How to Install code-server on Arch Linux

In this tutorial, you will learn how to install code-server on your Arch Linux machine.

Prerequisites

Before we start, you should have:

• A running instance of Arch Linux
• A user account with sudo privileges
• A terminal

Installation

1. Open your terminal and update the packages list by running the following command:

sudo pacman -Syu

2. Install the required dependencies by running the following command:

sudo pacman -S git nodejs npm

3. Clone the code-server repository from GitHub by running the following command:

git clone https://github.com/coder/code-server.git

4. Change into the newly created code-server directory:

cd code-server

5. Build and install code-server using the following command:

npm run-script package
sudo npm install -g code-server

6. Verify that code-server has been installed successfully by running the following command:

code-server --version

If everything is installed correctly, you should see the version of code-server being displayed.

Running code-server

1. Run code-server using the following command:

code-server

By default, code-server will start a web server listening on port 8080. You can access the web version of code-server by visiting http://localhost:8080 from your web browser.

If you need to change the port that code-server is listening on, you can pass the --port flag followed by the desired port number when starting the code-server. For example, if you want to start code-server on port 3000, you can use the following command:

code-server --port=3000

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed code-server on your Arch Linux machine. You can now use code-server to access and edit your code anywhere, anytime.

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