Official Support for ARM/Raspberry Pi Linux (armhf, arm64)

[Ash-Bash]

• VSCode Version: > 1.1
• OS Version: Ubuntu Mate / Linux

It would be good if VS Code Supports Raspberry Pi 2/3 or provide arm binaries alongside the x86 and x86-64 binaries for linux

[jieverson]

Having the same problem on my Raspbian (debian) running at a Raspberry Pi 3.
I've actually tried to compile it from source, but I got this:

npm ERR! notsup Unsupported
npm ERR! notsup Not compatible with your operating system or architecture: [email protected]
npm ERR! notsup Valid OS: darwin
npm ERR! notsup Valid Arch: any
npm ERR! notsup Actual OS: linux
npm ERR! notsup Actual Arch: arm

I tried using nodejs from apt-get, and tried again using this version (supose to build for ARM):
http://node-arm.herokuapp.com/node_latest_armhf.deb

For compiling, I wrote this:

./scripts/npm.sh install --arch=armhf

Not sure if the npm.sh support the arch parameter

[Tyriar]

What version of node and npm are you using? I think that error happened when optional dependencies weren't working properly for certain versions of npm 3.

[jieverson]

I'm using node v4.2.1

[Tyriar]

Can you try using node 6.4.0?

[jieverson]

The v4.2.1 is the last version I can get at apt-get form Raspbian. At night I will try to get a better version outside package manager.

[EDIT] My node is kind outdated, cause I've checked and I cant even use ES6 javascript, like const or let instead of var.

[Tyriar]

@jieverson vscode is TypeScript so it should be compiled down, regardless though according to the docs

You'll need Node.JS, at least v5.10.

Warning: npm/npm#12698 prevents us from using npm >= 3.9, be sure to install npm < 3.9.

https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/wiki/How-to-Contribute#installing-prerequisites

[sleepyfoxen]

@jieverson sorry for bumping an old thread, but I did get it working on Raspbian on a RPi3 model B.

node --version
v6.4.0
npm --version
v3.8.9

Although [email protected] is not available in the default apt-get repositories, you can still install it with apt-get through these instructions.
You'll then have to manually downgrade npm -- I did this systemwide because I didn't need a super up-to-date version of npm: sudo npm install -g [email protected]. After that, the build just kind of worked to be honest. Either way, good luck!

[jieverson]

I really cant get it to work here.

# curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | sudo -E bash

I got some errors trying to install nodesource repo. After the errors, if I try to apt-get nodejs, I still get the v4.

[sleepyfoxen]

Wow, that really is very strange! I guess you can try using the binaries from node themselves, since they do provide arm-packaged binaries?
For me, the nodesource installer only added (and installed keys for)

deb https://deb.nodesource.com/node_6.x jessie main
deb-src https://deb.nodesource.com/node_6.x jessie main

to my /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list file, and didn't touch any mirrors in other apt settings.
I'm running the latest Raspbian image though - your sources seem to imply that you're running Ubuntu trusty?

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Raspbian
Description:    Raspbian GNU/Linux 8.0 (jessie)
Release:    8.0
Codename:   jessie

[sleepyfoxen]

okay, for the sake of completeness, I tried to run a full build and package VSCode on a RPi to see if it is possible. On the RPi3 Model B, this fails because the optimize-vscode stage allocates too much memory.

Specifically where we OOM seems to vary between runs, sometimes it's an Array.prototype.forEach call and sometimes it's JSON.stringify.

This isn't a huge problem as "fast" builds still complete, and VSCode does run, although it would be nice if the entire build process could be performed on a RPi.

[sleepyfoxen]

also, dpkg-dev seems like a requirement for packaging on Linux, but this is not listed on the Wiki - can someone confirm this?

Either way, it was possible without build errors to compile it targeting arm from another machine that has slightly more memory. The resulting .deb installed and ran fine on my RPi.
To build targeting arm requires about 4 lines of gulpfile changes -- in other words, it would be really nice, and really easy to provide binary packages for arm devices.

[hxlnt]

I've been playing around with a build on a different ARMv7 Linux device (PocketC.H.I.P.), but no luck yet. I also hit the out-of-memory issue as well, which I was able to work around by creating a temporary swapfile on a USB stick. (So now I think I just need to find and tweak those four lines you mention, @aptgetmoo!)

I'd love to see a binary for this as well. If it bubbles up, I'm happy to test on the PocketC.H.I.P.!

