How to reinstall VS Code remotely

reinstall-vscode.sh

# When to reinstall?
# - When VS Code cannot connect to remote server via the SSH extension
# - New extensions cannot be installed on remote server

# 1. Connect to remote server (without using VS Code, of course).

# 2. Remove the ~/.vscode-server directory
cd ~
rm -rf .vscode-server/

# 3. If some device or resource is busy, e.g.
# "rm: cannot remove '.vscode-server/bin/e180050f1329e81732535dc0e47cfb0b5/.nfs0000000a180e70000f0': Device or resource busy"
# Identify the process ID and kill all associated node processes
# COMMAND    PID    USER   FD   TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF       NODE NAME
# node     12345  fanurs  txt    REG   0,55 76304074 2722304381 .vscode-server/bin/e180050f1329e81732535dc0e47cfb0b5/.nfs0000000a180e70000f0
lsof +D .vscode-server/
kill 12345
# If there are many processes, you kill all of them by
kill $(lsof -ti +D .vscode-server/) # -ti removes the header

# 4. You should now be able to remove the directory.
rm -rf .vscode-server/

# 5. Connect to server using VS Code again. A new .vscode-server/ will be installed upon logging in.

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