Installing and setting up Visual Studio Code on Linux

Visual Studio Code, being a cross-platform editor, can be installed on many variants of Linux OS, with packages for other Linux distributions being added gradually. To install Visual Studio Code on Ubuntu, perform the following steps:

1. Download the .deb package meant for Ubuntu and Debian variants of Linux from https://code.visualstudio.com/download.
2. Install the downloaded file from the terminal, which will install the editor, the apt repository, and signing key, to ensure the editor can be automatically updated when the system update command is run:

sudo dpkg -i <package_name>.deb
sudo apt-get install -f

1. After a successful installation, you should be able to launch the newly installed Visual Studio Code editor. The editor has a slightly similar look and feel to that of Visual Studio IDE.