Develop code-server locally

[ivanjeremic]

Hello I try to get familiar with the project and want to work with it locally so I forked the project made a few changes and then I run yarn build after the successful build I typed in the terminal (project root of fork) code-server but all I get is error Please specify at least one file or folder

What exactly did I miss here? Thanks

[JammSpread]

I suggest using the command yarn watch to build both code-server and vscode on changes and run it, while yarn build only builds code-server. However to run it, you don't run the code-server command. That command uses an installation of code-server in the path, thus the error message. Instead you should run node out/node/entry.js, since you haven't released the packages and installed it.

[ivanjeremic]

When I run node out/node/entry.js in the project I get Please specify at least one file or folder

[ivanjeremic]

I managed now to run it but in the terminal I get

Error: Cannot find module '/home/inux/nadmin/lib/vscode/out/vs/server/fork' at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1080:15) at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:923:27) at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (internal/modules/run_main.js:72:12) at internal/main/run_main_module.js:17:47 { code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND', requireStack: [] }

And then I tried to build vscode with build:vscode but got this error

Error: Cannot find module './build/lib/util'
Require stack:
- /home/inux/nadmin/lib/vscode/gulpfile.js
- /home/inux/nadmin/lib/vscode/node_modules/gulp-cli/lib/versioned/^4.0.0/index.js
- /home/inux/nadmin/lib/vscode/node_modules/gulp-cli/index.js
- /home/inux/nadmin/lib/vscode/node_modules/gulp/bin/gulp.js
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1080:15)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:923:27)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1140:19)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:75:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/inux/nadmin/lib/vscode/gulpfile.js:12:14)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1251:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1272:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1100:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:962:14)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1140:19) {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: [
    '/home/inux/nadmin/lib/vscode/gulpfile.js',
    '/home/inux/nadmin/lib/vscode/node_modules/gulp-cli/lib/versioned/^4.0.0/index.js',
    '/home/inux/nadmin/lib/vscode/node_modules/gulp-cli/index.js',
    '/home/inux/nadmin/lib/vscode/node_modules/gulp/bin/gulp.js'
  ]
}

[JammSpread]

Sorry for not responding. Try looking at the doc. This probably means it hasn't built VSCode. Commands like yarn watch automatically build it, however I assume you can manually build it at ci/build/build-vscode.sh or by running tsc in the root of lib/vscode. You would have to do this before running the entry file.

[ivanjeremic]

Thanks, before I run the yarn watch do I need to run yarn in root and in lib/vscode to install both?

[ivanjeremic]

@JammSpread I'm really unsure what the problem here is I just want to develop locally like a website and see results in the browser. Has this maybe something to do with WSL 2? All yarn watch gives me is this error. (I use WSL 2)

I cloned the repo with git clone is this ok?

