code-server/docs/npm.md

npm Install Requirements

• Ubuntu, Debian
• Fedora, CentOS, RHEL
• Alpine
• macOS
• FreeBSD

If you're installing the npm module you'll need certain dependencies to build the native modules used by VS Code.

You also need at least node v12 installed. See #1633.

Ubuntu, Debian

sudo apt-get install -y \
  build-essential \
  pkg-config \
  libx11-dev \
  libxkbfile-dev \
  libsecret-1-dev \
  python3
npm config set python python3

Fedora, CentOS, RHEL

sudo yum groupinstall -y 'Development Tools'
sudo yum config-manager --set-enabled PowerTools # unnecessary on CentOS 7
sudo yum install -y python2 libsecret-devel libX11-devel libxkbfile-devel
npm config set python python2

Alpine

apk add alpine-sdk bash libstdc++ libc6-compat libx11-dev libxkbfile-dev libsecret-dev
npm config set python python3

macOS

xcode-select --install

FreeBSD

pkg install -y git python npm-node12 yarn-node12 pkgconf
pkg install -y libsecret libxkbfile libx11 libinotify