Installation

Install Node.js 18 LTS: See troubleshooting section.

From the directory of this file, run:

sudo npm install -g vsce
npm install
vsce package
code --install-extension cairo1*.vsix

Remember to build the language server:

cargo build --bin cairo-language-server --release

Troubleshooting

If sudo npm install -g vsce fails try this:

sudo apt remove nodejs
sudo apt update
sudo apt install curl dirmngr apt-transport-https lsb-release ca-certificates vim
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_18.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt install nodejs

If successful, go back to sudo npm install -g vsce and continue from there.

Run the extension (for development)

1. Open VSCode in the directory of this file.
2. Run:

   npm install
   npm run compile
   

3. Reload VSCode.
4. Press F5.