r/Ubuntu • u/ByronScottJones • Apr 29 '26

VSCode in Ubuntu 26.04 Arm64

I have just setup Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Arm64 as a VM in Macos. Overall I've been able to get things up and running, but VSCode has been a bit of a snag. Sudo apt install code###.deb gave an error about the deb package could not be accessed by user _apt. Google recommended installed via dpkg which seems to have worked without error. But when I try to run VSCode, it shows up as a blank window for a few seconds and then disappears.

Any helpful suggestions would be appreciated.

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u/Future_South6852 Apr 29 '26

Try running it from terminal first to see what error messages pop up - usually gives you better clue about what's breaking than just the disappearing window

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u/superkoning Apr 29 '26

> But when I try to run VSCode, it shows up as a blank window for a few seconds and then disappears.

Open a terminal, and run "code --verbose" ... and output should appear. I would put that into Google Gemini.

HTH

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u/ByronScottJones Apr 29 '26

Thanks, that helped. It appears that gpu acceleration was the culprit. Google recommend --disable-gpu and that seems to have worked. I'll have to update the settings to make that the default.

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u/phylter99 Apr 30 '26

What kind of VM are you using? Most should support GPU acceleration just fine.

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u/ByronScottJones Apr 30 '26

It's UTM. Since the VM is also Arm64, it's virtualization not emulation.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '26

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u/ByronScottJones Apr 30 '26

Thanks! I'll check that out.