Setup Visual Studio Code + Dev Containers Extension in Linux

setup-devcontainers.sh

#!/bin/bash
set -e

# Err if user is root
if [ "$EUID" -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "Please do not run as root"
    exit
fi

# Install git, docker, and VSCode dependencies
sudo apt-get update --yes
sudo apt-get install --yes apt-transport-https docker.io git gpg  wget 

# Install VSCode
wget -qO- https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor > packages.microsoft.gpg
sudo install -D -o root -g root -m 644 packages.microsoft.gpg /etc/apt/keyrings/packages.microsoft.gpg
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64,arm64,armhf signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/packages.microsoft.gpg] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list'
rm -f packages.microsoft.gpg
sudo apt-get update --yes
sudo apt-get --yes install code

# Install the Remote Dev Container extension for VSCode
code --install-extension ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers

Run in a single command from a Linux Terminal:
wget -O https://gist.githubusercontent.com/knkillname/f8c3e40451678539fb49787703b4360d/raw/94d3465190a098ef6effb41d3e73cad3c69e9137/setup-devcontainers.sh | bash