Allow Remote Support for Packages

[luni-moon]

I am looking for support for packages, like NODE, PIP, etc., without having to download them and put them in manually, if there even is a way. The reason for this is, I use this way to code on VSCode remotely, because the school has Linux Beta on the student chromebooks blocked/disabled, which means, I cannot use the feature to open the .deb (Debian) files for NODE.js, to download it to my chromebook, as well as there being no feature that allows you to add things like that to the remote server, even if I had the capabilities to do so. If possible, could you add preinstalled packages, like NODE and PIP, into the future updates? I know this is fully possible, since an iOS app can do it, so why can't this (I won't link the repo here, unless you ask for it)?

[AurangAsif]

You can add more Docker commands into the Dockerfile to install additional software like so:

# You can add custom software and dependencies for your environment here. Some examples:

# RUN code-server --install-extension esbenp.prettier-vscode
# RUN sudo apt-get install -y build-essential
# RUN COPY myTool /home/coder/myTool

# Install NodeJS
RUN sudo curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_15.x | sudo bash -
RUN sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

Taken from https://github.com/cdr/deploy-code-server/blob/main/guides/railway.md.

For pip search 'Install pip in docker' on google for guidance

[luni-moon]

Ah, ok, thank you. Sorry.

[luni-moon]

One more question, is there a way to keep all extensions installed and any code or repositories, to not be deleted when updating to a new version through remote? Also, is there any way I can get a PHP site to work as an HTML site, through Dockerfile? Thank you so much!

[AurangAsif]

1. Persist extensions
   Basically, add commands in your Dockerfile such as

# IMPORTANT: Make sure to put any install commands after this one
# Fix permissions for code-server
RUN sudo chown -R coder:coder /home/coder/.local

# Seperate lines
RUN code-server --install-extension esbenp.prettier-vscode
RUN code-server --install-extension foo.bar

# One command
RUN code-server --install-extension esbenp.prettier-vscode --install-extension foo.bar

2. Persist files