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title: VS Code Installation on Ubuntu 18.04
tags: VSCode
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# VS Code Installation on Ubuntu 18.04

1. The following scripts can be written to a bash file named "vscode_install.sh".

YELLOW="\e[1;33m"
ENDCOLOR="\e[m"

echo -e "${YELLOW}[Begin to install VS CODE]${ENDCOLOR}"

echo -e "${YELLOW}[Add key and source list of vscode to apt]${ENDCOLOR}"
curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor > microsoft.gpg

sudo mv microsoft.gpg /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/microsoft.gpg

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] http://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vs-code.list'

echo -e "${YELLOW}[Update the package lists]${ENDCOLOR}"
sudo apt update -y

echo -e "${YELLOW}[Install the package]${ENDCOLOR}"
sudo apt install code 

echo -e "${YELLOW}[Installation completed]${ENDCOLOR}"

2. Then execute the following command on the terminal.

bash ./vscode_install.sh