I am working on a project, on a windows laptop, which is connected via RSE plugin to the linux server (can be run/tested only there).
So I have only a logical SSH link on my laptop, no actual files. Is it possible to somehow have project stored both on local and remote side? (so that both project are in sync)?
The problem is that the linux server is used for labs/experiments by other employees and its files can be removed any day. Now I'm making manual copy to my local machine at the end of each day, and it's really cumbersome.
Of course I don't have to use RSE if there is any other plugin that can satisfy my needs.
Thanks.
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Background:
At work I develop either in a virtual machine on my Windows laptop, or in a desktop workstation via a remote desktop app. Both environments are Ubuntu.
I have recently started to enjoy using VSCode, with the Remote SSH plugin. But I have to manually copy my setup .vscode/ folder to each project. I work actively in 10-20 projects, which makes this a bit of annoying.
All projects have the same setup and file structure, and both environments are setup the same. It feels like I could automate this more.
Using 3rd party tools is not applicable for me, since I cannot install whatever I want. Native support is important.
Question:
Is there any way for me to setup VSCode settings and tasks on my hosting Windows machine, but use them on the remote side after starting an SSH session of VSCode?
On my windows laptop, I use putty to ssh on the remote server where I have git checkout a C project. I would like to use eclipse(CDT) for program development on my laptop but compilation and program execution is only possible on the remote server. Can I map the repository checked out on remote server into eclipse on my laptop so that I can avoid working with two copies of the checked out project.
This seems not possible unless you are using an Eclipse installed on the remote machine... and use it on your Windows laptop.
See "Remote Eclipse over X11".
Since you are on Windows, you would use an X11 emulator like vcxsrv.
That would avoid the sshfs setup.
The other approach would be to replicate your remote machine environment in a VM (VirtualBox) or a Docker image/container in order to be able to compile locally (and then push the modified sources to your remote machine with Git)
I just installed the latest version of eclipse neon. I previously used eclipse mars. But due to other issues that should be updated in eclipse Neon I changed to this version.
I develop a program for a ARM Linux system on a Windows computer, so using a cross-gcc and doing remote debug using gdb/gdbserver from eclipse. I first made a connection using the remote systems perspective using ftp for file transfer and ssh for the shell. This worked fine and I was happy with this.
But in Neon it seems to be changed because the connection that I made in the Remote Systems explorer can't be selected anymore when you use C/C++ Remote Application Debug. When you look at the connection listbox I only see local connection and not the remote systems anymore. When I create a new connection from the debug configurations dialog I can only choose serial/telnet/ssh but when I choose ssh it doesn't work. I can make the connection and open a command shell, so ssh works. But when it wants to transfer the file to my target it is using sftp appearently (looking at the error log) but I don't have this on my target.
When I transfer the file manually to my target (using the remote systems perspective) the debugging works fine but of course I want to transfer the file automatically when I start a debug.
My question is if indeed this connection management is changed that you can't choose anymore the systems that you defined in the remote systems explorer?
Or do you need install a specific plugin?
The current configuration possibilities are very limited and also the debugging of the issues is limited.
Other solution is that I have scp installed on the target. Is there a way to change from sftp to scp?
Thanks.
We have a large application that has been developed over 15 years and in installed in 200+ client locations. The application currently consists of an Access database and a bunch of executable and report files located on a network share. A Setup.EXE file is run on each client machine (dlls are installed on the client) and then the client machines run the executables directly from the network share. During our upgrade procedure the new executable and report files are copied to the network share and that way each client gets the update immediately.
Our current installation program is very old and, among other things, it doesn't handle x64 so we are in the process of moving to a new deployment tool. At the same time we are migrating client Access databases to SQL Server. I am having difficulty finding a deployment tool to do what we require. Specifically we need the install/upgrade file to do the following:
It must be able to be run from a client machine on a network and copy the new executable and report files to the network share. That share could be a Linux box or a dumb storage device.
Accept a password before running the installation
Allow the user to select the network share as the location to copy the executables
It must NOT add anything to the client machine from where the package is run (Add/Remove Programs, registry, etc.)
Connect to a SQL Server database and run a script
The install/upgrade must be contained in a single, standalone .msi or .exe file. (no dependencies on dlls or frameworks other than those that come with Windows XP)
The file must be able to be run in one simple step. It is the end user that runs the upgrade without our support and without involvement from IT.
It looks like the closest thing to what I need is WiX but the problem there is that whenever the .msi file is run from a client, the client machine thinks that a program is being installed so it allows the client machine to uninstall the product, which is not acceptable.
If the product were written today it would certainly be architected differently but it currently is what it is and we can’t change that. Any help here would be greatly appreciated!
WiX is just a toolset built on top of Windows Installer technology. It makes many things easier and simpler as well as hides lots of Windows Installer weird features... But, it is still limited by Windows Installer, its underlying technology.
Your list of requirements made me think that Windows Installer is not the right technology to choose. I would assume that you'll spend more time on workarounds, than on functional code... But I have no experience with other installation technologies, so I'll leave those recommendations to others.
I have a remote server connected over SSH using the RSE plugin in Eclipse Galileo. Is there anyway to "map" it to a PHP Debug session in Eclipse?
(Xdebug is installed and working)
I have heard that another solution is SSHFS but this might be tricky as I'm on WinXP and would prefer a 'generic' Eclipse solution.
The short answer is NO. RSE will not work with PHP Debugger. This might change in Eclipse Halios but I've not moved to Halios yet. The most common solution for Windows seems to be a virtual machine and share a samba mount of the remote webserver between the host and client. Not tried that yet either!
or i imported remote server through RSE so you can debug the remote server when you have the same copy locally. then whenever needed, i edit the local php files and they copy it from eclipse, got RSE, paste it there (overwrite).
it's a pain that RSE does not auto sync.