Not able to install Visual studio code on ubuntu

Question

I am getting this error while installing Visual studio code on ubuntu.

I tried these commands,first three worked but I am getting an error after the fourth one.

1. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-desktop/ubuntu-make
2. sudo apt-get update
3. sudo apt-get install ubuntu-make

4. umake web visual-studio-code

   usage: umake web [-h] {firefox-dev,phantomjs} ... umake web: error: argument framework: invalid choice: 'visual-studio-code' (choose from 'firefox-dev', 'phantomjs')

Answer 1

If you are not able to compile Visual Studio Code, yourself, you can follow these steps to install a compiled binary directly.

1. First update packages (by code below)

   $sudo apt update
   
   $sudo apt install software-properties-common apt-transport-https wget
   

2. Now import Microsoft's GPG Key (by code below)

   $wget -q https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc -O- |
   sudo apt-key add -
   

3. Now enable Visual Code repository (by code below)

   $sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable main"
   

4. Now just install Visual Studio Code (by code below)

   $sudo apt update
   
   $sudo apt install code
   

Answer 2

I don't know the last command, according to ubuntu-make and https://askubuntu.com/a/616363/861358 it should be like this:

umake ide visual-studio-code

Please note that there are also other ways to install Visual Studio Code discribed in the official Documentation:

Installation

Debian and Ubuntu based distributions

The easiest way to install Visual Studio Code for Debian/Ubuntu based distributions is to download and install the .deb package (64-bit), either through the graphical software center if it's available, or through the command line with:

sudo apt install ./<file>.deb

# If you're on an older Linux distribution, you will need to run this instead:
# sudo dpkg -i <file>.deb
# sudo apt-get install -f 

Install dependencies Installing the .deb package will automatically install the apt repository and signing key to enable auto-updating using the system's package manager. Note that 32-bit and .tar.gz binaries are also available on the download page.

The repository and key can also be installed manually with the following script:

curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor > microsoft.gpg
sudo install -o root -g root -m 644 microsoft.gpg /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list'

Then update the package cache and install the package using:

sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https
sudo apt-get update
apt-get install code # or code-insiders