VScode for Toolbox - Simple yet robust helper script for VSCode-Toolbox Integration

This repository contains a simple, modern script automating smooth integration of Toolbox containers and VSCode (Flatpak).

NOTE: This project depends on the Flatpak version of VSCode. If it's missing, the installation script will install it for you.

Installation

Make sure you run this from your own user account, not root. The scripts will use sudo (and therefore promt you for your password) where necessary.

sudo rpm-ostree install podman-compose
cd ~/
git clone https://github.com/daw1012345/vscode-for-toolbox vc-toolbox-helper
cd vc-toolbox-helper && ./install.py
export PATH=$HOME/vc-toolbox-helper/bin:$PATH

Make sure to add $HOME/vc-toolbox-helper/bin to your $PATH in a persistent way (that works within containers). The approach here depends on the shell of your choice.

• Bash: echo 'export PATH=$HOME/vc-toolbox-helper/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bashrc && source ~/.bashrc
• Fish: fish_add_path $HOME/vc-toolbox-helper/bin

Usage

toolbox create
toolbox enter
cd ~/my_project && code (Or code ~/my_project)

Note: This currently only works with containers created after the installation of this tool. Support for existing containers is coming.

Acknowledgements

This project is based on toolbox-vscode. However, that project seems abandoned as it does not work due to changes in VScode. The more up-to-date method of integrating vscode and toolbox containers is based on the method from this great article.

Related

• containers/toolbox#1296
• https://hackandslash.blog/how-to-run-vs-code-flatpak-with-a-toolbox-with-code-completion/
• https://github.com/owtaylor/toolbox-vscode
• containers/podman#18492