AUR (en) - visual-studio-code-bin

Git Clone URL:	https://aur.archlinux.org/visual-studio-code-bin.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base:	visual-studio-code-bin
Description:	Visual Studio Code (vscode): Editor for building and debugging modern web and cloud applications (official binary version)
Upstream URL:	https://code.visualstudio.com/
Licenses:	custom: commercial
Conflicts:	code
Provides:	code, vscode
Submitter:	dcelasun
Maintainer:	dcelasun
Last Packager:	dcelasun
Votes:	1465
Popularity:	14.87
First Submitted:	2017-12-18 19:14 (UTC)
Last Updated:	2024-11-15 11:08 (UTC)

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What is the difference between this package and the one in the community repo?

This is the official binary distribution from Microsoft. The one in the community repo is an unofficial build made from source. Beyond the license difference and branding, there are some proprietary features not available in the open source version.

There is a new version out, why is the package not updated?

Please check this page before flagging as out-of-date. If there is no new version on that page, it's not yet released. A tag on Github is NOT a release! If you can see the new version on the updates page but the AUR package is still not updated, flag it and give it time. It's usually done within a day or two.

I'm using an AUR helper (yay, yaourt etc.) and I can't install it. Why?

Sometimes AUR helpers do weird things. Download the tarball and install it manually with makepkg -si. If that works, report the problem to your AUR helper's upstream, not here.

When I install this package xdg-open uses vscode, not my file manager! How do I fix this?

Install shared-mime-info-gnome. Also see this reddit thread.

Why is $X a dependency? I don't like it.

Just because $X is not required to open the app, doesn't mean there is nothing that depends on it. Always search the comment history on AUR to see if that dependency has been previously discussed before writing your own comment. Still nothing? Then use namcap to make sure it's really not needed. If namcap doesn't complain, please leave a comment here and I'll investigate.

Something is broken with the app, where do I report it?

The problem might be a packaging issue (wrong paths, dependencies, icons), so please write a comment here first. If you don't get a reply, or if someone says it's an upstream issue, you can report it on Github.

I have a problem with this package, can I email you?

No, you won't get a reply. Please stop doing this. Leave a comment here instead and be patient.

OK so it does conflict with code from community. I've added it back.

error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
visual-studio-code-bin: /usr/bin/code exists in filesystem (owned by code)

FYI,

This package allows using the new python language server pylance. An unofficial build from the community repo it doesn't.

https://github.com/microsoft/pylance-release/issues/483

@tomatopeel clone the git repo (https://aur.archlinux.org/visual-studio-code-bin.git), switch to an older commit, run updpkgsums (from the pacman-contrib package) and install with makepkg -si.

@Nehu I've removed the conflict with code. Let me know if there are any issues.

I have the same issue as DonJogi here. (for ctrl+f people like me: InitializeSandbox())

There seems to be something broken between keepassxc and vscode. I used the secret service integration but if I have it and keepassxc running then vscode crashes on startup. I fixed this by removing the vscode sync entry in keepassxc and then it worked again even after syncing it again. Weird...

thanks the one one in the community repo has a signing issue, it just stuck on loading for me, but this version seem to have fixed that and managed to sync my settings.

I want to install an older version because the new version is performing worse for me, so I need to test if that is the problem.

When I try to install any older major version, I get e.g.:

==> Validating source_x86_64 files with sha256sums...
    code_x64_1.52.0.tar.gz ... FAILED
==> ERROR: One or more files did not pass the validity check!

How can I install an older version? Cheers

Would it be possible to not mark this package as conflicting with code?

As far as I'm aware, the OSS version and this one do not share the same config folder (~/.config/Code vs ~/.config/Code OSS).

Removing the "conflicts" statement would allow a parallel installation of both, which in turn is useful for using this binary release for C# development (in a properly secured environment) and the OSS release (in a more flexible environment) for everything else.

No crashes here either.

@cusidawgs it's not crashing for me. Perhaps you should report it upstream?

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dcelasun commented on 2017-11-15 06:20 (UTC) (edited on 2020-02-06 21:33 (UTC) by dcelasun)

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