Ubuntu Make, previous known as the Ubuntu Developer Tools Center, is a command-line utility designed to streamline the installation of various development environments, programming languages, and IDEs. This guide details the process of using Ubuntu Make to install Microsfot's Visual Studio Code editor on Ubuntu systems.

Prerequisites Insure your system is running a 64-bit version of Ubuntu. The installation method described requires Ubuntu Make version 0.7 or higher, which is available via an official PPA for Ubuntu 14.04, 15.04, 16.04, and later releases.

Step 1: Install Ubuntu Make First, add the Ubuntu Make PPA repository to your system, update the package list, and install the ubuntu-make package.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-desktop/ubuntu-make
sudo apt update
sudo apt install ubuntu-make

Step 2: Installl Visual Studio Code Once Ubuntu Make is installed, execute the following command to initiate the Visual Studio Code installation.

umake ide visual-studio-code

The installer will prompt you to specify a installation directory. After reviewing the terms and conditions, confirm the installation by typing a and pressing Enter. The tool will proceed to download and set up Visual Studio Code.

Upon completion, you can launch Visual Studio Code from your system's application menu or by searching for it in the Unity launcher.

Removing Visual Studio Code To uninstall Visual Studio Code, use the corresponding Ubuntu Make removal command.

umake ide visual-studio-code --remove