[Bug]: Cannot invoke `code-server` from integrated terminal

[Emporea]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

OS/Web Information

• Web Browser: Firefox 102
• Local OS: Win10
• Remote OS: Ubuntu
• Remote Architecture: 86
• code-server --version: 4.5.0 (4.4.0)

Steps to Reproduce

1. docker run codeserver:latest
2. try to install extensions via code-server code-server --install-extension ms-python
3. asd

Expected

Installation of Extension

Actual

Console throws error
/usr/lib/code-server/lib/vscode/bin/remote-cli/code-server: 12: /usr/lib/code-server/lib/vscode/node: not found

Logs

No response

Screenshot/Video

No response

Does this issue happen in VS Code or GitHub Codespaces?

• I cannot reproduce this in VS Code.
• I cannot reproduce this in GitHub Codespaces.

Are you accessing code-server over HTTPS?

• I am using HTTPS.

Notes

No response

[Emporea]

"Workaround" is a downgrade to 4.4.0
There it seems to work.

#5334 also has a bug appearently solved by downgrading.

[dx034]

I have the same issue but need 4.5.0 as it's required to run Github Copilot. Any other ideas for a workaround?

[jbalonso]

I think what's going on is upstream vscode is injecting an update to the PATH environment variable to an undesirable location.

Here is my invocation that generates the error (note: specifically running /opt/code-server/bin/code-server (where I installed code-server in my container) bypasses the issue):

user 6619ab0c7518 ~
$ code-server --help
/opt/code-server/lib/vscode/bin/remote-cli/code-server: 12: /opt/code-server/lib/vscode/node: not found

And here is my $PATH:

user 6619ab0c7518 ~
$ env | grep PATH
PATH=/home/user/bin:/home/user/.local/bin:/opt/code-server/lib/vscode/bin/remote-cli:/home/user/.local/bin:/home/user/bin:/home/user/bin:/home/user/.local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/opt/sonar-scanner/bin:/opt/sonar-scanner/bin

I certainly did not put /opt/code-server/lib/vscode/bin/remote-cli into my PATH myself.

[jsjoeio]

cc @code-asher any ideas on this one?

[benz0li]

I think what's going on is upstream vscode is injecting an update to the PATH environment variable to an undesirable location.

@jsjoeio I can confirm this.

JupyterLab Terminal:

$ echo $PATH
/opt/code-server/bin:/opt/julia/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin

code-server Terminal:

$ echo $PATH
/opt/code-server/lib/vscode/bin/remote-cli:/opt/code-server/bin:/opt/julia/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin

👉 Compare /opt/code-server/bin/code-server with /opt/code-server/lib/vscode/bin/remote-cli/code-server.

(/opt/code-server being the root directory of my code-server installation)

[benz0li]

This should have been fixed prior to the release of code-server v4.5.1.

I am sticking with v4.4.0 for now.

[benz0li]

The way code-server is released(/run?), it behaves like a remote installation. This might be is the reason, why /opt/code-server/lib/vscode/bin/remote-cli is prepended to PATH.

[benz0li]

@jsjoeio Please add this issue to the July 2022 milestone.

[jsjoeio]

The way code-server is released(/run?), it behaves like a remote installation. This might be the reason, why /opt/code-server/lib/vscode/bin/remote-cli is prepended to PATH.

Interesting 🤔 I'll chat with @code-asher and see how we can fix this. Thanks for bringing it up everyone!