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To Install Visual Studio Code 1.3 in Ubuntu 16.04

Visual Studio Code is a free, lightweight, free software. It is a dominant source code editor that runs on your desktop environment. Installation of Visual Studio Code in Ubuntu is explained in this article.

Features

  • Tabs
  • Languages
  • Extensions
  • Workbench
  • Editor
  • Debugging

To install Visual Studio Code

Before downloading the latest version of the visual studio, create a directory inside the tmp file.

root@linuxhelp1:~# mkdir /tmp/VSC
root@linuxhelp1:~# cd /tmp/VSC/

Download the latest version of the visual studio package by using the wget command.

root@linuxhelp1:/tmp/VSC# wget https://az764295.vo.msecnd.net/stable/e6b4afa53e9c0f54edef1673de9001e9f0f547ae/VSCode-linux-x64-stable.zip
--2016-08-01 11:42:55--  https://az764295.vo.msecnd.net/stable/e6b4afa53e9c0f54edef1673de9001e9f0f547ae/VSCode-linux-x64-stable.zip
Resolving az764295.vo.msecnd.net (az764295.vo.msecnd.net)... 68.232.45.201, 2606:2800:10c:1ff2:1d06:94b:c0f:14d
Connecting to az764295.vo.msecnd.net (az764295.vo.msecnd.net)|68.232.45.201|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 48262769 (46M) [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘ VSCode-linux-x64-stable.zip’ 

VSCode-linux-x64-stable.zip      100%[=========================================================> ]  46.03M   101KB/s    in 4m 11s  

2016-08-01 11:47:07 (188 KB/s) - ‘ VSCode-linux-x64-stable.zip’  saved [48262769/48262769]

Unzip the downloaded package by using the following command.

root@linuxhelp1:/tmp/VSC# unzip VSCode-linux-x64-stable.zip -d /opt/
Archive:  VSCode-linux-x64-stable.zip
   creating: /opt/VSCode-linux-x64/
  inflating: /opt/VSCode-linux-x64/snapshot_blob.bin  
  inflating: /opt/VSCode-linux-x64/libnode.so  
  inflating: /opt/VSCode-linux-x64/code  
   creating: /opt/VSCode-linux-x64/resources/
   creating: /opt/VSCode-linux-x64/resources/app/
  inflating: /opt/VSCode-linux-x64/resources/app/ThirdPartyNotices.txt  
   creating: /opt/VSCode-linux-x64/resources/app/node_modules/
   creating: /opt/VSCode-linux-x64/resources/app/node_modules/nan/
  inflating: /opt/VSCode-linux-x64/resources/app/node_modules/nan/nan_object_wrap.h  
   creating: /opt/VSCode-linux-x64/resources/app/node_modules/nan/doc/
  inflating: /opt/VSCode-linux-x64/resources/app/node_modules/nan/doc/v8_internals.md  
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  inflating: /opt/VSCode-linux-x64/locales/en-GB.pak  
  inflating: /opt/VSCode-linux-x64/locales/tr.pak  
  inflating: /opt/VSCode-linux-x64/locales/kn.pak  
  inflating: /opt/VSCode-linux-x64/locales/pt-BR.pak  
  inflating: /opt/VSCode-linux-x64/locales/mr.pak  
  inflating: /opt/VSCode-linux-x64/locales/es-419.pak  
  inflating: /opt/VSCode-linux-x64/locales/et.pak  
  inflating: /opt/VSCode-linux-x64/locales/ms.pak  
  inflating: /opt/VSCode-linux-x64/locales/gu.pak  
  inflating: /opt/VSCode-linux-x64/libffmpeg.so  
  inflating: /opt/VSCode-linux-x64/icudtl.dat  
  inflating: /opt/VSCode-linux-x64/content_shell.pak  
   creating: /opt/VSCode-linux-x64/bin/
  inflating: /opt/VSCode-linux-x64/bin/code

Set access permission to the code file inside the VSCode-linux-x64.

root@linuxhelp1:/tmp/VSC# chmod +x /opt/VSCode-linux-x64/code

Execute the following command to install the dependency packages for the visual studio GUI.

