VSCode no longer support for Amazon Linux 2

Hello,

Lundi here, thank you for reaching out with your question,

I would like to mention that our internal teams are aware of the mentioned issue whereby Starting with version 1.86, Visual Studio Code will require a minimum GNU C Library (glibc) version of 2.28. AL2 ships with glibc version 2.26, and currently, Amazon Linux does not provide a path to upgrade this library in AL2.

On 2024-02-08, Microsoft released a new build 1.86.1 that will work with older versions of glibc. If you encounter any issues with 1.86.1, please comment here.

https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_86

Hi Dammy

Thank you for the feedback, I'm tracking this issue further internally and will provide further updates once received on my end. You are more then welcome to open a support case and reference this post so that our team can track this internally as well.

Apologies if this question is considered answered and I should be responding separately, but I'm still unable to install VSCode 1.86.1 on AL2. I used the following RPM:

https://update.code.visualstudio.com/1.87.1/linux-rpm-x64/stable

Running an install results in a failure due to dependency resolution. Are there more specific instructions of what's required to get this working?

I was getting an error when trying to install 1.87.1 and 1.86.1 as per below. I dropped a couple versions to 1.82.1 and that worked for me.

Steps that succeeded for me:

1. Download VSCode 1.82.1 RPM from https://update.code.visualstudio.com/1.82.1/linux-rpm-x64/stable
2. Execute sudo yum localinstall ./code-1.82.1-1694163779.el7.x86_64.rpm

Loaded plugins: amzn_workspaces_filter_updates, halt_os_update_check, priorities, update-motd
Examining ./code-1.82.1-1694163779.el7.x86_64.rpm: code-1.82.1-1694163779.el7.x86_64
Marking ./code-1.82.1-1694163779.el7.x86_64.rpm to be installed
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package code.x86_64 0:1.82.1-1694163779.el7 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
...
Downloading packages:
Running transaction check
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded
Running transaction
 Installing : code-1.82.1-1694163779.el7.x86_64 1/1 
 Verifying : code-1.82.1-1694163779.el7.x86_64 1/1 

Installed:
 code.x86_64 0:1.82.1-1694163779.el7 

Complete!

Error I was getting with later versions:

$ sudo yum localinstall ./code-1.87.1-1709685844.el8.x86_64.rpm

Loaded plugins: amzn_workspaces_filter_updates, halt_os_update_check, priorities, update-motd
Examining ./code-1.87.1-1709685844.el8.x86_64.rpm: code-1.87.1-1709685844.el8.x86_64
Marking ./code-1.87.1-1709685844.el8.x86_64.rpm to be installed
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package code.x86_64 0:1.87.1-1709685844.el8 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.28)(64bit) for package: code-1.87.1-1709685844.el8.x86_64
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Package: code-1.87.1-1709685844.el8.x86_64 (/code-1.87.1-1709685844.el8.x86_64)
 Requires: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.28)(64bit)
 You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
 You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigesthttps://repost.aws/questions/QU5Uzy5GILSiyISY93CNyn0A/vscode-no-longer-support-for-amazon-linux-2