Supported in Ubuntu 15.04, 14.10, and 14.04 LTS

May 1, 2015 04:58 GMT  ·  By

Didier Roche had the pleasure of announcing the immediate availability for download of version 0.7 of the Ubuntu Make command-line utility that lets Ubuntu users to easily install the latest versions of Android Studio and Android SDK, as well as all of their dependencies.

The biggest feature of the Ubuntu Make 0.7 release is built-in support for downloading and installing Microsoft's brand-new and cross-platform Visual Studio Code IDE (Integrated Development Environment) application.

"Some screenshots were presented at the conference with Visual Studio Code running on Ubuntu in a Unity Session," says Didier Roche. "This sounded like a nice opportunity for Ubuntu Make to shine again, and we just added this new support!"

In addition to supporting the installation of the latest version of Visual Studio Code on Ubuntu distributions, Ubuntu Make 0.7 also brings the required non-regression medium and large tests that make sure the Ubuntu Make developers can track installations and more easily detect any client- or server-side regressions.

Visual Studio Code runs on Linux, Mac, and Windows

Microsoft unveiled the Preview version of Visual Studio Code for GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows operating systems during its BUILD 2015 event that took place on April 29, 2015. Make sure you read our first-look article for Visual Studio Code on Linux if you want to know more about Microsoft's new cross-platform IDE application.

To install Visual Studio Code on your Ubuntu computer using the Ubuntu Make utility, you will have to open the Unity Dash, search for the Terminal app, open it, and run the command below. Of course, you will have to install Ubuntu Make first using the dedicated PPA (use the second set of commands below).

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umake web visual-studio-code
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sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-desktop/ubuntu-make
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y ubuntu-make
After installation, Visual Studio Code will be automatically added to the Unity Launcher. Ubuntu Make 0.7 is supported on the Ubuntu 15.04 (Vivid Vervet), Ubuntu 14.10 (Utopic Unicorn), and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) operating systems.