If you’re an R programmer hoping to try GitHub Copilot, you’ll need to use Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code. Here’s how to set up and use VS Code for R.

Visual Studio doesn’t run on Linux; Visual Studio Code does. On the other hand, Visual Studio for Windows has a Linux/C++ workload and Azure support.

And that’s how you can serve up an instance of Visual Studio Code over your network. It’s a bit of a franken-solution, but it works really well. Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto ...

Download Visual Studio Code Insider. Learn how to sync settings, run public & insider versions together. Difference with Visual Studio IDE also discussed.

2] Check your Internet connection. Since Visual Studio Installer is supposed to fetch the package from the web, it needs a good Internet connection to do the same.