Is it possible to build vscode cli also?

[olegsidorkin]

Hello.
Thanks for porting it.

According to microsoft/vscode#191166 (comment) cli part (that allows remote access to vscode) should be built separately. Could it be included into port also?

[tagattie]

I tried to make a separate port for vscode cli some time ago. The cli source contains a lot of linux-specific code (e.g. systemd-related) and I couldn't compile it at that time. Maybe I will try again with the next release of vscode.

In the meantime, you can use the combination of "Open Remote - SSH" extension and remote extention host to access a remote host. The process for that should be as follows:

On the local host:

• Install "Open Remote - SSH" extension and enable it in ${HOME}/.vscode-oss/argv.json

On the remote host:

• Download remote extension host file from this repo's release archive (e.g. vscode-reh-1.84.2-freebsd13-amd64.tar.gz)
• Create .vscode-server-oss directory under your ${HOME}
• Untar the downloaded remote extension file into the created directory:
  $ tar -xf /path/to/vscode-reh-xxx.tar.gz -C ${HOME}/.vscode-server-oss

Restart vscode and you should see Remote Explorer icon on the sidebar.