install visual studio (code-server) in google cloud shell

code-server

# install code-server using the script
curl -fsSL https://code-server.dev/install.sh | sh

# add code-server to $PATH.
# to set $PATH permenantly (i.e after restarts), add this line to $HOME/.customize_environment or .bashrc file
# https://cloud.google.com/shell/docs/configuring-cloud-shell#environment_customization_script
# change `code-server-3.9.0-linux-amd64` if needed.
> nano $HOME/.customize_environment
export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/code-server-3.9.0-linux-amd64/bin"

# change the password
nano ~/.config/code-server/config.yaml

# run the server, then open the web preview
code-server
# for logs: code-server --verbose

# or, enable the background service
sudo systemctl enable --now code-server@$USER

# to clone a repo:
git clone <github_repo>

# to automatically install code-server at startup, add it to $HOME/.customize_environment file


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# method #2: installing manually, instead of using the script:

# Install code-server
# https://github.com/cdr/code-server/
export VERSION=`curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/cdr/code-server/releases/latest | grep -oP '"tag_name": "\K(.*)(?=")'`
wget https://github.com/cdr/code-server/releases/download/$VERSION/code-server-3.9.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz
tar -xvzf code-server-3.9.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz
cd code-server-3.9.0-linux-amd64

# Start the server
./bin/code-server --auth none --port 8080

# Click on Web Preview -> Preview on port 8080
# If you get a 404, remove ?authuser=0 from the preview url.