Can't load LaTeX Workshop extension

I am trying to run the LaTeX Workshop extension (james-yu.latex-workshop). I have tried with extension versions 8.7.2, 8.10.0 and 8.11.0, all with the same results. I get the error command 'latex-workshop.view' not found when I click the “View LaTeX PDF File” icon, and nothing else happens.

Digging deeper, enabling source map support, the Output termninal “Log (Remote Extension Host)” shows the following error message.

[2020-06-24 00:09:19.066] [exthost] [error] Activating extension James-Yu.latex-workshop failed due to an error:
[2020-06-24 00:09:19.067] [exthost] [error] Error: Cannot find module '/home/jovyan/.local/share/code-server/extensions/james-yu.latex-workshop-8.10.0/out/src/main.js'

The out/ subdirectory does not exist.

My interpretation is that out/ is supposed to contain build targets which are somehow not being built. Indeed, the extension’s GitHub contains /src/main.ts but no /out/. I don’t know any TypeScript, so does this make sense? Any idea how to fix it?

• Web Browser: Firefox
• Local OS: Ubuntu 20.04
• Remote OS: locally-running jupyter/tensorflow-notebook Docker container
• Remote Architecture: x86_64
• code-server --version: 3.4.1 48f7c2724827e526eeaa6c2c151c520f48a61259

Note: I am able to manually install the .vsix.

[HannesGitH]

For those facing the same issue

run

curl -fsSL https://gist.githubusercontent.com/HannesGitH/bf70790accef0773821fd6b83b335292/raw/latex-workshop_code-server__quickfix.sh | sh 

on your remote host for a quick fix

(see gist)

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edit: this fix builds upon @nao20010128nao solution:

Temporary fix: extract /extension/out/ inside VSIX, as it contains a valid out/ directory.

edit2: you might need to change some stuff in the script if you’re not on Debian or having a non-standart install

edit3: you need to reload your vscode instance e.g. just reopen the same folder

[tidux]

I can confirm this issue still exists on code-server 3.12.