code-server/doc/npm.md

npm Install Requirements

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

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

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

macOS

Install Xcode and run:

xcode-select --install