Install vscode on Clear Linux

install-vscode.sh

#!/bin/bash

# https://openwebcraft.com/notes/clearlinux-desktop-setup/

echo "--- start"

wget https://vscode-update.azurewebsites.net/latest/linux-x64/stable -O code_latest_amd64.tar.gz

SRC_FILE=code_latest_amd64.tar.gz
DEST=/opt/code
DEST_BIN=$DEST/bin
DESKTOP_FILE=~/.local/share/applications/code.desktop
DESKTOP_FILE_HANDLER=~/.local/share/applications/code-url-handler.desktop

if [ -d "$SRC_FILE" ]; then
	echo "deleting: $SRC_FILE"
	sudo rm $SRC_FILE
fi

# create extraction dir
if [ -d "$DEST" ]; then
	echo "deleting: $DEST"
	sudo rm -rf $DEST
fi
sudo mkdir -p $DEST

# extract archive
echo "extracting: $SRC_FILE"
sudo tar xzf $SRC_FILE -C /opt --transform 's/VSCode-linux-x64/code/'
ls $DEST

# add exe to env path
SH_PATH="export PATH=\$PATH:$DEST_BIN"
if ! grep -q "$SH_PATH" ~/.bashrc ; then
	sudo echo "$SH_PATH" >> ~/.bashrc
fi

# creating desktop file
echo "creating desktop file: $DESKTOP_FILE"
touch $DESKTOP_FILE
echo "#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Visual Studio Code
Comment=Code Editing. Refined.
GenericName=Text Editor
Exec=$DEST_BIN/code --no-sandbox --unity-launch %F
Icon=com.visualstudio.code
Type=Application
StartupNotify=false
StartupWMClass=code
Categories=Utility;TextEditor;Development;IDE;
MimeType=text/plain;inode/directory;
Actions=new-empty-window;
Keywords=vscode;

[Desktop Action new-empty-window]
Name=New Empty Window
Exec=$DEST_BIN/code --no-sandbox --new-window %F
Icon=com.visualstudio.code
" > $DESKTOP_FILE

# creating desktop file
echo "creating desktop file: $DESKTOP_FILE_HANDLER"
touch $DESKTOP_FILE_HANDLER
echo "#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Visual Studio Code - URL Handler
Comment=Code Editing. Redefined.
GenericName=Text Editor
Exec=$DEST_BIN/code --no-sandbox --open-url %U
Icon=visual-studio-code
Type=Application
NoDisplay=true
StartupNotify=true
Categories=Utility;TextEditor;Development;IDE;
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/vscode;
Keywords=vscode;
" > $DESKTOP_FILE_HANDLER

echo "--- done"

wget "https://code.visualstudio.com/sha/download?build=stable&os=linux-x64" -O code_latest_amd64.tar.gz
to be more exact.

Don't forget to install wget beforehand: sudo swupd bundle-add wget.
Also, VScode wouldn't work under Wayland for me, had to log out, switch to Xorg (X11) and make that the default.