Vscode-remote-release: Unable to download vscode server - wget vbersion too low on host

[yangsos123]

• VSCode Version: 1.35.1
• Local OS Version: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS
• Remote OS Version: SUSE 12.3
• Remote Extension/Connection Type: SSH

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Install vscode remote ssh;
2. Fail to download vs code server on host.

Error code:
`
Install and start server if needed

Installing to ***********
Downloading with wget
wget: unrecognized option '--show-progress'
Usage: wget [OPTION]... [URL]...

Try `wget --help' for more options.

...

f212f9cd-1e1b-4aaf-b821-bb68304b218d##25##
"install" terminal command done
Received install output: f212f9cd-1e1b-4aaf-b821-bb68304b218d##25##
Server download failed
Downloading VS Code Server failed. Please try again later.`

It seems that --show-progress option is available only since wget 1.16, while on the host its version is 1.14. I have no access to update wget.

[KapitanOczywisty]

You can compile wget yourself, just don't install

wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/wget-1.20.3.tar.gz
tar -xzvf wget-1.20.3.tar.gz
cd wget-1.20.3
./configure --with-ssl=openssl --with-libssl-prefix=/usr/lib64/openssl --prefix=/usr
make 
mkdir ~/bin
cp src/wget ~/bin/wget

And now only change one line in .bash_profile (move $HOME/bin to the beginning)

PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin

After all reconnect and check version

wget -V

It's not the best solution, but works for me

[yangsos123]

You can compile wget yourself, just don't install

wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/wget-1.20.3.tar.gz
tar -xzvf wget-1.20.3.tar.gz
cd wget-1.20.3
./configure --with-ssl=openssl --with-libssl-prefix=/usr/lib64/openssl --prefix=/usr
make 
mkdir ~/bin
cp src/wget ~/bin/wget

And now only change one line in .bash_profile (move $HOME/bin to the beginning)

PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin

After all reconnect and check version

wget -V

It's not the best solution, but works for me

Thanks and it works for me.

But now here comes another problem as in #332 :
"install" terminal command done Received install output: Failed to parse remote port from server output:
Killing and reconnecting did not work for me. When running server.sh directly on host, it showed

• Visual Studio Code Server
  *
• Reminder: You may only use this software with Visual Studio family products,
• as described in the license https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/license
  *

IP Address:
Extension host agent listening on 8000

and got stuck here.

[KapitanOczywisty]

Nightly build? I had to downgrade from today's update, because of that. Server returns one port, but extension expect two. If stable I have no idea.

For Nightly If you can locate extension folder (%appdata%\..\..\.vscode\extensions) just copy files from older folder to newer and just update version in package.json

[roblourens]

Fixed in https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-remote-release/issues/794