Command workbench.extensions.installExtension doesn't work on Remote Host

[rndev-io]

Issue Type: Bug

I working on extension which install updates from private network with command workbench.extensions.installExtension using VSIX. With local VSCode it works great, but on remote ssh host command can't find VSIX. I connect to remote host by ssh via Remote Development extension pack.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Clone repo to local machine https://github.com/rusnasonov/remote-test
2. Install extension remote-test-0.0.1.vsix locally with Install from VSIX command.
3. Install extension remote-test-0.0.2.vsix localy with extension command Install Package using workbench.extensions.installExtension (set full path to vsix package, readlink -f remote-test-0.0.2.vsix or realpath remote-test-0.0.2.vsix ). Now localy installed remote-test v0.0.2.
4. Open remote host by ssh via Remote Development.
5. Copy remote-test-0.0.1.vsix and remote-test-0.0.2.vsix to remote host (drag'n'drop in vscode, scp, etc.)
6. Run Install from VSIX ... command on Remote host. It's open modal window with local file system (why?). Ok, choose remote-test-0.0.1.vsix on local host. Now remote-test-0.0.1.vsix installed on remote host.
7. Run Install Package using workbench.extensions.installExtension on remote host, set full path to vsix package on remote host in InputBox. Go to Output -> Log (Window) and see exception

[2019-08-09 00:26:44.412] [renderer13] [error] ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/perseus/remote-test-0.0.2.vsix': Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/perseus/remote-test-0.0.2.vsix'
    at d (file:///Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:5626:959)
    at a.open (file:///Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:5628:538)
    at /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules.asar/yauzl/index.js:34:21
    at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:141:20)

If set path to vsix from local host, exception stay similar.

[2019-08-09 00:33:14.721] [renderer13] [error] ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/Users/perseus/Projects/private/remote-test/remote-test-0.0.2.vsix': Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/Users/perseus/Projects/private/remote-test/remote-test-0.0.2.vsix'
    at u (/home/perseus/.vscode-server/bin/2213894ea0415ee8c85c5eea0d0ff81ecc191529/out/vs/server/remoteExtensionHostAgent.js:330:96)
    at a.open (/home/perseus/.vscode-server/bin/2213894ea0415ee8c85c5eea0d0ff81ecc191529/out/vs/server/remoteExtensionHostAgent.js:331:649)
    at /home/perseus/.vscode-server/bin/2213894ea0415ee8c85c5eea0d0ff81ecc191529/node_modules/yauzl/index.js:34:21
    at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:141:20)

P.S.

New version of VSCode (1.37.0) on step 6 open Quick Pick with local file system, and now there is no way to install package with "Extensions: Install from VSIX" command.

Local host is OSX, remote is Ubuntu Bionic. In VSCode insiders on remote host opened modal window (step 6) with remote file system, but files still not found.

VS Code version: Code 1.36.1 (2213894ea0415ee8c85c5eea0d0ff81ecc191529, 2019-07-08T22:56:38.504Z)
OS version: Darwin x64 18.7.0

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz (8 x 2800)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled flash_3d: enabled flash_stage3d: enabled flash_stage3d_baseline: enabled gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on native_gpu_memory_buffers: enabled oop_rasterization: disabled_off protected_video_decode: unavailable_off rasterization: enabled skia_deferred_display_list: disabled_off skia_renderer: disabled_off surface_synchronization: enabled_on video_decode: enabled viz_display_compositor: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled
Load (avg)	2, 2, 2
Memory (System)	16.00GB (0.47GB free)
Process Argv	-psn_0_163880
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

Extensions (35)

Extension	Author (truncated)	Version
vscode-sqlite	ale	0.8.0
language-hugo-vscode	bud	0.11.0
excel-to-markdown-table	csh	1.1.0
xml	Dot	2.5.0
es7-react-js-snippets	dsz	2.4.0
gitlens	eam	9.9.3
opensslutils	ffa	1.1.1
vscode-pull-request-github	Git	0.9.2
gc-excelviewer	Gra	2.1.32
vscode-systemd-support	han	0.1.1
plantuml	jeb	2.11.2
intellij-idea-keybindings	k--	0.2.34
rainbow-csv	mec	1.2.0
vscode-cosmosdb	ms-	0.10.2
vscode-docker	ms-	0.7.0
python	ms-	2019.8.29288
remote-containers	ms-	0.66.0
remote-ssh	ms-	0.45.2
remote-ssh-edit	ms-	0.45.3
remote-ssh-explorer	ms-	0.45.2
remote-wsl	ms-	0.38.10
vscode-remote-extensionpack	ms-	0.15.0
azure-account	ms-	0.8.4
Go	ms-	0.11.4
vscode-typescript-tslint-plugin	ms-	1.2.2
debugger-for-chrome	msj	4.11.7
vscode-jscpd	pau	0.3.4
vscode-yandex-arc	per	0.0.20
remote-test	rus	0.0.2
vscode-hugo	rus	0.8.0
vscode-yandex-tracker	rus	0.0.3
vscode-yandex-wiki	rus	1.2.1
fish-vscode	sky	0.2.1
vscode-hexdump	sle	1.7.2
markdown-all-in-one	yzh	2.4.2

[sean-mcmanus]

This is causing remote users of the C/C++ extension to fail to be able to install our Insider vsix. In my repro, my host is Windows and target is WSL. We pass in "/tmp/tmp-num.vsix" (which exists inside WSL) but the remote VS Code tries to use the Windows path C:\tmp\tmp-num.visx and fails -- maybe it's incorrectly executing the command on the host instead of remote side?

[rndev-io]

Maybe. I try to pass path to local vsix on remote host, and it doesn't work too.

[Timmmm]

Is there a workaround for this? Can I install the vsix from the command line on the remote host?

[rndev-io]

From command line probably not, because .vscode-server/bin/2213894ea0415ee8c85c5eea0d0ff81ecc191529/bin/code binary on remote host doesn't have options about extension management. You can try to download and extract you extension VSIX manually to .vscode-server/extensions/ folder on remote host.

[Timmmm]

Thanks @rusnasonov that worked. For anyone else follow these steps:

1. Uninstall the existing extension on the remote.
2. Download and unzip the VSIX somewhere.
3. Move the resulting extension folder to ~/.vscode-server[-insiders]/extensions/ms-vscode.cpptools-0.25.0-insiders2 (or whatever the version is).

[sandy081]

/duplicate

This should be fixed by #1027

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