Installation Guide for code-server on MXLinux Latest

Introduction

code-server is a web-based version of Visual Studio Code that enables developers to work with their favorite text editor from a browser. This guide will walk you through the installation steps for code-server on MXLinux Latest.

Prerequisites

• A terminal application
• A web browser
• MXLinux Latest (with sudo privileges)

Installation Steps

1. Open up a terminal window, and run the following command to install nodejs and npm:

sudo apt-get install -y nodejs npm

2. Install the latest version of code-server from https://github.com/coder/code-server/releases using the following command:

wget https://github.com/coder/code-server/releases/download/[version]/code-server-[version]-linux-amd64.tar.gz

Note: Replace [version] with the latest code-server release version.

3. Extract the downloaded file using the following command:

tar -xvzf code-server-[version]-linux-amd64.tar.gz

4. Move the extracted folder to /opt:

sudo mv code-server-[version]-linux-amd64 /opt/code-server

5. Navigate to the /opt/code-server directory:

cd /opt/code-server

6. Start the code-server daemon:

./code-server --bind-addr 127.0.0.1:8080

Note: You can change the bind address 127.0.0.1:8080 to 0.0.0.0:8080 to allow access from external networks.

7. Open up your web browser and navigate to http://127.0.0.1:8080. This will bring up the code-server login page.

8. Enter your desired password and click the Sign in button to log in.

9. You can now start working with the web-based Visual Studio Code editor.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed code-server on MXLinux Latest.

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