This tutorial will guide you through the steps to install code-server on Alpine Linux Latest. code-server is an open-source project that allows you to run a browser-based version of VS Code on a remote server or local machine.
First, you need to install the required dependencies. Run the following command to do so:
apk add --update nodejs npm yarn
Next, clone the code-server repository. Run the following command to do so:
git clone https://github.com/coder/code-server.git
Now, navigate to the code-server directory and install code-server using yarn. Run the following commands to do so:
cd code-server
yarn install
Once the installation is complete, you can start the code-server instance using the following command:
./code-server --bind-addr 0.0.0.0:8080
The above command will start code-server on port 8080 of your machine. You can access it by navigating to http://<your machine's IP address or domain name>:8080 in a web browser.
By default, code-server stores all its data in ~/.local/share/code-server. If you want to change this location, you can do so by creating a config.yaml file in the same directory as code-server with the following contents:
data-dir: /path/to/your/data-directory
Replace /path/to/your/data-directory with the path to the directory where you want to store your code-server data.
That's it, you have successfully installed and configured code-server on Alpine Linux Latest. Now you can use a browser-based version of VS Code to perform all your coding tasks.
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