Visual Studio Code on Clear Linux

install_vscode_rpm.sh

#!/bin/bash

# delete previous version if needed
INSTALL_DIR=/usr/share/code
if [ -d "$INSTALL_DIR" ]; then
        echo "deleting: $INSTALL_DIR"
        sudo rm -rf $INSTALL_DIR
fi

# download the rpm from https://code.visualstudio.com/download

sudo swupd bundle-add cpio package-utils

sudo rpm2cpio code-*.rpm | ( cd /; cpio -idv)

# https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/linux#_visual-studio-code-is-unable-to-watch-for-file-changes-in-this-large-workspace-error-enospc
sudo echo "fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288" | sudo tee --append /etc/sysctl.conf