Install VScode on Nvidia TX2

VScode is a nice IDE for developers. It is widely used and has many features. Even so, I struggled trying to install it, using many different solutions found in the internet.

Finally, after many searches and tries, I had success to build and install VScode in my NVidia TX2 and decided to document and share my experience. Fell free to share this document.

Here are the steps I used.

1. You need install some packages

~$ sudo apt install git libx11-dev libxkbfile-dev libsecret-1-dev fakeroot rpm libnss3 apt-transport-https

2. Install nodejs 10.19

~$ curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | sudo -E bash -
~$ sudo apt install -y nodejs

# Check if nodejs installation is ok using the command
~$ nodejs -v

3. Maybe you need some additional addons: gcc, g++, make

~$ sudo apt install gcc g++ make

4. Install Yarn package manager

~$ curl -sL https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/pubkey.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
~$ echo "deb https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/ stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yarn.list
~$ sudo apt update
~$ sudo apt install yarn

# check if yarn installation is ok using the command
~$ yarn --version

5. Now clone the Microsoft VS code repository

~$ git clone https://github.com/microsoft/vscode
~$ cd vscode

6. Install dependencies using yarn tool

~$ yarn

7. Now build vscode

~$ yarn run watch

# after build you will get something like this

8. Launch VScode and voila!

~$ ./scripts/code.sh

You will find some interesting comments in Nvidia forum

Enjoy!