To install Visual Studio Code on your Ubuntu system, follow these steps.
First, update the packages index and install the dependencies by typing:

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

Next, import the Microsoft GPG key using the following wget command :

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

And enable the Visual Studio Code repository by typing:

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

Once the apt repository is enabled , install the latest version of Visual Studio Code with:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install code
code #launch vs code

That’s it. Visual Studio Code has been installed on your Ubuntu desktop and you can start using it.