yarn watch
yarn run v1.22.4
warning ../../package.json: No license field
$ VSCODE_IPC_HOOK_CLI= NODE_OPTIONS=--max_old_space_size=32384 ts-node ./ci/dev/watch.ts
[tsc] [3:34:50 PM] Starting compilation in watch mode...
warning ../../../../package.json: No license field
[vscode] $ concurrently "npm:watch-client" "npm:watch-extensions"
[vscode] [watch-client] 
[vscode] [watch-client] > code-oss-dev@1.51.1 watch-client
[vscode] [watch-client] > gulp watch-client --max_old_space_size=4095
[vscode] [watch-client] 
[vscode] [watch-extensions] 
[vscode] [watch-extensions] > code-oss-dev@1.51.1 watch-extensions
[vscode] [watch-extensions] > gulp watch-extensions --max_old_space_size=4095
[vscode] [watch-extensions] 
[vscode] [watch-extensions] [15:34:51] Node flags detected: --max_old_space_size=4095
[vscode] [watch-extensions] [15:34:51] Respawned to PID: 6572
[vscode] [watch-client] [15:34:51] Node flags detected: --max_old_space_size=4095
[vscode] [watch-client] [15:34:51] Respawned to PID: 6573
[parcel] bundled
[vscode] [watch-extensions] node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:928
[vscode] [watch-extensions]   throw err;
[vscode] [watch-extensions]   ^
[vscode] [watch-extensions] 
[vscode] [watch-extensions] Error: Cannot find module './build/lib/util'
[vscode] [watch-extensions] Require stack:
[vscode] [watch-extensions] - /home/inux/nadmin/code-server/lib/vscode/gulpfile.js
[vscode] [watch-extensions] - /home/inux/nadmin/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/gulp-cli/lib/versioned/^4.0.0/index.js
[vscode] [watch-extensions] - /home/inux/nadmin/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/gulp-cli/index.js
[vscode] [watch-extensions] - /home/inux/nadmin/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/gulp/bin/gulp.js
[vscode] [watch-extensions]     at Function.Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:925:15)
[vscode] [watch-extensions]     at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:769:27)
[vscode] [watch-extensions]     at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:997:19)
[vscode] [watch-extensions]     at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:92:18)
[vscode] [watch-extensions]     at Object.<anonymous> (/home/inux/nadmin/code-server/lib/vscode/gulpfile.js:12:14)
[vscode] [watch-extensions]     at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1108:14)
[vscode] [watch-extensions]     at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1137:10)
[vscode] [watch-extensions]     at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:973:32)
[vscode] [watch-extensions]     at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:813:14)
[vscode] [watch-extensions]     at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:997:19) {
[vscode] [watch-extensions]   code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
[vscode] [watch-extensions]   requireStack: [
[vscode] [watch-extensions]     '/home/inux/nadmin/code-server/lib/vscode/gulpfile.js',
[vscode] [watch-extensions]     '/home/inux/nadmin/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/gulp-cli/lib/versioned/^4.0.0/index.js',
[vscode] [watch-extensions]     '/home/inux/nadmin/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/gulp-cli/index.js',
[vscode] [watch-extensions]     '/home/inux/nadmin/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/gulp/bin/gulp.js'
[vscode] [watch-extensions]   ]
[vscode] [watch-extensions] }
[vscode] [watch-client] node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:928
[vscode] [watch-client]   throw err;
[vscode] [watch-client]   ^
[vscode] [watch-client] 
[vscode] [watch-client] Error: Cannot find module './build/lib/util'
[vscode] [watch-client] Require stack:
[vscode] [watch-client] - /home/inux/nadmin/code-server/lib/vscode/gulpfile.js
[vscode] [watch-client] - /home/inux/nadmin/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/gulp-cli/lib/versioned/^4.0.0/index.js
[vscode] [watch-client] - /home/inux/nadmin/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/gulp-cli/index.js
[vscode] [watch-client] - /home/inux/nadmin/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/gulp/bin/gulp.js
[vscode] [watch-client]     at Function.Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:925:15)
[vscode] [watch-client]     at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:769:27)
[vscode] [watch-client]     at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:997:19)
[vscode] [watch-client]     at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:92:18)
[vscode] [watch-client]     at Object.<anonymous> (/home/inux/nadmin/code-server/lib/vscode/gulpfile.js:12:14)
[vscode] [watch-client]     at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1108:14)
[vscode] [watch-client]     at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1137:10)
[vscode] [watch-client]     at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:973:32)
[vscode] [watch-client]     at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:813:14)
[vscode] [watch-client]     at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:997:19) {
[vscode] [watch-client]   code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
[vscode] [watch-client]   requireStack: [
[vscode] [watch-client]     '/home/inux/nadmin/code-server/lib/vscode/gulpfile.js',
[vscode] [watch-client]     '/home/inux/nadmin/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/gulp-cli/lib/versioned/^4.0.0/index.js',
[vscode] [watch-client]     '/home/inux/nadmin/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/gulp-cli/index.js',
[vscode] [watch-client]     '/home/inux/nadmin/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/gulp/bin/gulp.js'
[vscode] [watch-client]   ]
[vscode] [watch-client] }
[vscode] [watch-extensions] npm ERR! code 1
[vscode] [watch-extensions] npm ERR! path /home/inux/nadmin/code-server/lib/vscode
[vscode] [watch-client] npm ERR! code 1
[vscode] [watch-client] npm ERR! path /home/inux/nadmin/code-server/lib/vscode
[vscode] [watch-extensions] npm ERR! command failed
[vscode] [watch-extensions] npm ERR! command sh -c gulp watch-extensions --max_old_space_size=4095
[vscode] [watch-client] npm ERR! command failed
[vscode] [watch-client] npm ERR! command sh -c gulp watch-client --max_old_space_size=4095
[vscode] [watch-extensions] 
[vscode] [watch-client] 
[vscode] [watch-client] npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
[vscode] [watch-client] npm ERR!     /home/inux/.npm/_logs/2020-12-31T14_34_52_415Z-debug.log
[vscode] [watch-extensions] npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
[vscode] [watch-extensions] npm ERR!     /home/inux/.npm/_logs/2020-12-31T14_34_52_414Z-debug.log
[vscode] [watch-client] npm run watch-client exited with code 1
[vscode] [watch-extensions] npm run watch-extensions exited with code 1
error Command failed with exit code 1.
[vscode] info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/run for documentation about this command.
vs code watcher terminated unexpectedly
killing vs code watcher
killing tsc
killing bundler
error Command failed with exit code 1.
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/run for documentation about this command.

[JammSpread]

Hmm, it seems to me like you are missing a lot of things. Do you mind resetting your local repo?

[code-asher]

Def agree with trying a reset, and make sure you're on latest master. From a fresh repository all you need is:

yarn
yarn watch

Run from the root.