Build instructions #3801

OS/Web Information

• Web Browser: Chrome
• Local OS: Ubuntu 20.04
• Remote OS: Ubuntu 20.04
• Remote Architecture: amd64
• code-server --version: 3.10.2

Hey guys,

I just learned about code-server and I’m super excited to contribute somehow.
I don’t have a ton of experience with web development, but I’m learning.

I’m trying to get up to speed and contribute so I’m trying to build code-server locally and test it.
(I think) the build process I’m following finishes successfully, but terminal and extensions do not work properly when I run the binary.

I’m a bit puzzled about it, so I want to make sure my build process is correct.

Here is what I am doing now:

1. yarn install && yarn build && yarn build:vscode && yarn release
2. cd release/ && yarn —production
3. cd.. && yarn release:standalone && yarn package

At the end of these steps extract the .tar.gz file and test the binary I get a barrage of errors when I try to open a terminal or run any extensions.

I’m writing this from my phone but will add more specific errors later on.

it would be awesome if someone could verify if this is generally the proper procedure to build locally.