Vscode-terraform: "Unable to install terraform-ls"

[mdschweda]

• Installed newest (v2.2.3) version
• Created directory with example files && terraform init (with v0.13.4)
• Opened directory in VS Code
• Error toast: Unable to install terraform-ls

Extension host log:

[2020-10-24 08:31:24.728] [exthost] [error] TypeError: Cannot read property 'url' of undefined
    at LanguageServerInstaller.<anonymous> (c:\Users\Marcus\.vscode\extensions\hashicorp.terraform-2.2.3\src\languageServerInstaller.ts:113:29)
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at c:\Users\Marcus\.vscode\extensions\hashicorp.terraform-2.2.3\out\languageServerInstaller.js:8:71
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at __awaiter (c:\Users\Marcus\.vscode\extensions\hashicorp.terraform-2.2.3\out\languageServerInstaller.js:4:12)
    at LanguageServerInstaller.installPkg (c:\Users\Marcus\.vscode\extensions\hashicorp.terraform-2.2.3\out\languageServerInstaller.js:98:16)
    at LanguageServerInstaller.<anonymous> (c:\Users\Marcus\.vscode\extensions\hashicorp.terraform-2.2.3\src\languageServerInstaller.ts:78:15)
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at fulfilled (c:\Users\Marcus\.vscode\extensions\hashicorp.terraform-2.2.3\out\languageServerInstaller.js:5:58)
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:94:5)

Windows 10 1909

[enhendrickson]

For anyone who comes here like I did looking for the solution to this issue, you can work around this issue by installing the terraform-ls independently.

I believe my issue was that I was launching vscode from wsl2. At any rate, I was able to work around it by installing terraform-ls using the below command,

brew install hashicorp/tap/terraform-ls

[cuasijoe]

This how to manually install it on Windows:

• Download latest terraform-ls from https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform-ls/
• Unzip and copy the file to one of your user folders (ex. %USERPROFILE%\.terraform)
• Add the following to the end of the settings.json vsCode config file:
  js "terraform.languageServer": { "external": true, "pathToBinary": "C:/Users/[USER_NAME]/.terraform/terraform-ls", "args": [ "serve" ] },

[WellspringCS]

fwiw, on Ubuntu 18.04 this issue disappeared after i simply removed the extension and re-installed it.