rpm -U <file>.rpm
```

Upgrade Visual Studio Code on Linux