[Feature Request] feature to update vscode internally

[bardiarastin]

it would be great if we could have update vscode without every time downloading and installing it again and again, maybe through using some gui or even option for automatic update, this is awesome because specially now days minor updates are coming in short periods of time.

[mjbvz]

@bardiainjast Which operating system are you using?

Updates should be downloaded automatically but you still have to click on the update button to install them. Silent updates are tracked by #9539

[bardiarastin]

@mjbvz i'm using ubuntu 17.04

[joaomoreno]

@bardiainjast Do you use our deb packages?

[bardiarastin]

@joaomoreno yes, i download the deb file every time you release a new version

[joaomoreno]

We publish to our deb repository everytime we release so you should get the updates via your system updater. Right, @Tyriar?

[Tyriar]

Yes updates should come automatically, I think what @bardiainjast is after is an auto updater similar to browsers these days which provide an experience closer to our current macOS flow; the update is downloaded and applied on next restart.

Good news is that we've invested some time recently in snap packages and that is likely the direction we will go, eventually this is the sort of behavior we should be able to achieve with snap packages. So I'll close this as a duplicate of #5458

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Also in the meantime you might want to set up a script something like this:

alias up='sudo apt update && sudo apt install code'

This allows you to just run the command up when you start and the update will be pulled and installed if available.