How to install Microsoft Visual studio code 1.13.1 on Ubuntu 16.04

How to install Microsoft Visual studio code 1.13.1 on Ubuntu 16.04

Visual Studio Code is a free, code-optimized editor based on electron. It supports features such as navigation, syntax highlighting, bracket matching, auto indentation, intellisense support and snippets. It also supports various languages and has integrated terminal with ability to handle multiple instances. This article will explain the installation of Visual Studio Code 1.13.1 on Ubuntu 16.04.

Installation procedure

To start the installation procedure, install the gdebi package in the target system by executing the following command.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install gdebi
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  gdebi-core gksu gnome-icon-theme libcairo-perl libgksu2-0 libglib-perl libgtk2-perl
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Processing triggers for gconf2 (3.2.6-3ubuntu6) ...
Setting up gksu (2.0.2-9ubuntu1) ...
Setting up gdebi (0.9.5.7ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3)

The gdebi package is installed in the target system. Download the visual studio code package using the wget command and execute it.

root@linuxhelp1:~# wget https://az764295.vo.msecnd.net/stable/379d2efb5539b09112c793d3d9a413017d736f89/code_1.13.1-1497464373_amd64.deb
--2017-07-12 12:07:22--  https://az764295.vo.msecnd.net/stable/379d2efb5539b09112c793d3d9a413017d736f89/code_1.13.1-1497464373_amd64.deb
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code_1.13.1-1497464373_a 100%[==================================> ]  41.84M  1.10MB/s    in 40s    
2017-07-12 12:08:03 (1.03 MB/s) - ‘ code_1.13.1-1497464373_amd64.deb’  saved [43878100/43878100]

The visual studio code is downloaded in the target system. Install the visual studio code package using gdebi and execute it.

root@linuxhelp1:~# gdebi code_1.13.1-1497464373_amd64.deb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Reading state information... Done
Code editing. Redefined.
 Visual Studio Code is a new choice of tool that combines the simplicity of a code editor with what developers need for the core edit-build-debug cycle. See https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/li
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Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20160415-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...

Now the Visual Studio Code icon is installed and to run the application, type the package name in the Ubuntu dashboard, click on the icon to run the application.

Wasn' t that an easy installation procedure? Visual Studio Code also contains a built in GUI for Git for the most common commands which makes it really easy to instantly see the changes the user is making in the current project.