how to use vscode remote-ssh for Linux arm64 aarch64 platform such as Nvidia Jetson TX1 TX2 Nano

Series

• Getting Started with Nvidia Jetson Nano
• how to install vscode on Nvidia Jetson Nano
• how to use vscode remote-ssh for Linux arm64 aarch64 platform such as Nvidia Jetson TX1 TX2 Nano

Guide

• Host: Ubuntu 16.04/18.04, VS Code Insiders
• Target: ARM64 Jetson Nano, Ubuntu 18.04

for using Remote-SSH for Linux arm64 aarch64 platform such as Nvidia
Jetson TX1 TX2 Nano, we have to install VS Code Insiders instead of normal VS Code

Steps as follow:

1. donwload code-insiders_1.42.0-1576733727_amd64.deb from here.

2. install VS Code Insiders by

   $ sudo dpkg -i code-insiders_1.42.0-1576733727_amd64.deb

3. start VS Code Insiders

   $ code-insiders

4. install Remote-SSH extension for VS Code Insiders and restart

5. Now we can use VS Code Insiders to connect to your Linux arm64 aarch64 platform such as Nvidia
   Jetson TX1 TX2 Nano

check vscode version

• code 1.40.1
• code-insiders 1.42.0

# vscode 
$ code --version
1.40.1
8795a9889db74563ddd43eb0a897a2384129a619
x64
                                                                                              
# vscode insiders        
$ code-insiders --version
1.42.0-insider
e74405d11443c5361c31e2bc341866d146eee206
x64

History

• 2019/12/20: created.