# Current CMake version for VSCode 1.89 (Linux/Debian)
**URL:** https://discourse.cmake.org/t/current-cmake-version-for-vscode-1-89-linux-debian/10916
**Category:** Community
**Tags:** os:linux
**Created:** [May 28, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/current-cmake-version-for-vscode-1-89-linux-debian/10916 "2024-05-28T18:11:03Z")
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### Author:  [@Horsefeathers](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/Horsefeathers)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/current-cmake-version-for-vscode-1-89-linux-debian/10916/1 "2024-05-28T18:11:03Z")
All,
I’m using (Linux/Debian 12.x) and VSCode 1.89. I installed the cmake extension per instructions. The extension UI mentions version 0.17.17.
$cmake --version returns 3.25.x. If I try to upgrade to the latest version via VSCode it agrees with 0.17.17.
VSCode video tutorials all require 3.29 and indeed I want to build libraries not executables. Version 3.25 is a mismatch to the tutorial.
apt-get upgrade says 3.25 is the most current. I downloaded the tar file for 3.29 but need to know the preferred target directory and then how to make it so VSCode will ue it.
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### Author:  [@Horsefeathers](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/Horsefeathers)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2024, 6:28pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/current-cmake-version-for-vscode-1-89-linux-debian/10916/2 "2024-05-28T18:28:36Z")
and why is twxs displayed as the developer?
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### Author:  [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2025, 6:26pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/current-cmake-version-for-vscode-1-89-linux-debian/10916/3 "2025-03-13T18:26:02Z")
You should be able to download the prebuilt `.tar.gz` binaries from [here](https://cmake.org/download/) and add its `bin` directory (after extraction) to `PATH` to get it to be used.