vscodium/docs/build.md

Build

Table of Contents

• Dependencies
  • Linux
  • MacOS
  • Windows
• Build Scripts
• Build in Docker

Dependencies

• node 14
• yarn
• jq
• git

Linux

• libx11-dev
• libxkbfile-dev
• libsecret-1-dev
• fakeroot
• rpm
• rpmbuild
• dpkg
• python (can't be just python3, can't be user alias)
• libsecret-1-dev
• imagemagick

MacOS

Windows

• powershell
• sed
• 7z
• WiX Toolset

Build Scripts

Each platform has its build helper script in the directory build.

• Linux: ./build/build_linux.sh
• MacOS: ./build/build_macos.sh
• Windows: powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -File .\build\build_windows.ps1

Build in Docker

To build for Linux, you can alternatively build VSCodium in docker

Firstly, create the container with:

docker run -ti --volume=<local vscodium source>:/root/vscodium --name=vscodium-build-agent vscodium/vscodium-linux-build-agent:bionic-x64 bash

When inside the container, you can use the following commands to build:

curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs desktop-file-utils

npm install -g yarn

git clone https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium.git

cd vscodium

./get_repo.sh

export SHOULD_BUILD=yes
export OS_NAME=linux
export VSCODE_ARCH=x64

./build.sh