[sleepyfoxen]

@hxlnt the gulpfile changes are only for packaging to .deb / .rpm mostly –– using these I was able to build a .deb with:

./scripts/npm.sh install --arch=armhf
gulp vscode-linux-arm-build-deb

I'm really inexperienced with packaging binaries though, so let me know if there's a better / supported way!

[ted-piotrowski]

@aptgetmoo you had a typo in your gulp changes which cause the packaging for ARM to fail. I've submitted the fix.

#12486

[sleepyfoxen]

@ted-piotrowski sorry! Thank you for your fix, though

[ajstadlin]

Does anyone have a repeatable working procedure for installing VSCode in Raspbian Jessie on Raspberry Pi 3 Model B?

[ted-piotrowski]

@ajstadlin you can try this Gist

https://gist.github.com/ted-piotrowski/e5c223a6a2f6f3079cb38c959ceecaa6

[ajstadlin]

Tried more than 4 variations on the themes described. I was unable to get any to work.

Platform = Clean Install Raspbian Jessie (Full Desktop) May 2016 version, clean install with sudo apt-get update and apt-get dist-upgrade.

I will monitor this thread to see if anyone after me has a procedure to build, install, and run VSCode run on Raspberry Pi 3 Model B in Raspbian Jessie or Stretch from clean (only locale config updated to match my US keyboard) Pi setup. I suspect that dependencies are missing or conflict with Raspbian Jessie versions. Whatever the problem - there appears to not be a repeatable procedure to get it working at this time.

[ted-piotrowski]

@ajstadlin If you are using the default Jessie dependencies, NodeJS is the likely culprit. I believe 4.2.6 is the current NodeJS version included in Raspbian. To install a newer NodeJS version follow these steps:

https://nodejs.org/dist/v6.6.0/ (Latest download page)

sudo apt-get uninstall nodejs  # uninstall nodejs 4.2.6
wget https://nodejs.org/dist/v6.6.0/node-v6.6.0-linux-armv7l.tar.gz # get latest ARM build
tar -xvf node-v6.6.0-linux-armv7l.tar.gz # extract it
sudo cp node-v6.6.0-linux-armv7l /etc/node6.6 # copy extracted file to /etc folder
sudo ln -s /etc/node6.6/bin/node /usr/bin/node # link the nodejs executable
sudo ln -s /etc/node6.6/bin/npm /usr/bin/npm # link the npm executable
node --version # should output v6.6.0

Now you compilation should work (hopefully). I actually did this on a Chromebook Asus C100, but I don't see how the Raspberry PI should be any different.

[hxlnt]

@ajstadlin At what point is the build failing? Are you getting error messages, or is the build failing silently?

Regarding @ted-piotrowski's comment above: As I recall, once I installed the newer version of node, I had to downgrade my npm version to avoid some kind of failure due to an Electron bug. Unless that's been patched up in the last few weeks, you might need to do that as well.

(FWIW, I got this working on the C.H.I.P. ARM v7, Debian Jessie but had to create a swapfile on USB to bypass OoM error and install the libnss3-dev dependency in addition to everything mentioned in the Microsoft Linux build instructions, including the npm downgrade.)

[incyi]

I get this error:

pi@raspberrypi:~/Development/vscode $ ./scripts/code.sh
[4044:1010/222944:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(231)] Running without the SUID sandbox! See https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs/linux_suid_sandbox_development.md for more information on developing with the sandbox on.
[4044:1010/222948:WARNING:audio_manager.cc(314)] Multiple instances of AudioManager detected
[4044:1010/222948:WARNING:audio_manager.cc(275)] Multiple instances of AudioManager detected
{ errorCode: 'load',
moduleId: 'vs/code/electron-main/main',
neededBy: [ '===anonymous1===' ],
detail:
{ Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/pi/Development/vscode/out/vs/code/electron-main/main.js'
at Error (native)
errno: -2,
code: 'ENOENT',
syscall: 'open',
path: '/home/pi/Development/vscode/out/vs/code/electron-main/main.js' } }

[er1c]

