How to Install Visual Studio Code on Ubuntu
Visual Studio Code is an open-source cross-platform code editor developed by Microsoft. It has a built-in debugging support, embedded Git control, syntax highlighting, code completion, integrated terminal, code refactoring and snippets.
The easiest and recommended way to install Visual Studio Code on Ubuntu machines is to enable the VS Code repository and install the VS Code package through the command line.
Installing Visual Studio Code on Ubuntu
To install Visual Studio Code on your Ubuntu system, follow these steps:
- First, update the packages index and install the dependencies by typing:
sudo apt updatesudo apt install software-properties-common apt-transport-https wget
- Next, import the Microsoft GPG key using the following wget command :
wget -q https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -And enable the Visual Studio Code repository by typing:
sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable main" - Once the apt repository is enabled , install the latest version of Visual Studio Code with:
sudo apt updatesudo apt install code
That’s it. Visual Studio Code has been installed on your Ubuntu desktop and you can start using it.
