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- [Fedora, CentOS, RHEL, SUSE](#fedora-centos-rhel-suse)
- [Arch Linux](#arch-linux)
- [Termux](#termux)
- [Known Search Issue](#known-search-issue)
- [yarn, npm](#yarn-npm)
- [macOS](#macos)
- [Standalone Releases](#standalone-releases)
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To upgrade run: `yarn global upgrade code-server --latest`

### Known Search Issue

There is a known issue with search not working on Android because it's missing `bin/rg`. To fix:

1. Install `ripgrep` with `pkg`
```sh
pkg install ripgrep
```
2. Make a soft link using `ln -s`

```sh
# run this command inside the code-server directory
ln -s $PREFIX/bin/rg ./lib/vscode/node_modules/vscode-ripgrep/bin/rg
```

For more context, see [comment](https://github.com/cdr/code-server/issues/1730#issuecomment-721515979).

## yarn, npm

We recommend installing with `yarn` or `npm` when:
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