Remote WSL doesn't work on my arm Chromebook when connecting to ubuntu

would love an official release or some guidance on what I'm doing wrong

[07:08:45.812] Install and start server if needed
[07:08:45.896] Checking ssh with "ssh -V"
[07:08:46.187] > OpenSSH_7.9p1 Debian-10+deb10u2, OpenSSL 1.1.1d  10 Sep 2019
[07:08:46.207] Using SSH config file "/home/eric/.ssh/config"
[07:08:46.215] askpass server listening on /run/user/1000/vscode-ssh-askpass-3bd43799c913573d371690ebac0aaad25ea62708.sock
[07:08:46.219] Spawning local server with {"ipcHandlePath":"/run/user/1000/vscode-ssh-askpass-529ecdbcc582d1c8f17950c0f1d5e5baa784c82a.sock","sshCommand":"ssh","sshArgs":["-v","-T","-D","41547","-o","ConnectTimeout=15","-F","/home/eric/.ssh/config","dev"],"dataFilePath":"/home/eric/.config/Code - OSS (headmelted)/User/globalStorage/ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh/vscode-ssh-host-dev-9c341b3d8f2f41277be6dd59e7f4e847e6b594ac-0.51.0/data.json"}
[07:08:46.221] Local server env: {"DISPLAY":"1","ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE":"1","SSH_ASKPASS":"/home/eric/.vscode-oss/extensions/ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.51.0/out/local-server/askpass.sh","VSCODE_SSH_ASKPASS_NODE":"/usr/share/code-oss/code-oss","VSCODE_SSH_ASKPASS_MAIN":"/home/eric/.vscode-oss/extensions/ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.51.0/out/askpass-main.js","VSCODE_SSH_ASKPASS_HANDLE":"/run/user/1000/vscode-ssh-askpass-3bd43799c913573d371690ebac0aaad25ea62708.sock"}
[07:08:46.282] Spawned 8912
[07:08:46.803] Server delay-shutdown request failed: connect ENOENT /run/user/1000/vscode-ssh-askpass-529ecdbcc582d1c8f17950c0f1d5e5baa784c82a.sock
[07:08:46.981] > local-server> Spawned ssh: 8920
[07:08:47.001] stderr> OpenSSH_7.9p1 Debian-10+deb10u2, OpenSSL 1.1.1d  10 Sep 2019
[07:08:47.118] stderr> debug1: Server host key: ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 SHA256:wQnXXYU1Bf4mFaZYYlEusa4E/mnn7iKKWhsKvsRTA/E
[07:08:47.794] Got askpass request: {"request":"Enter passphrase for key '/home/eric/.ssh/id_rsa':"}
[07:08:47.803] Detected passphrase message
[07:08:47.812] Listening for interwindow password on /run/user/1000/vscode-ssh-askpass-35d0a391a3d4b3c4e64c2f05c6befd1331660959.sock
[07:08:47.813] Writing password prompt to globalState
[07:09:41.270] Got passphrase response
[07:09:41.300] Interactor gave response: ********
[07:09:41.358] Cleaning up other-window auth server
[07:09:48.563] stderr> Authenticated to dev ([192.168.1.31]:22).
[07:09:49.207] > Welcome to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (GNU/Linux 5.4.0-40-generic x86_64)
> 
>  * Documentation:  https://help.ubuntu.com
>  * Management:     https://landscape.canonical.com
>  * Support:        https://ubuntu.com/advantage
> 
>   System information as of Wed Jul 22 14:08:54 UTC 2020
> 
>   System load:  0.24               Temperature:           33.0 C
>   Usage of /:   9.1% of 195.86GB   Processes:             233
>   Memory usage: 15%                Users logged in:       1
>   Swap usage:   0%                 IPv4 address for eno1: 192.168.1.31
> 
>  * "If you've been waiting for the perfect Kubernetes dev solution for
>    macOS, the wait is over. Learn how to install Microk8s on macOS."
> 
>    https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-install-microk8s-on-macos/
> 
> 25 updates can be installed immediately.
> 0 of these updates are security updates.
> To see these additional updates run: apt list --upgradable
> 
[07:09:49.233] > ready: d2c1e11f1431
[07:09:49.260] > Linux 5.4.0-40-generic #44-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 23 00:01:04 UTC 2020
[07:09:49.263] Platform: linux
[07:09:49.296] > d2c1e11f1431: running
[07:09:49.309] > Acquiring lock on /home/eric/.vscode-server-oss/bin/9c341b3d8f2f41277be6dd59e7f4e847e6b594ac/vscode-remote-lock.eric.9c341b3d8f2f41277be6dd59e7f4e847e6b594ac
> \ln /home/eric/.vscode-server-oss/bin/9c341b3d8f2f41277be6dd59e7f4e847e6b594ac/vscode-remote-lock.eric.9c341b3d8f2f41277be6dd59e7f4e847e6b594ac.target /home/eric/.vscode-server-oss/bin/9c341b3d8f2f41277be6dd59e7f4e847e6b594ac/vscode-remote-lock.eric.9c341b3d8f2f41277be6dd59e7f4e847e6b594ac
> Found existing installation at /home/eric/.vscode-server-oss/bin/9c341b3d8f2f41277be6dd59e7f4e847e6b594ac...
[07:09:49.326] > Found running server...
>  
> *
> * Reminder: You may only use this software with Visual Studio family products,
> * as described in the license (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2077057)
> *
>  
[07:09:49.331] > Checking server status on port 39811 with wget
[07:09:49.336] > d2c1e11f1431: start
> sshAuthSock====
> agentPort==39811==
> osReleaseId==ubuntu==
> arch==x86_64==
> webUiAccessToken====
> tmpDir==/run/user/1000==
> platform==linux==
> d2c1e11f1431: end
[07:09:49.357] Received install output: 
sshAuthSock====
agentPort==39811==
osReleaseId==ubuntu==
arch==x86_64==
webUiAccessToken====
tmpDir==/run/user/1000==
platform==linux==

