Install Visual studio code on Ubuntu linux

If you’re , you probably be missing . A sub-alternative is .

code is the executable file we’re interested in:

• Double click code

For the sake of organisation, I have all the downloaded setups in a separate directory called Programs. Yes, inspired by

Running code everytime from it’s folder is too much work. To minimize it, we can using the command sudo ln -s /path/to/vscode/Code /usr/local/bin/code

In my case, I replaced /path/to/vscode/Code with ~/Programs/VSCode-linux-x64/Code so the final syntax is

sudo ln -s ~/Programs/VSCode-linux-x64/Code /usr/local/bin/code

After installation, [dnvm](//stackoverflow.com/a/35031584/2404470) [dnu](//stackoverflow.com/a/35031584/2404470)  [.bash_profile](//stackoverflow.com/a/35031584/2404470) using the below commands:

echo 'source dnvm.sh' >> ~/.bash_profile echo 'export MONO_MANAGED_WATCHER=disabled' >> ~/.bash_profile

• Go to Home in Files explorer

• Unhide hidden files using Ctrl+H
• Locate the .bash_profile file
• Open it with gedit or your favourite editor

source dnvm.sh export MONO_MANAGED_WATCHER=disabled

Alternatively, [cat](//askubuntu.com/a/261902/219603) [less](//askubuntu.com/a/261902/219603) :

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