beangreen247 / vscode.sh

script for installing vscode from tarball (tar.gz), can be used for updating as well

vscode.sh

script for installing vscode from tarball (tar.gz), can be used for updating as well how to use?

bash vscode.sh

vscode.sh

#!/bin/bash
#vars
echo -n "Enter root password: "
read -s password
pass="$password"
codeDLp1="$(curl -I --silent 'https://code.visualstudio.com/sha/download?build=stable&os=linux-x64' | grep 'location' | awk {'print $2'} | cut -d "/" -f 3 | cut -d "." -f 1)"
codeDLp2="$(curl -I --silent 'https://code.visualstudio.com/sha/download?build=stable&os=linux-x64' | grep 'location' | awk {'print $2'} | cut -d "/" -f 5)"
codeLatestVer="$(curl -I --silent 'https://code.visualstudio.com/sha/download?build=stable&os=linux-x64' | grep "location" | cut -d '/' -f 6 | cut -d '-' -f 4 | cut -d '.' -f 1)"

cd $HOME/Downloads/
rm -rf vscode.tar.gz 2> /dev/null
echo "Latest version: "$codeLatestVer;
echo "Downloading..."
curl -# -L -o vscode.tar.gz https://$codeDLp1.vo.msecnd.net/stable/$codeDLp2/code-stable-x64-$codeLatestVer.tar.gz
echo "Installing..."
echo $pass | sudo -S tar -xvzf vscode.tar.gz -C /opt
echo $pass | sudo -S ln -sf /opt/VSCode-linux-x64/code /usr/bin/code
echo "[Desktop Entry]
Name=Visual Studio Code
Comment=Programming Text Editor
Exec=/usr/bin/code
Icon=/opt/VSCode-linux-x64/resources/app/resources/linux/code.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Programming;" | tee -a temp.vscode.desktop
echo $pass | sudo -S mv temp.vscode.desktop /opt/VSCode-linux-x64/code.desktop
echo $pass | sudo -S cp -r /opt/VSCode-linux-x64/code.desktop /usr/share/applications
echo "Cleanup..."
rm -rf vscode.tar.gz
cd $HOME