Not able to install C/C++ extension in visual studio code

[sathish25071992]

• VSCode Version: 1.10
• OS Version: Opensuse tumbleweed

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Open vs code
2. Install c/c++ extension

Hi,
Im using visual studio code for past 4 months. Everythings was working fine. All of a sudden im not able to upgrade C/C++ extension (version 0.10.5). So I un-installed the extension and tried installing back. Now I am unable to install the extension. When I try to install the extension its saying (Image attached), but not finishing the installation. No matter how long I wait, it is always saying installing. Please help me with this.

[chrmarti]

Is there anything in the devtools' console? (Help > Toggle Developer Tools)

[sathish25071992]

I am not able to click on any of the option in menu bar.

[sathish25071992]

I created a keyboard shortcut and accessed the developer tools. I am seeing 2 error. Here is the attached image of the error

[joaomoreno]

Are you behind a proxy?

[sathish25071992]

No. It is a direct connection from the internet provider.
I am able to Install other extensions without any problem. Only c/c++ extension is not installing.

[joaomoreno]

Interesting. If you uninstall it, is it still in ~/.vscode/extensions?

[sathish25071992]

No. It is not there. I have 7 extensions installed now (I already un installed c/c++ extension). I am able to see 7 folders in ~/.vscode/extensions/ corresponding to the extensions installed.

[joaomoreno]

If you wait long enough does it install? Check your network activity.

[sathish25071992]

No. I left even for a day :( . It didn't install. Is it possible to reset the VS code to default, like factory reset or something, so that it will be clean as first time install?.

[joaomoreno]

That shouldn't really do anything, but you can run

code --user-data-dir=new/data/dir --extensions-dir=new/extensions/dir

to try it out.

[joaomoreno]

If you open the Developer Tools, is there any error in there?

[sathish25071992]

No. I left even for a day :( . It didn't install. Is it possible to reset the VS code to default, like factory reset or something, so that it will be clean as first time install?.

[sathish25071992]

Sorry for re commenting. These are the error message present in the console.

[sathish25071992]

I tried code --user-data-dir=new/data/dir --extensions-dir=new/extensions/dir It didn't worked.

[joaomoreno]

Are you sure any other extension installs correctly?

[sathish25071992]

Yes im sure. with code --user-data-dir=new/data/dir --extensions-dir=new/extensions/dir command, I installed native debugger. It installed and asked to reload the window. But for C/C++ extension, It stuck at installing.

[sathish25071992]

Is it something to do with Opensuse tumbleweed? I have a windows machine in which its is working perfect. And I also have opensuse leap 42.2. I think in that also it is working fine, I will confirm it.

[sean-mcmanus]

Our cpptools team doesn't know why our extension would have any problem downloading/installing -- we assume it's a VS Code issue. Our vsix is only 1.1 MB. We haven't tried the repro on an OpenSUSE (the distro has <1% of usage in our telemetry). Our .vsix has an .exe binary, so maybe the OS has some file scan that blocks it. Maybe running with admin/sudo/root access would enable installation? Someone could send the user our cpptools.vsix and see if they can install it via the Extensions: Install from Vsix command.

[sathish25071992]

ok. I will try to log in as root and try the same.

[sathish25071992]

can I get the cpptools.vsix? where can I get it?

[sathish25071992]

Great... It worked with the vsix package. I got the .vsix package by following the procedure given by jevyn in this link microsoft/vscode-cpptools#298. After that I installed the .vsix package. With this procedure it worked.!!!!

[sean-mcmanus]

Exactly which steps did you follow? I assume you just followed the steps for getting the .vsix and installing it and not the later steps for manually downloading the OS-specific binaries from the fwlinks in the package.json? It sounds like there is still a bug/issue with our extension getting installed via the Extensions UI, but we don't have a repro?

[sathish25071992]

ya sean. I followed exactly these steps,

1. Go to cpptools marketplace (https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode.cpptools)
2. right click, view source
3. search for VSIXPackage, copy paste to new window to download ex: https://ms-vscode.gallerycdn.vsassets.io/extensions/ms-vscode/cpptools/0.9.2/1474583577220/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.VSIXPackage
4. rename to cpptools.vsix

Then I used the cpptools.vsix to install the extension.

Is there any think I can do so that you guys can narrow down the problem?.

[joaomoreno]

You could use a network analyser like Wireshark to see what is happening behind the scenes.

[sathish25071992]

Ok. I will give it a try.

[joaomoreno]

Let me know how it goes.

[sathish25071992]

Today I got C/C++ extension update. Still same behavior. I will try to get network activity through wireshark.

[ghost]

I installed the last version of VS Code.
I have the same error in both home and university . The install is pending like above picture forever.
These are the errors I can see in Developer Tools:

/C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/electron-browser/workbench.main.js:28 [C:\Users\Majid.vscode\extensions\tushortz.java-imports-snippets-0.0.1]: The "try catch"-snippet very likely confuses snippet-variables and snippet-placeholders. See https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/userdefinedsnippets#_snippet-syntax for more details.
t.$localShowMessage @ /C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/electron-browser/workbench.main.js:28
/C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/electron-browser/workbench.main.js:29 [Extension Host] Not found
d.logExtensionHostMessage @ /C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/electron-browser/workbench.main.js:29
/C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/electron-browser/workbench.main.js:29 ENOENT: no such file or directory, mkdir 'C:\Users\Majid\AppData\Local\Temp;C:'

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, mkdir 'C:\Users\Majid\AppData\Local\Temp;C:': Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, mkdir 'C:\Users\Majid\AppData\Local\Temp;C:'

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, mkdir 'C:\Users\Majid\AppData\Local\Temp;C:'
at Timeout._onTimeout (C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\code\electron-main\main.js:4:44676)
at ontimeout (timers.js:365:14)
at tryOnTimeout (timers.js:237:5)
at Timer.listOnTimeout (timers.js:207:5)

[joaomoreno]

@Majid-Khosh Don't hijack issues, create a new one.

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