VSCode Remote-SSH服务端组件安装：RHEL7无wget时的替代方案

If wget is blocked on your RHEL7 server, don't worry—there are several workarounds to get the VS Code Remote Development server component set up. Let's walk through each one:

1. Download Locally, Then Upload to the Server #

This is the most straightforward approach if you have access to a machine that can download files:

• First, open VS Code on your local machine and attempt to connect to your RHEL7 server via SSH. When the download fails (since wget is blocked), VS Code will display an error message with a direct URL to the server tar.gz package (it looks something like https://update.code.visualstudio.com/commit:<unique-commit-id>/server-linux-x64/stable).
• Copy that URL, download the tar.gz file using your local browser, curl, or wget (whichever works on your local machine).
• Upload the downloaded file to your RHEL7 server using scp or SFTP. For example:

  scp path/to/downloaded/vscode-server.tar.gz your-username@rhel7-server-ip:/home/your-username/
  

• On the server, create the required directory structure (match the commit ID from the URL):

  mkdir -p ~/.vscode-server/bin/<unique-commit-id>/
  

• Move the tar.gz file into this directory, then extract it:

  mv vscode-server.tar.gz ~/.vscode-server/bin/<unique-commit-id>/
  cd ~/.vscode-server/bin/<unique-commit-id>/
  tar -xzf vscode-server.tar.gz --strip-components=1
  

• Now try connecting again from VS Code—it should detect the pre-installed server component.

2. Use curl (If It's Not Blocked) #

Many servers block wget but leave curl available. Here's how to use it:

• Get the correct server package URL (as mentioned in Method 1, from VS Code's error message or by checking your local VS Code's commit ID: go to Help > About to find the commit hash).
• Run this curl command on your RHEL7 server to download the file directly:

  curl -O https://update.code.visualstudio.com/commit:<unique-commit-id>/server-linux-x64/stable
  

• Once downloaded, follow the extraction and directory setup steps from Method 1 to complete the installation.

3. Use VS Code's "Install from Local File" Feature #

VS Code has a built-in option to skip remote downloads and use a local file:

• After attempting to connect and seeing the download failure, look for the "Install from local file" button in the error notification.
• Click it, then browse to the tar.gz file you downloaded locally (as in Method 1). VS Code will automatically handle uploading the file to the server and setting it up correctly—no manual command line work needed.

4. Request Internal Repository Access (If Possible) #

If your organization maintains an internal software repository, reach out to your system administrators:

• Ask them to add the VS Code Remote Server tar.gz package to the internal repository.
• Once it's available, you can use yum or rpm to install it (note: the official server component isn't packaged as an RPM, so your admin may need to create a custom package or just host the tar.gz for easy access).

内容的提问来源于stack exchange，提问作者amigo421