root@linuxhelp1:/tmp/VSC# apt-get installlib32z1 lib32ncurses5 dpkg-dev -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libpango1.0-0 libpangox-1.0-0 linux-headers-4.4.0-21 linux-headers-4.4.0-21-generic linux-image-4.4.0-21-generic
  linux-image-extra-4.4.0-21-generic
Use ' sudo apt autoremove'  to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
  build-essential lib32tinfo5 libc6-i386
Suggested packages:
  debian-keyring
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  build-essential dpkg-dev lib32ncurses5 lib32tinfo5 lib32z1 libc6-i386
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Unpacking lib32tinfo5 (6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package lib32ncurses5.
Preparing to unpack .../lib32ncurses5_6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking lib32ncurses5 (6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package lib32z1.
Preparing to unpack .../lib32z1_1%3a1.2.8.dfsg-2ubuntu4_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking lib32z1 (1:1.2.8.dfsg-2ubuntu4) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...
Setting up dpkg-dev (1.18.4ubuntu1.1) ...
Setting up build-essential (12.1ubuntu2) ...
Setting up libc6-i386 (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...
Setting up lib32tinfo5 (6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up lib32ncurses5 (6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up lib32z1 (1:1.2.8.dfsg-2ubuntu4) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...

root@linuxhelp1:/tmp/VSC# apt-get install libnotify-dev -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libpango1.0-0 libpangox-1.0-0 linux-headers-4.4.0-21 linux-headers-4.4.0-21-generic linux-image-4.4.0-21-generic
  linux-image-extra-4.4.0-21-generic
Use ' sudo apt autoremove'  to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev libglib2.0-dev libpcre3-dev libpcre32-3 libpcrecpp0v5 libpng12-dev libpthread-stubs0-dev libx11-dev
  libx11-doc libxau-dev libxcb1-dev libxdmcp-dev pkg-config x11proto-core-dev x11proto-input-dev x11proto-kb-dev
  xorg-sgml-doctools xtrans-dev zlib1g-dev
Suggested packages:
  libglib2.0-doc libxcb-doc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev libglib2.0-dev libnotify-dev libpcre3-dev libpcre32-3 libpcrecpp0v5 libpng12-dev libpthread-stubs0-dev
  libx11-dev libx11-doc libxau-dev libxcb1-dev libxdmcp-dev pkg-config x11proto-core-dev x11proto-input-dev x11proto-kb-dev
  xorg-sgml-doctools xtrans-dev zlib1g-dev
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Setting up xorg-sgml-doctools (1:1.11-1) ...
Setting up x11proto-core-dev (7.0.28-2ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libxau-dev:amd64 (1:1.0.8-1) ...
Setting up libxdmcp-dev:amd64 (1:1.1.2-1.1) ...
Setting up x11proto-input-dev (2.3.1-1) ...
Setting up x11proto-kb-dev (1.0.7-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up xtrans-dev (1.3.5-1) ...
Setting up libpthread-stubs0-dev:amd64 (0.3-4) ...
Setting up libxcb1-dev:amd64 (1.11.1-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libx11-dev:amd64 (2:1.6.3-1ubuntu2) ...
Setting up libpng12-dev:amd64 (1.2.54-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev (2.32.2-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libnotify-dev (0.7.6-2svn1) ...
Setting up libx11-doc (2:1.6.3-1ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...

To Launch Visual studio

Navigate to the extracted folder and run the Code binary file that is present.


visual_studio
opt_vscode
run_vscode

The visual studio main page opens.
main_page

For downloading extensions, click on the extension icon.
extensions

vsc

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Frequently asked questions ( 5 )

Q

Which OS's are supported for visual studio?

A

VS Code runs on macOS, Linux, and Windows. See Requirements for the supported versions.

Q

Can I run a portable version of VS Code?

A

Yes, VS Code has a Portable Mode which lets you keep settings and data in the same location as your installation, for example, on a USB drive.

Q

How do I find the VS Code version?

A

You can find the VS Code version information in the below dialog box.

On macOS, go to Code > About Visual Studio Code.

On Windows and Linux, go to Help > About.

Q

What are all the features of visual studio code in ubuntu?

A

the features of visual studio are,
Tabs
Languages
Extensions
Workbench
Editor

Q

How to download the VS code package in ubuntu?

A

use the following command to download the VS code in ubuntu
# wget https://az764295.vo.msecnd.net/stable/e6b4afa53e9c0f54edef1673de9001e9f0f547ae/VSCode-linux-x64-stable.zip

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