Configure VS Code for Debugging on Kubuntu

Brother Bill brotherbill at mail.com
Fri Feb 20 19:33:45 UTC 2026


On Friday, 20 February 2026 at 11:43:15 UTC, Brother Bill wrote:
> Any suggestions?

For Ubuntu 24.04-LTS, these two files with these contents got the 
job done.
1. It debugs
2. It properly uses the Terminal Window for stdin and stdout

.vscode/launch.json
```
{
     // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
     // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
     // For more information, visit: 
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
     "version": "0.2.0",
     "configurations": [
         {
             "type": "code-d",
             "request": "launch",
             "dubBuild": true,
             "name": "Build & Debug DUB project",
             "cwd": "${command:dubWorkingDirectory}",
             "program": "${command:dubTarget}"
         }
     ]
}
```

.vscode/tasks.json
```
{
   "version": "2.0.0",
   "tasks": [
     {
       "label": "dub: build",
       "type": "shell",
       "command": "dub build",
       "group": {
         "kind": "build",
         "isDefault": true
       },
       "presentation": {
         "echo": true,
         "reveal": "always",
         "focus": false,
         "panel": "shared",
         "showReuseMessage": true
       },
       "problemMatcher": []
     },
     {
       "label": "dub: run (integratedTerminal)",
       "type": "shell",
       "command": "dub run",
       "presentation": {
         "echo": true,
         "reveal": "always",
         "focus": true,
         "panel": "shared"
       },
       "problemMatcher": []
     }
   ]
}
```




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