{"id":7125,"date":"2017-09-08T15:49:57","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T15:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=7125"},"modified":"2017-09-08T15:49:57","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T15:49:57","slug":"visual-studio-code-1-16-released-install-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2017\/09\/visual-studio-code-1-16-released-install-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual Studio Code 1.16 Released! How to Install it in Ubuntu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/vscode-icon245.png\" alt=\"Visual Studio Code IDE\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6810\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Visual Studio Code has reached the 1.16 release earlier today. Here&#8217;s how to install it in Ubuntu.<\/p>\n<p>Visual Studio Code 1.16 release highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Easily extract JavaScript or TypeScript code into methods or functions with new code actions.<\/li>\n<li>Improved editor productivity with automatic close tags.<\/li>\n<li>You can now use the VS Code color picker in HTML files.<\/li>\n<li>The Integrated Terminal can now be launched in Quick Open.<\/li>\n<li>Drag and drop from Search results and Problems panel<\/li>\n<li>Support for having multiple source control providers simultaneously<\/li>\n<li>New online documentation and <a href=\"https:\/\/code.visualstudio.com\/updates\/v1_16\" target=\"_blank\">more<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Visual Studio Code Release Highlights - August 2017\" width=\"610\" height=\"343\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PBQADy63a3s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>How to Install VS Code 1.16 in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p>The official <b>.deb<\/b> package for Debian\/Ubuntu is available for download at the link below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href='https:\/\/code.visualstudio.com\/Download' class='arconix-button arconix-button-medium arconix-button-gray' target=\"_blank\" >Download VS Code (.deb)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Install the package via either Gdebi package manager or command (Ctrl+Alt+T):<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo dpkg -i ~\/Downloads\/code_*.deb; sudo apt -f install<\/pre>\n<p>For those who want to receive updates for VS Code via Software Updater utility, add the Microsoft repository via following steps (64bit only):<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command to add the repository:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo sh -c 'echo \"deb [arch=amd64] https:\/\/packages.microsoft.com\/repos\/vscode stable main\" > \/etc\/apt\/sources.list.d\/vscode.list'<\/pre>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Download and install the repository key via commands:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">curl https:\/\/packages.microsoft.com\/keys\/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor > microsoft.gpg\r\n\r\nsudo mv microsoft.gpg \/etc\/apt\/trusted.gpg.d\/microsoft.gpg<\/pre>\n<h4>Install VS Code Snap app in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p>Microsoft Visual Studio Code is available via Snap app in Ubuntu, though it&#8217;s not updated to version 1.16 at the moment of writing, see <a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2017\/05\/install-visual-studio-code-ide-easily-via-snap-in-ubuntu\/\" target=\"_blank\">how to install VS Code vis Snap in Ubuntu<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visual Studio Code has reached the 1.16 release earlier today. Here&#8217;s how to install it in Ubuntu. Visual Studio Code 1.16 release highlights: Easily extract JavaScript or TypeScript code into methods or functions with new code actions. Improved editor productivity with automatic close tags. You can now use the VS Code color picker in HTML [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[1449],"class_list":["post-7125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","category-news","tag-visual-studio-code"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7125\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}