BBB Using VSCode Server with Debian 13 Image?

General Discussion
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I have a BeagleBone Black RevC3. I’m using the latest BeagleBone Black Debian 13.5 2026-05-19 IoT (v6.18.x) image via an microSD card.

Why is there no longer a pre-installed VSCode server in the current Debian 13 images?

Can it be installed later, and if so, how?

Thanks.
Best regards

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Because,

A) The rate of change makes it virtually impossible to keep current,
B) The installation is completely automated

and

C) The experience is absolutely abysmal, given the resources it requires to operate.

If you absolutely positively need to have a bad day,
install the Remote - SSH addon, connect to your BBB as you normally would,
and everything will be taken care of.

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Using VSCode with the ssh plugin is a better experience.. VSCode on the poor am335x takes up so much of the resources by default, it was best to not ‘pre-install’ it..

sudo apt update
sudo apt-get install bb-code-server

Then enable it for your user:

systemctl enable code-server@```user_name```

Regards

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