Vscode: Command "Extensions: Install Extension" missing when running vscode from source

[vizeke]

I'm trying to test the install plugin feature in the latest pre-release 0.10.7 but it doesn't show up.

I just cloned the repo and follow the steps to run vscode. I'm using Windows 8.1 x64

Am I missing something?

[egamma]

If you build VS Code from source then the product is configured without some features like the extensins gallery. Pls see this comment for more background on this https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/60#issuecomment-161792005

If you install the published Insider version then the command is there. Pls see
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vscode/2016/02/01/introducing-insiders-builds/

[mucaho]

I've done some digging and figured out how to install an extension manually. There may be a better way to do this, but can't find any documentation on it:

• Retrieve https://vscode.blob.core.windows.net/gallery/index, it's a cached index of all extensions available on the gallery in json format.
  Search for the desired extension, e.g. by publisherName, extensionName and/or extensionId.
• Extract the assetUri for the desired version.
• Download the extension by appending /Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.VSIXPackage?install=true to the assetUri. (e.g. https://ziyasal.gallery.vsassets.io/_apis/public/gallery/publisher/ziyasal/extension/vscode-open-in-github/0.8.0/assetbyname/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.VSIXPackage?install=true)
• Rename the downloaded Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.VSIXPackage package's file extension to Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.vsix.
• Run code Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.vsix as described in the installation instructions.
• Restart the editor.

EDIT: Aha, yes, one more important thing: I can't speak for anyone here, but I guess once you start using MS's branded services, e.g. loading extensions from the gallery store, you agree to their terms of use. I'd imagine that installing these extensions also applies under the proprietary Visual Studio Code license, as well as any individual license contained in the extension.

[jgillich]

@egamma Can you please elaborate, is it possible to build VS Code with the extension gallery or is that a closed source component?

[egamma]

@jgillich this has already been elaborated here https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/60#issuecomment-161792005, hasn;t it?

[jgillich]

@egamma Well, given how vital extensions are to a editor like VS Code, I couldn't quite believe what I read and had to ask for confirmation.

[mucaho]

@jgillich I think there has been a slight misunderstanding: If you read one of the following comments in #60, it says that you just need to modify a configuration file for it to work.
I've just added 3 lines to the configuration file and that enabled the extension manager!

[jgillich]

@mucaho Seems so, thanks! Now I'm relieved.

[robertolabarca]

1. Ir a https://vscode.blob.core.windows.net/gallery/index y localizar la entrada correspondiente a la extensión que se quiere instalar . Esta url es un cache de todas las extensiones disponibles en la galeria
2. Localizar el assetUri para la version deseada
3. Agregar /Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.VSIXPackage?install=true al assetUri y descargar la url resultante (ej: "assetUri":https://ms-vscode.gallery.vsassets.io/_apis/public/gallery/publisher/ms-vscode/extension/csharp/1.4.1/assetbyname

Url resultante : https://ms-vscode.gallery.vsassets.io/_apis/public/gallery/publisher/ms-vscode/extension/csharp/1.4.1/assetbyname/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.VSIXPackage?install=true
)

1. Renombrar el fichero Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.VSIXPackage descargado en 3 a Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.VSIX.
2. Ejecutar code --install-extension Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.VSIX
3. Ejecutar tareas pos instalación. Solo de ser necesario por el componente.

[robertohuertasm]

Just to make it simple:

1. Find product.json file
2. Add the following lines to it:

"extensionsGallery": {
  "serviceUrl": "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/_apis/public/gallery",
  "cacheUrl": "https://vscode.blob.core.windows.net/gallery/index",
  "itemUrl": "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items"
}