[07:09:49.366] Remote server is listening on port 39811
[07:09:49.368] Parsed server configuration: {"agentPort":39811,"osReleaseId":"ubuntu","arch":"x86_64","webUiAccessToken":"","sshAuthSock":"","tmpDir":"/run/user/1000","platform":"linux"}
[07:09:49.383] Persisting server connection details to /home/eric/.config/Code - OSS (headmelted)/User/globalStorage/ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh/vscode-ssh-host-dev-9c341b3d8f2f41277be6dd59e7f4e847e6b594ac-0.51.0/data.json
[07:09:49.409] Starting forwarding server. localPort 43767 -> socksPort 41547 -> remotePort 39811
[07:09:49.417] Forwarding server listening on 43767
[07:09:49.426] Waiting for ssh tunnel to be ready
[07:09:49.439] [Forwarding server 43767] Got connection 0
[07:09:49.455] Tunneled remote port 39811 to local port 43767
[07:09:49.458] Resolved "ssh-remote+dev" to "127.0.0.1:43767"
[07:09:49.805] ------




[07:09:50.329] [Forwarding server 43767] Got connection 1
[07:09:50.338] [Forwarding server 43767] Got connection 2

Error: Connection error: Version mismatch, client refused.
    at getErrorFromMessage (/usr/share/code-oss/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:102165)
    at /usr/share/code-oss/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:101854
    at Emitter.fire (/usr/share/code-oss/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:5723)
    at BufferedEmitter.fire (/usr/share/code-oss/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:28107)
    at PersistentProtocol._receiveMessage (/usr/share/code-oss/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:28330)
    at /usr/share/code-oss/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:28200
    at Emitter.fire (/usr/share/code-oss/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:5723)
    at ProtocolReader.acceptChunk (/usr/share/code-oss/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:27933)
    at /usr/share/code-oss/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:27902
    at Socket.listener (/usr/share/code-oss/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:28567)
    at Socket.emit (/usr/share/code-oss/resources/app/out/vs/code/electron-browser/workbench/events.js:203)
    at addChunk (/usr/share/code-oss/resources/app/out/vs/code/electron-browser/workbench/_stream_readable.js:295)
    at readableAddChunk (/usr/share/code-oss/resources/app/out/vs/code/electron-browser/workbench/_stream_readable.js:276)
    at Socket.Readable.push (/usr/share/code-oss/resources/app/out/vs/code/electron-browser/workbench/_stream_readable.js:210)
    at TCP.onStreamRead (/usr/share/code-oss/resources/app/out/vs/code/electron-browser/workbench/internal/stream_base_commons.js:166)

[kingkong404]

Apple silicon all the way!

[Helianthella]

Thanks a lot!

[RMeli]

Amazing! Thanks @joaomoreno

[meisenzahl]

Looking forward to use an official arm64 build on a Raspberry Pi 4. Thanks @joaomoreno

[davidrimshnick]

Great!!!

…

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[joaomoreno]

Hi all! Starting today we have archive, deb and rpm insider packages for Linux ARM 32 and 64 bits: #106289 (comment)

Looking forward to your feedback!

[CuriousTommy]

@joaomoreno Apologizes if this is the wrong place to ask, but are there plans to update the insider download page to include Linux arm64/armhf?

[koutsenko]

Cannot find download link for ARM linux deb.
Only ARM windows link provided :(

[Sleuth56]

@koutsenko use headmelted or VSCodium https://vscodium.com/

[koutsenko]

@lerker100 , thanks , but i installed insiders version mentioned here - #106289 (comment)

[davidrimshnick]

Looks like ARM supported now:

https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_50#_linux-arm-builds

Guess this can be closed.

[ShalokShalom]

This is already closed.