How to Install Code-Server on FreeBSD Latest

Code-Server is a free and open-source version of the popular VS Code IDE (Integrated Development Environment) that can be accessed remotely via a web browser. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install code-server on FreeBSD latest version.

Step 1: Install Node.js

Firstly, you need to install Node.js on your system. Open up a terminal on your FreeBSD system and run the following command as root to install Node.js:

pkg install node

It may take a while to download and install, once the installation is completed, you can verify the installation with the following command:

node -v

Step 2: Install Code-Server

Once Node.js is installed, you can proceed to install the code-server package from Github using the following command:

npm install -g code-server

This will install code-server globally on your system, and you can verify the installation with the following command:

code-server -v

Step 3: Configure Code-Server

To configure code-server, you need to create a folder where you can store your workspace files. We recommend creating a new directory for this purpose. You can use the following command to do so:

mkdir ~/code

After creating the directory, you can start code-server with the command below:

code-server --port=8080 --host=127.0.0.1 --auth=none ~/code

In this command, replace ~/code with the directory path to your workspace files. With --port=8080, we have specified that code-server should run on port 8080, and with --host=127.0.0.1, we have limited the connections to the localhost only. Also, with --auth=none, we have disabled authentication.

Step 4: Access Code-Server

With code-server now setup and running, you can access it via a web browser on your local machine by navigating to:

http://localhost:8080

For remote access, replace localhost with the IP address or hostname of the FreeBSD system.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have guided you through the steps to install code-server on FreeBSD latest version. Now you can remotely access your IDE and start coding on your favorite web browser.

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