`node ./node_modules/vscode/bin/install` won't detect VSCode engine in ubuntu docker container about vscode-extension-vscode HOT 5 CLOSED

Just found this after hitting the issue myself. During a new extension generation (yo code)- the setup failed because that environment does not have connection to the internet. And because the typings file is only acessible via a github raw URL, rather than a repository like npm, the fetch returns a 404 and fails the rest.

So while debugging this I decided to re-run the install node ./node_modules/vscode/bin/install which results in the above error. The error message is wrong/misleading, because for starters it's not looking at the package.json file at all, it's looking for an environment variable; process.env.npm_package_engines_vscode

This means the installer will also never work unless it's run via the yeoman generator when I can only assume that env variable is defined. Either change the error message, or change the install script to actually use the package.json file (recommended as this would allow it to work outside of the yeoman generator).

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With the new changes you don't need internet to start new extension: https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_36#_splitting-vscode-package-into-typesvscode-and-vscodetest

Just do yarn add @types/vscode@<VERSION>, where version can be 1.34.0, 1.35.0, 1.36.0, etc.

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@rberrelleza does it reproduce from a hello world extensions created via yo code?

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@bpasero ^ (edit link not working for me, sorry)

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Running this from the CLI worked for me:

npm_package_engines_vscode="^1.19.0" node ./node_modules/vscode/bin/install

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