How can I get OmniSharp VSCode intellisense to work with WSL-compiled code?

Question

When I run dotnet build on my code from my WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) distro, C# intellisense breaks and I get errors like the following:

I've managed to set up the launch configurations found here, but that doesn't help with Intellisense, unless I've missed something.

I presume it has something to do with path configurations, but I'm not sure what to change, or where I should change it.

In short, how can I compile and run my code on WSL and edit it in VS Code without errors or warnings?

Answer 1

As I fell into this question when I looked for this problem I decided to go back to show how I managed to solve it.

To OmniSharp work with WSL i installed the Insiders version of VS Code and the extension Remote - WSL. Done.

Links:

• https://code.visualstudio.com/insiders/
• https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode-remote.remote-wsl

OBS: You have to install on your WSL Linux distro the wget and msbuild

Answer 2

There are more possible solutions:

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Your folder structure is not correct:

1. Use Terminal in VSCode and create a folder, like mkdir MyProject
2. Create your project in the new folder from Terminal, for example: dotnet new console

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Wrong Settings:

Go to:

Code -> Preferences -> Settings 

and remove "omnisharp.useMono": true/false

Additionally, you can open your project with Visual Studio or MonoDevelop and then reopen in VSCode.

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You have wrong input parameters in your TryParseExact #LAUGHING