Open kaaax0815 opened 3 years ago
Originally we determined it'd be too much effort to get code-server into all these upstream repositories. The install script + github releases has been very streamlined for us but there's definitely value in users being able to install directly from their distro vendor.
I think this (https://askubuntu.com/questions/16446/how-to-get-my-software-into-ubuntu) is useful for beginning or discussing if you want a PPA or the Official Ubuntu repo
Given the release cadence of code-server versus Debian/Ubuntu I think it'd be better to just stand up a third party apt repo. The current .debs work fine.
This would also be a good alternative, because this would also fix https://github.com/cdr/code-server/issues/2582
+1 for adding code-server
to the main Debian/Ubuntu APT repository, or to create a PPA.
DEBs are already very nice, but doesn't allow automated updates.
Unless it would be preferred to code a self-updater but I don't think it would be easier.
Thanks
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Hi @code-asher, any news on an APT repo or a PPA or a flatpak ? Thanks
No, I have no plans on doing this, but if someone wants to set something up that automatically runs with the CI publish workflow or something, please feel free.
Hi,
A few months ago, I started developing a tool named dynapt to automatically fetch updates through APT for packages that don't provide an APT repository.
As I've been upgrading code-server through it for quite some time now, I just published my first pre-release of it, which you can download and set up from this tutorial.
For code-server specifically, replace the following configuration line :
"apps": []
With the following :
"apps": [
{
"name": "code-server",
"github": {
"repo": "coder/code-server",
"filter": "*amd64*"
}
}
]
But also change amd64
to arm64
if applicable.
For questions or issues, please submit a comment on the tutorial page.
Thanks
Upload Package to install it easily with
apt install code-server