Microsoft has done the unexpected by [releasing Visual Studio Code][1] for all major desktop platforms that includes Linux as well. If you are a web developer who happens to be using Ubuntu, you can **easily install Visual Studio Code in Ubuntu**.
We will be using [Ubuntu Make][2] for installing Visual Studio Code in Ubuntu. Ubuntu Make, previously known as Ubuntu Developer Tools Center, is a command line utility that allows you to easily install various development tools, languages and IDEs. You can easily [install Android Studio][3] and other popular IDEs such as Eclipse with Ubuntu Make. In this tutorial we shall see **how to install Visual Studio Code in Ubuntu with Ubuntu Make**.
### Install Microsoft Visual Studio Code in Ubuntu ###
Before installing Visual Studio Code, we need to install Ubuntu Make first. Though Ubuntu Make is available in Ubuntu 15.04 repository, **you’ll need Ubuntu Make 0.7 for Visual Studio**. You can get the latest Ubuntu Make by using the official PPA. The PPA is available for Ubuntu 14.04, 14.10 and 15.04. Also, it **is only available for 64 bit platform**.
Open a terminal and use the following commands to install Ubuntu Make via official PPA:
Once you do that it will start downloading and installing it. Once it is installed, you can see that Visual Studio Code icon has already been locked to the Unity Launcher. Just click on it to run it. This is how Visual Studio Code looks like in Ubuntu 15.04 Unity:
To uninstall Visual Studio Code, we’ll use the same command line tool umake. Just use the following command in terminal:
umake web visual-studio-code --remove
If you do not want to use Ubuntu Make, you can install Visual Studio Code by downloading the files from Microsoft:
- [Download Visual Studio Code for Linux][4]
See, how easy it is to install Visual Studio Code in Ubuntu, all thanks to Ubuntu Make. I hope this tutorial helped you. Feel free to drop a comment if you have any questions or suggestions.
