Distribute VS Code via a signed apt repository

[Tyriar]

This would make auto-updating possible on Debian-based OS's.

[Tyriar]

Unfortunately it doesn't look like the signing will be up in time for the release, pushing to April. /cc @joaomoreno

[joaomoreno]

Signatures are always a lengthy process...

It's enough if we get the debs and rpms out the door.

[typekpb]

does this one cover rpm repository as well, or should I create a new issue?

[Tyriar]

Being pushed to May.

[Tyriar]

@typekpb #229 is tracking the rpm/yum repo.

[Tyriar]

Still waiting on signing.

[Tyriar]

Finally progress is being made on this, I'll be going to a meeting towards the end of the month which should give the way forward 👍

As such, it will likely come in July as the meeting occurs during the test/end game week.

[chase-moskal]

@Tyriar — vscode is prompting me to update from v0.11.1 to v0.11.2 via the website

I tried to update with

sudo apt-get install code

It tells me

code is already the newest version (1.11.1-1491486998).

I suppose the version that apt-get has access to is out-of-date

[sudopluto]

@ChaseMoskal
to upgrade from apt you have to run
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
you are getting that error because you didnt update your sources most likely

[ghetolay]

@ChaseMoskal be sure you have a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list and that the content is not commented (with a #).

It happened to me after an Ubuntu upgrade.

[chase-moskal]

@sudopluto, @ghetolay — it works!

• I closed everything I had open, and ran sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

• I opened /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list and saw that its full contents was:

  deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable main
  

• After sudo apt-get install code — I have code v1.11.2-1492070517

Thanks fellas, I appreciate it

[Tyriar]

As @ghetolay mentioned the repo will be disabled after an Ubuntu upgrade, I made a change this morning that works similar to Chrome that will re-enable the repo when the deb package is installed next (coming in tomorrow's Insiders) #24898. This will get auto-updating working again after you install manually after an OS upgrade.

[ghetolay]

@Tyriar Nice, thks!

Rarely seen a PR built out of a comment 👍

[akashnimare]

Hey @Tyriar
I'm working on an electron app named zulip-electron. I have already build a .deb using electron-builder. Just wanted to know how to add .deb to a PPA so that users can install/update my app via sudo apt-get myapp. Any suggestions would be really appreciated.

[Tyriar]

@akashnimare we don't use a PPA, we use a regular apt repo and the actual implementation is handled by another team. There should be plenty of documentation on the internet for how to set up a repo.

If you're interested here is the post install steps to install the repo when installing the package https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/blob/bfc4e3d780ddbcf8802d9ddc61e3b440af3cae5b/resources/linux/debian/postinst.template#L20

[akashnimare]

So I guess I just need to setup a repo + the above post install script?

[Tyriar]

@akashnimare the post install is optional, the minimal thing you need to do is setup a repo and provide users with steps to register it like https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/linux#_debian-and-ubuntu-based-distributions

[Z-Y00]

why not provide the "debian/* " file, in case someone may wanna pack it into Debian , this would save much trouble.

[Tyriar]

@Z-Y00 I don't understand the question? We provide the deb package via the website homepage and https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/linux#_debian-and-ubuntu-based-distributions ?

[Z-Y00]

I mean you can consider geting it into Debian's official repository, since the code is under MIT license.
https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/