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[Bug]: cppdbg is not supported

See original GitHub issue

Is there an existing issue for this?

I have searched the existing issues

OS/Web Information

Web Browser: Firefox
Local OS: Win11
Remote OS: RHEL 9
Remote Architecture: x86_64
code-server --version: 4.5.2 35372d3832521d25327e11c9776096730df22ecb with Code 1.68.1

Receiving the following message when trying to debug:

My tasks.json is as follows:

{
    "version": "2.0.0",
    "tasks": [
        {
            "label": "Makefile_Debug",
            "type": "shell",
            "command": [
                "${config:C_Cpp_Config.makePath}"
            ],
            "args": [
                "build",
                "--file=${workspaceFolder}/.vscode/Makefile",
                "--directory=${fileDirname}/",
                "COMPILATION_MODE=Debug",
                "C_COMPILER=${config:C_Cpp_Config.cCompilerPath}",
                "LANGUAGE_MODE=C",
                "EXECUTABLE_NAME=${fileBasenameNoExtension}Debug"
            ],
            "problemMatcher": [
                "$gcc"
            ]
        },
        {
            "label": "Makefile_Release",
            "type": "shell",
            "command": [
                "${config:C_Cpp_Config.makePath}"
            ],
            "args": [
                "build",
                "--file=${workspaceFolder}/.vscode/Makefile",
                "--directory=${fileDirname}/",
                "COMPILATION_MODE=Release",
                "C_COMPILER=${config:C_Cpp_Config.cCompilerPath}",
                "LANGUAGE_MODE=C",
                "EXECUTABLE_NAME=${fileBasenameNoExtension}Release"
            ],
            "problemMatcher": [
                "$gcc"
            ]
        },
        {
            "label": "C: Debug (Single File)",
            "type": "shell",
            "command": [
                "${config:C_Cpp_Config.makePath}"
            ],
            "args": [
                "build_single",
                "--file=${workspaceFolder}/.vscode/Makefile",
                "--directory=${fileDirname}/",
                "FILE_NAME=${file}",
                "COMPILATION_MODE=Debug",
                "C_COMPILER=${config:C_Cpp_Config.cCompilerPath}",
                "LANGUAGE_MODE=C",
                "EXECUTABLE_NAME=${fileBasenameNoExtension}Debug"
            ],
            "group": {
                "kind": "build",
                "isDefault": true
            },
            "problemMatcher": [
                "$gcc"
            ]
        },
        {
            "label": "C: Release (Single File)",
            "type": "shell",
            "command": [
                "${config:C_Cpp_Config.makePath}"
            ],
            "args": [
                "build_single",
                "--file=${workspaceFolder}/.vscode/Makefile",
                "--directory=${fileDirname}/",
                "FILE_NAME=${file}",
                "COMPILATION_MODE=Release",
                "C_COMPILER=${config:C_Cpp_Config.cCompilerPath}",
                "LANGUAGE_MODE=C",
                "EXECUTABLE_NAME=${fileBasenameNoExtension}Release"
            ],
            "group": {
                "kind": "build",
                "isDefault": true
            },
            "problemMatcher": [
                "$gcc"
            ]
        },
        {
            "label": "C: Debug (Folder)",
            "type": "shell",
            "command": [
                "${config:C_Cpp_Config.makePath}"
            ],
            "args": [
                "clean",
                "--file=${workspaceFolder}/.vscode/Makefile",
                "--directory=${fileDirname}/"
            ],
            "dependsOn": [
                "Makefile_Debug"
            ],
            "group": {
                "kind": "build",
                "isDefault": true
            },
            "problemMatcher": [
                "$gcc"
            ]
        },
        {
            "label": "C: Release (Folder)",
            "type": "shell",
            "command": [
                "${config:C_Cpp_Config.makePath}"
            ],
            "args": [
                "clean",
                "--file=${workspaceFolder}/.vscode/Makefile",
                "--directory=${fileDirname}/"
            ],
            "dependsOn": [
                "Makefile_Release"
            ],
            "group": {
                "kind": "build",
                "isDefault": true
            },
            "problemMatcher": [
                "$gcc"
            ]
        },
        {
            "label": "Execute: Debug Program",
            "type": "shell",
            "command": [
                "${config:C_Cpp_Config.makePath}"
            ],
            "args": [
                "execute",
                "--file=${workspaceFolder}/.vscode/Makefile",
                "--directory=${fileDirname}/",
                "--quiet",
                "EXECUTABLE_NAME=${fileBasenameNoExtension}Debug"
            ],
            "group": {
                "kind": "build",
                "isDefault": true
            },
            "problemMatcher": [
                "$gcc"
            ]
        },
        {
            "label": "Execute: Release Program",
            "type": "shell",
            "command": [
                "${config:C_Cpp_Config.makePath}"
            ],
            "args": [
                "execute",
                "--file=${workspaceFolder}/.vscode/Makefile",
                "--directory=${fileDirname}/",
                "--quiet",
                "EXECUTABLE_NAME=${fileBasenameNoExtension}Release"
            ],
            "group": {
                "kind": "build",
                "isDefault": true
            },
            "problemMatcher": [
                "$gcc"
            ]
        },
        {
            "label": "Makefile Clean",
            "type": "shell",
            "command": [
                "${config:C_Cpp_Config.makePath}"
            ],
            "args": [
                "clean",
                "--file=${workspaceFolder}/.vscode/Makefile",
                "--directory=${fileDirname}/",
                "--quiet"
            ],
            "group": {
                "kind": "build",
                "isDefault": true
            },
            "problemMatcher": [
                "$gcc"
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Steps to Reproduce

open code-server
install extensions: C++ Config, C++ Runner, Clangd
Attempt to ‘run and debug’ a test file
Error is thrown as shown

Expected

My files should compile.

Actual

My files do not compile.

Logs

No response

Screenshot/Video

No response

Does this issue happen in VS Code or GitHub Codespaces?

I cannot reproduce this in VS Code.
I cannot reproduce this in GitHub Codespaces.

Are you accessing code-server over HTTPS?

I am using HTTPS.

Notes

I am not actually using HTTPS, as I am using the port-forwarded method described in the docs. https://coder.com/docs/code-server/latest/guide#port-forwarding-via-ssh

Issue Analytics

State:
Created a year ago
Comments:5 (2 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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SirMooncakecommented, Sep 9, 2022

I think for ‘cppdbg’ to work you need the ms-vscode.cpptools extension, which can’t be installed because it’s only available in the ms marketplace. Maybe there is an other way to make it work, but for the moment the workaround would be to install the extension manually.

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jialuohucommented, Nov 2, 2022

As @SirMooncake said, we need to install the extension manually. Here is the link for ms-vscode.cpptools extension file: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode.cpptools&ssr=false#version-history Download and upload to your server. Then Run code-server --install-extension <path to vsix> in the terminal. Done.