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== Remote ssh ==

When first launching remote-ssh for a NixOS host, the connection will fail due to a missing glibc dependency in the shipped node.js.

This can be resolved by installing the <code>nodejs-12_x</code> package on the NixOS host.

This can be resolved by installing the <code>nodejs-12_x</code> package on the NixOS host. If the extension was installed from the store itself follow the instructions in https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-remote-release/issues/648#issuecomment-503148523. Note that nodejs needs to be updated according to VS Code upstream requirements (node 12 is needed as of 12/6/2019)

~~If vscode-remote is installed from nix (vscode-extensions.ms-vscode-remote) this will automatically replace the node.js shipped by the extension~~. If the extension was installed from the store itself follow the instructions in https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-remote-release/issues/648#issuecomment-503148523. Note that nodejs needs to be updated according to VS Code upstream requirements (node 12 is needed as of 12/6/2019)

If vscode-remote is installed from nix (vscode-extensions.ms-vscode-remote) this will automatically replace the node.js shipped by the extension.

== Using nix-shell ==

Some features of VSCode, like the Python package, require linters or other dependencies. The package [https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=arrterian.nix-env-selector nix-env-selector] makes this easy and does not require overrides on vscode itself to add dependencies.