I needed to install the devel/libuv port/package, but once complete the configure/build proceeded without issue. To configure and build I needed to use $ CXX=c++ CC=cc. The script needs a few tweaks, but with them it should be able to install the server via npm. Frankly, it doesn't look like it will happen anytime soon, so time to look at plan B, code-server from .įreeBSD isn't supported, but after looking at the install script it seemed that the 'fallback' NPM installed solution should work. Install 'Remote - SSH' VS extension which will give you this feature as it says in description 'Open any folder on a remote machine using SSH and take advantage of VS Codes full feature set'. Looking around for a solution I soon found this post which mentions the feature request. The second host proved a problem as it was running FreeBSD. Simples! Why didn't I do this before? :-) Visual Studio Code: Remote Development with SSH, VMs, and WSL Remote Development Part 1 Tabs vs Spaces Visual Studio Code Remote Development allows you to use a container, remote machine, or the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) as a full-featured development environment. I added the Remote-SSH extension, added the first host (a RaspberryPi) I needed and suddenly I was editing the code directly on that machine. The whole edit, rsync, edit cycle ws getting a little boring so I finally looked at using the remote extensions. I've been using VSCode as my primary code editor for a long time, but recently I've been doing more and more working on code that will run on remote machines.

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